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Surface drifter data, 2001-2002, Southern Ocean, continental
margin west of Antarctic Peninsula, GLOBEC.
Twenty-four surface drifters were deployed from research
vessels during 4 cruises to the GLOBEC Southern Ocean study area
(continental margin west of the Antarctic Peninsula). The drifters are of
the WOCE type, holly sock drogued at 15 meters, and track by the ARGOS
system. Data reported are date/time, drifter position, water temperature
and drifter depth for each ARGOS observation. Deployments where made from
the following ship/cruises: R/V Lawrence M. Gould cruise LMG0103, Mar
26-31, 2001 R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer cruise MPB0103, May 5 - June 1, 2001
R/V Lawrence M. Gould cruise LMG0201A, Feb 12-22, 2002 R/V Nathaniel B.
Palmer cruise MPB0202, April 16-23, 2002 Note: Dates and positions
reported throughout this DIF are the initial drifter deployment
values/ranges.
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20010505
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20020212
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20020416
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As needed
-73.6
-68.1
-66.7
-68.4
GCMD ENTRY ID
drifters_argos_SO
GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > BUOY
POSITION
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN
CURRENTS
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE
GCMD PLATFORM
SHIPS
GCMD INSTRUMENT
DRIFTING BUOYS
DROGUES
TEMPERATURE SENSORS
PROJECT
GLOBEC > GLOBAL OCEAN ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS, IGBP
IGBP > INTERNATIONAL GEOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE
PROGRAMME
U.S.GLOBEC-SO > U.S. GLOBAL OCEAN ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS,
SOUTHERN OCEAN
AUXILIARY KEYWORDS
U.s. Globec
Circulation
Drifting Buoys
Near Surface Currents
Currents
Water Temperature
ISO TOPIC CATEGORY
OCEANS
DATA SET LANGUAGE
English
GCMD
ANTARCTICA > CONTINENTAL MARGIN WEST OF ANTARCTIC
PENINSULA
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Any person making substantial use of a data set must communicate
with the investigators who acquired the data prior to publication and
anticipate that the data collectors will be co-authors of published
results. This extends to model results and to data organized for
retrospective studies. The data available here are intended for scholarly
use by the academic and scientific community, with the express
understanding that any such use will properly acknowledge the originating
investigator. Use or reproduction of any material herein for any commercial
purpose is prohibited without prior written permission from the U.S. GLOBEC
Data Management Office. Complete "use statement" can be found at:
"http://globec.whoi.edu/globec-dir/data-acknowledgement-policy.html"
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GLOBEC/US_GLOBEC > U.S. Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics
Program
ROBERT C. GROMAN
DATA CENTER CONTACT
Mailing and Physical Address
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Swift House MS#38
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1127
USA
508-289-2409
508-457-2169
rgroman@whoi.edu
Southern Ocean
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http://globec.whoi.edu/
DATA CENTER URL
http://globec.whoi.edu/jg/dir/globec/soglobec/
U.S. GLOBEC Data System - Directory of Data; See data
object(s): "drifters_argos" and "drifter_images" (R. Limeburner
Investigator).
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20050304
20051005
GEORGE F. HEIMERDINGER
DIF AUTHOR
Mailing and Physical Address
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Swift House MS#38
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
508 289 3755
gheimerdinger@whoi.edu
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
local time