** #DOCUMENTATION_FILE_NAME:
** #NODC_ACCESSION_NUMBER:  
** #NODC_REFERENCE_NUMBER:   
** #NODC_NOTES:
#NODC_DOCUMENTATION_DATE: 19951120
#DOCUMENTOR: Brigitte G. Baeuerle
** #NODC_REVIEWER: 
** #DATE_RECEIVED:
#SUBMISSION_MEDIUM: FTP (tar, compressed)
#SUBMITTOR_NAME: Brigitte Baeuerle
#SUBMITTOR_INSTITUTION: TOGA COARE International Project Office/UCAR
#SUBMITTER_STREET_ADDRESS: P.O. Box 3000
#SUBMITTER_CITY: Boulder
#SUBMITTER_STATE: CO
#SUBMITTER_COUNTRY: USA
#SUBMITTER_ZIP_CODE: 80307
#SUMITTER_TELEPHONE_NO: 303 497 8694
#SUBMITTER_INTERNET: bb@tcdm.coare.ucar.edu
#SUBMITTER_EMAIL: n/a

#PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR_NAME: Yves du Penhoat
#PI_INSTITUTION: Centre ORSTOM de Noumea
#PI_STREET-ADDRESS: BP A5
#PI_CITY: Noumea Cedex
#PI_STATE: n/a
#PI_COUNTRY: New Caledonia
#PI_ZIP_CODE: n/a
#PI_TELEPHONE_NO: (687) 26-3243
#PI_INTERNET: dupenhoa@noumea.orstom.nc
#PI_EMAIL: n/a

#PROJECT: TOGA COARE
#ASSOCIATED_PROJECTS:
#FUNDING AGENCY:
#GRANT/CONTRACT-NO:

#COLLECTION_INFORMATION:

Eleven French BODEGA drifters (SERPE-IESM, GUIDEL, 56, FRANCE
TRISTAR) were deployed in August 1992 along the 165E meridian and in
September 1992 along 156E. Seventeen additional BODEGA surface
drifters were deployed in December 1992 and January/February 1993 from
R/V Le Noroit along 156E, 4S-5N during the COARE IOP. Deployments were
coordinated with a set of surface drifters that were released by Peter
Niiler from the University of California, San Diego.

 PTT #   WMO #     PTT #   WMO #

 2675    ---       17617   ----- (never transmitted)
 2676    52891     17618   52575
 2677    52892     17619   52580
 2678    52889     17620   52581
 2679    52890     17621   52583
 2680    52893     17622   52589
 2681    52894     17623   52576
 2682    52895     17624   52577
 2683    52586     17625   52578
 2684    52571     17626   52584
 2685    52572     17627   52582
 2686    52573     17628   52585
 2687    52574     17629   52579
 2688    52587     17630   ----- (never transmitted)
 2689    ---
 2690    52588

#PLATFORM_TYPE: surface drifter
#PLATFORM_NAME: BODEGA 
#COLLECTION_METHODS:
Sixteen of the BODEGA drifters (PTT # 2675 through 2690) transmitted
to ARGOS in an "economical mode", i.e., 24 hours on, 48 hours off; the
remaining drifters (PTT # 17617 through 17629) transmitted daily for
two months after deployment and then switched to the economical
mode. The datafile covers 28 of these drifters (drifter 2689 died during
deployment and drifter 2688 had very few positions, even though
the temperature sensors worked, so it was removed from the file).

BODEGA drifters were equipped with a drogue sensor and with a
mini-thermistor chain with five sensors at 2, 5, 8, 12, and 20
m. These sensors transmitted hourly temperature measurements (15-min
sampling time). There was also a buoy hull sensor with a 2-hour
sampling rate, which was less accurate.


#PROCESSING_METHODS:
Service ARGOS provided the raw location computation that had an
estimated accuracy of 300 m.  The raw data were despiked by removing
unacceptable high velocities in excess of 200 cm/s. Data were then
interpolated to six-hour intervals using a Krieging procedure done by
the WOCE/TOGA Drifter Data Center (AOML, Miami).

Calibration procedure: Thermistor sensors were calibrated by Dr. du
Penhoat in the lab by measuring temperature in a stable thermostated bath
with the thermistor chain and a precision thermometer, before
deployment.

#ANALYSIS_METHODS:
#INSTRUMENTS: thermistor chain
#PUBLICATIONS:
#ASSOCIATED_DATASETS:
#ASSOCIATED_VERSIONS:
** #DATA_SET_NAME:
#DATA_FILES: 
Files are ASCII files, with one file for each individual drifter. They
are named as Temp_ascii.xxxxx, with xxxxx being the drifter
ID. Drifters with 176XX ID numbers transmitted data every day for the
first 60 days, then switched to an economical mode. Drifters with 26xx
ID transmitted on an economical mode.

195299 	 Temp_ascii.17618
253289   Temp_ascii.17619
247490   Temp_ascii.17620
239758   Temp_ascii.17621
123778   Temp_ascii.17622
204964   Temp_ascii.17623
255222   Temp_ascii.17624
168237   Temp_ascii.17625
224294   Temp_ascii.17626
177902   Temp_ascii.17627
241691   Temp_ascii.17628
201098   Temp_ascii.17629
 52257   Temp_ascii.2675
179835   Temp_ascii.2676
 27128   Temp_ascii.2677
266820   Temp_ascii.2678
266820   Temp_ascii.2679
152773   Temp_ascii.2680
 11664   Temp_ascii.2681
 44525   Temp_ascii.2682
 46458   Temp_ascii.2683
102515   Temp_ascii.2684
 71587   Temp_ascii.2685
 88984   Temp_ascii.2686
 36729   Temp_ascii.2687
160442   Temp_ascii.2690


#DOCUMENTATION_FILES: bodega.readme
#NUMBER_OF_OBSERVATIONS: 28 drifters
#DATA_SET_VOLUME: 4,041,559 bytes
#SOURCE_COMPUTER: SUN Sparc20
#SOURCE_COMPUTER_OPERATING_SYSTEM: SUN Unix
#SOURCE_COMPUTER_LANGUAGE: c
#COMPUTER_CHARACTER_CODE: ASCII
#ORIGINATOR_DATASET_IDENTIFIER: dupenhoat
#DATA_DATES:
2675  19920813-19921030  
2679  19920814-19930929 
2678  19920815-19930930 
2677  19920821-19920927
2680  19920822-19930413  
2676  19920824-19930527  
2685  19920923-19921117  
2686  19920923-19930201  
2681  19920926-19921009  
2682  19920926-19921201  
2687  19920926-19921119  
17618 19921219-19930619
17623 19921220-19930705  
17624 19921220-19930921  
17625 19921222-19930323  
17629 19921222-19930701 
17619 19930101-19930930  
17627 19930102-19930608  
17620 19930103-19930927 
17626 19930118-19930830
17621 19930119-19930929 
17628 19930119-19930930  
17622 19930302-19930703  
2683  19930122-19930330  
2684  19920924-19930225  
2690  19930125-19930928


#LEFT_GEOGRAPHIC_UPPER_BOUND:
 
 17618   0.035 156.141 
 17619   1.970 156.119 
 17620  -0.045 156.755 
 17621  -0.986 156.042 
 17622   0.124 154.105 
 17623   1.987 156.265 
 17624   3.979 156.003 
 17625   1.025 156.232 
 17626   0.279 157.609 
 17627  -2.031 156.296 
 17628  -2.638 150.899 
 17629  -1.134 150.398 
  2675  -0.086 165.821 
  2676  -6.631 156.184 
  2677   4.056 165.069 
  2678   3.991 165.141 
  2679   2.016 165.073 
  2680   1.021 164.919 
  2681  -0.430 155.749 
  2682   0.667 155.736 
  2683  -1.885 155.871 
  2684   3.079 156.100 
  2685   1.570 173.883 
  2686   5.993 156.102 
  2687   1.649 155.932 
  2690   2.916 155.496 




#RIGHT_GEOGRAPHIC_LOWER_BOUND:

 17618    -1.431 171.650
 17619    17.575 137.466
 17620	  -6.341 172.976
 17621     0.261 163.552
 17622	   8.503 151.993
 17623    16.886 142.684  
 17624	  14.698 134.672
 17625     0.279 157.609
 17626	   3.872 125.556 
 17627    -2.638 150.899 
 17628	  -1.134 150.398
 17629	   1.388 172.869
  2675    -6.631 156.184
  2676    -1.754 160.903
  2677     4.895 172.584
  2678    13.734 153.761
  2679	  24.714 176.567
  2680    -1.102 169.527
  2681    -1.425 149.939 
  2682	  -4.914 151.016
  2683    -0.551 159.397
  2684     1.570 173.883
  2685     3.286 164.986
  2686    10.771 173.726
  2687     -0.062 159.497
  2690     14.652 132.409

#DEPTH_RANGE: 20 m
#GEOGRAPHIC_REGION: Equatorial Pacific, north of Australia, Western Pacific
warm pool, TOGA COARE Large Scale Domain
#DATA_TYPE: surface drifter data
#PARAMETERS: temperature, u and v component (cm/s)
#FORMAT_DESCRIPTION:
For each individual day, the first line includes the ID number,
latitude (decimal), longitude (decimal), year, month, day, starting
hour (UTC), u component (cm/s), v component (cm/s) and proposed
corrections for each thermistor chain sensor. These corrections were
proposed to correct from small electronic drift when necessary (and
possible) and were estimated by intercomparing the different sensors
at night. When these corrections were too big, sensor data were
removed (if correction was above >0.4).

The hourly averaged temperatures for every sensor were then recorded
for every hour (24 rows) of the individual day (T). On the same
record, TD are temperatures using the correction proposed
below. Precision of T = 0.3 deg C. The first six columns are the
uncorrected T data, while the last six columns are the corrected T
data with correction values that appear on the first line for each
sensor ( TD(i) = T(i) + deriv(i)) for sensor nb i.

 write (6,'(i6,2f8.3,4i3,2f6.2,6f6.3)')
     c        ID nb, Latitude, Longitude,
     c        Year,month,day, starting hour
     c        U component, V component,
     c        (Derive(j),j=1,6)

          do i = 1,24
              write (6,'(i4,12f6.2)') i,(SST(i,j),j=1,6),(SSTD(i,j),j=1,6)
          end do

#FORMAT_PUBLICATION:
#FORMAT_COMMENTS:
#SAMPLE_DATA:
2675  -0.086 165.821 92  8 13  1499.38483.73 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   1 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00
   2 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00
   3 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00 -1.00
   .
   .
  12 29.75 29.62 29.64 29.62 29.62 29.62 29.75 29.62 29.64 29.62 29.62 29.62
  13 29.75 29.61 29.62 29.61 29.61 29.61 29.75 29.61 29.62 29.61 29.61 29.61
  14 29.75 29.61 29.61 29.61 29.61 29.61 29.75 29.61 29.61 29.61 29.61 29.61
  15 29.75 29.59 29.60 29.60 29.60 29.60 29.75 29.59 29.60 29.60 29.60 29.60


#MISC_DOCUMENTATION:

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