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Southern California Bight Drifters

Deployment dates: 1 January 25, 1990 - February 7, 1990

Institute       : University of Washington/School of Oceanography

PI              : Dr. Barbara Hickey

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Data from the ten ARGOS satellite-tracked drifters deployed during the1990
Flux experiment are provided below. The drifters were of the holey sock
design. Five were drouged to follow water at a depth of 15 meters indicated
by an S. The five drouged to follow water at 40 meters are indicated by a
D.

Data listed is: drifter identification number, location, location class,
calendar date and time of data collection, calendar date and time of
location and sea surface temperature.

Data is in tab delimited columns. A 9999.0 in the latitude field indicates
the drifter was out of the water and subsequently redeployed. Locations are
listed as latitude North, longitude West in decimal degrees. Location class
is a measure of location accuracy. Date and time are given in calendar days
and GMT. Temperature is given in degrees C.

                  Estimated
   Location     Accuracy in
    Class       Latitude and
                 Longitude

      3        150 meters (1st
                 st. dev.)

      2        350 meters (1st
                 st. dev.)

      1       1000 meters (1st
                 st. dev.)
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Data File

Drifter  Lat.    Long.  Loc.    Coll.   Coll.   Loc.    Loc.    Temp. (C)
  ID                    Class   Date    Time    Date    Time
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8858	33.689	118.41	1	25	1031	25	1024	14.492
8858	33.695	118.41	2	25	1208	25	1204	14.443
8858	33.692	118.40	3	25	1500	25	1454	14.344
8858	33.690	118.39	3	25	1639	25	1634	14.393
8858	33.691	118.39	3	25	2013	25	2008	15.185
8858	33.689	118.38	2	25	2155	25	2150	14.789
8858	33.689	118.38	2	25	2332	25	2150	14.888
8858	33.683	118.36	3	26	217	26	211	14.715
8858	33.685	118.36	3	26	357	26	352	14.542
8858	33.688	118.36	2	26	837	26	832	14.344
8858	33.688	118.36	2	26	1020	26	832	14.344
8858	33.698	118.36	2	26	1159	26	1154	14.245
8858	33.699	118.35	3	26	1436	26	1431	14.245
8858	33.694	118.35	2	26	1618	26	1611	14.245
8858	33.694	118.35	2	26	1752	26	1611	14.393
8858	33.694	118.36	2	26	2001	26	1956	14.937
8858	33.698	118.35	2	26	2143	26	2136	14.888
8858	33.713	118.35	1	26	2323	26	2319	14.740
8858	33.698	118.37	3	27	153	27	148	14.443
8858	33.703	118.36	1	27	334	27	329	14.492
8858	33.703	118.37	1	27	825	27	822	13.948
8858	33.703	118.37	1	27	1005	27	822	13.948
8858	33.721	118.40	3	27	1148	27	1143	14.096
8858	33.727	118.40	2	27	1412	27	1408	14.195
8858	33.727	118.40	2	27	1555	27	1408	14.195
8858	33.736	118.42	2	27	1732	27	1728	13.997
8858	33.752	118.43	1	27	1949	27	1945	14.096
8858	33.752	118.43	1	27	2134	27	1945	14.393
8858	33.762	118.44	2	27	2309	27	2307	14.591
8858	33.768	118.44	2	28	132	28	127	14.195
8858	33.755	118.47	1	28	304	28	301	14.047
8858	33.775	118.44	2	28	450	28	447	14.047
8858	33.775	118.44	2	28	450	28	447	14.047
8858	33.780	118.45	2	28	959	28	952	14.096
8858	33.782	118.45	3	28	1137	28	1133	14.047
8858	33.775	118.44	2	28	1345	28	447	14.047
8858	33.794	118.44	2	28	1531	28	1525	13.997
8858	33.797	118.44	3	28	1711	28	1706	13.849
8858	33.807	118.46	1	28	1938	28	1937	14.195
8858	33.803	118.46	2	28	2123	28	2118	14.542
8858	33.805	118.44	2	28	2302	28	2258	14.690
8858	33.797	118.44	3	29	104	28	1706	14.641
8858	33.808	118.47	2	29	249	29	244	14.542
8858	33.810	118.47	3	29	428	29	424	14.344