This experiment and its precursors produced 114 current meter records from 43 moorings. You can view metadata and download current records by clicking on links in the tables below. Each current meter record is identified in the tables by its depth and the name of the mooring. If you download any of the current meter records you should review the note on file format. We have included here a map that shows where the moorings were, and a list of publications that describe some results. You can also move up one level to the list of WOCE experiments.
 
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Fahrbach, E., G. Rohardt and G. Krouse (1992): The Antarctic
Coastal Current in the southeastern Weddell Sea. Polar Biology,
12, 171-182.
 
Fahrbach, E., G. Rohardt, M. Schroder and V. Strass (1994): Transport
and structure of the Weddell Gyre. Annales Geophysicae, 12(9),
840-855.
 
Fahrbach, E., R.G. Peterson, G. Rohardt, P. Schlosser and R. Bayer
(1994): Suppresion of bottom water formation in the southeastern
Weddell Sea. Deep-Sea Research I, 41(2), 389-411.
 
Fahrbach, E., G. Rohardt, N. Scheele, M. Schroder, V. Strass
and A. Wisotzki (1995): Formation and discharge of deep and bottom
water in the northwestern Weddell Sea. Journal of Marine Research,
53(4), 515-538.
 
Yaremchuk, M.I., D.A. Nechaev, J. Schroter and E. Fahrbach (1998):
A dynamically consistent analysis of circulation and transports in
the southwestern Weddel Sea. Annales Geophysicae, 16(8), 1014-1038.
 
Fahrbach, E., S.Harms, G.Rohardt, M.Schroeder, and R.A.Woodgate
(2001): Flow of Bottom Water in the northwestern Weddell Sea.
J. Geophys. Res., 106, 2761-2778.
 
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These files have been compressed with the ZIP compression utility.
After downloading them, you will need to expand them.  On a PC
that is running Microsoft Windows, WinZip or Pkunzip will do the
job.  Under Linux, gunzip will expand these files. Other utilities
are available for the UNIX and Macintosh environments (for example,
unzip and/or gunzip are present on most UNIX systems). After expansion,
you will have binary files in the netCDF format.
 
netCDF is a self-documenting format that can be accessed by a variety
of software tools.  We have included here 
a Matlab script that can be used to read netCDF current records
in an environment that contains the Matlab/netCDF interface created by
CSIRO.  You can Click here to learn
more about netCDF.
 
We are aware that users who are unfamiliar with netCDF or who lack
software to deal with it, may find the netCDF format more a deterrent
than an aid to effective use of the data.  We have included in this
CDROM set a second disk that is identical to this one, except that
the current meter records have OSU's "Stranger" format.  The Stranger
format, like netCDF, is self-documenting but utilizes the ASCII code.
It is easily readable by both humans and computers; you may find it
preferable to netCDF.
 
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    KG3
     714 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    24 Nov 85 - 11 Nov 86
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    KG3
    1920 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    24 Nov 85 - 21 Nov 86
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    AWI103
      30 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    17 Oct 86 - 22 Feb 87
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    AWI103
      40 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    17 Oct 86 - 22 Feb 87
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    AWI103
      71 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    17 Oct 86 - 22 Feb 87
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    AWI103
     383 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    17 Oct 86 - 22 Feb 87
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    AWI103
     494 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    17 Oct 86 - 22 Feb 87
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    AWI103
     695 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    17 Oct 86 - 22 Feb 87
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    AWI103
    1425 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    17 Oct 86 - 22 Feb 87
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    AWI103
    3411 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    17 Oct 86 - 22 Feb 87
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    AWI201-2
     280 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    21 Feb 87 - 08 Jan 88
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    AWI201-2
     380 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    21 Feb 87 - 08 Jan 88
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    AWI202-1
     280 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    26 Feb 87 - 17 Jan 88
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    AWI202-1
     380 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    26 Feb 87 - 17 Jan 88
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    KN1
     255 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    04 Jan 88 - 26 Feb 88
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    KN1
     640 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    04 Jan 88 - 26 Feb 88
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    KN2
     255 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    01 Mar 88 - 26 Jan 89
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    KN3
     390 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    22 Feb 89 - 23 Feb 90
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    KN3
     671 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    22 Feb 89 - 16 Dec 89
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    AWI203
     325 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    22 Feb 89 - 23 Mar 89
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    AWI203
     425 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    22 Feb 89 - 27 Dec 89
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    AWI204
     706 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    22 Feb 89 - 29 Dec 89
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    AWI204
    1517 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    22 Feb 89 - 29 Dec 89
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    AWI205
     335 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    22 Feb 89 - 29 Dec 89
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    AWI205
     805 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    22 Feb 89 - 29 Dec 89
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    AWI205
    1550 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    22 Feb 89 - 29 Dec 89
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    AWI205
    2090 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    22 Feb 89 - 11 Sep 89
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    AWI206
     229 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    13 Sep 89 - 22 Nov 90
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    AWI206
     876 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    13 Sep 89 - 22 Nov 90
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    AWI207
     263 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    14 Sep 89 - 23 Nov 90
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    AWI207
     952 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    14 Sep 89 - 23 Nov 90
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    AWI207
    2162 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    14 Sep 89 - 23 Nov 90
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    AWI207
    2410 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    14 Sep 89 - 22 Nov 90
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    AWI208
     288 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    24 Sep 89 - 29 Nov 90
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    AWI208
    1037 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    24 Sep 89 - 29 Nov 90
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    AWI208
    2601 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    24 Sep 89 - 29 Nov 90
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    AWI208
    4631 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    24 Sep 89 - 29 Nov 90
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    AWI210
     289 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    06 Oct 89 - 11 Dec 90
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    AWI210
     988 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    06 Oct 89 - 11 Dec 90
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    AWI210
    2547 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    06 Oct 89 - 11 Dec 90
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    AWI210
    4617 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    06 Oct 89 - 11 Dec 90
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    AWI211
     247 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    07 Oct 89 - 14 Dec 90
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    AWI211
     856 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    07 Oct 89 - 14 Dec 90
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    AWI211
    2066 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    07 Oct 89 - 14 Dec 90
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    AWI211
    2313 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    07 Oct 89 - 14 Dec 90
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    AWI212
     309 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    08 Oct 89 - 13 Dec 90
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    AWI212
     999 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    08 Oct 89 - 12 May 90
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    AWI213
    4277 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    02 Feb 90 - 11 Feb 91
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    AWI213
    4430 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    02 Feb 90 - 11 Feb 91
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    AWI214
     462 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    26 Jan 90 - 20 Nov 90
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    AWI206-2
     260 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    22 Nov 90 - 21 Jun 91
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    AWI206-2
     900 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    29 Dec 90 - 23 Jan 92
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    AWI207-2
     300 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    23 Nov 90 - 19 Dec 91
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    AWI207-2
    1010 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    23 Nov 90 - 08 Nov 92
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    AWI207-2
    2150 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    23 Nov 90 - 17 Sep 92
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    AWI207-2
    2410 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    23 Nov 90 - 02 Dec 92
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    AWI208-2
     230 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    29 Nov 90 - 22 Jan 92
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    AWI208-2
     990 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    29 Nov 90 - 21 Feb 91
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    AWI208-2
    2480 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    29 Nov 90 - 29 Jan 92
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    AWI208-2
    4660 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    29 Nov 90 - 03 Nov 92
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    AWI209-2
    4810 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    03 Dec 90 - 06 Nov 92
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    AWI210-2
     270 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    12 Dec 90 - 08 Jan 92
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    AWI210-2
    1010 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    12 Dec 90 - 29 Dec 91
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    AWI211-2
     340 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    15 Dec 90 - 16 Jan 92
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    AWI211-2
    1090 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    15 Dec 90 - 20 Dec 92
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    AWI212-2
     250 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    15 Dec 90 - 19 Dec 92
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    AWI212-2
     760 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    16 Dec 90 - 04 Jan 92
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    AWI213-2
    3197 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    06 Feb 91 - 22 Oct 91
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    AWI213-2
    3300 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    06 Feb 91 - 30 Jan 92
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    AWI213-2
    3350 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    06 Feb 91 - 02 Aug 91
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    AWI214-2
     200 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    15 Dec 90 - 09 Feb 92
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    AWI214-3
     210 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    14 Feb 92 - 18 Dec 92
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    AWI214-3
     320 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    14 Feb 92 - 18 Dec 92
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    AWI216
    2970 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    24 Nov 90 - 25 Jan 92
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    AWI216
    3430 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    30 Nov 90 - 24 Feb 92
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    AWI217
     220 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    24 Nov 90 - 26 Jan 92
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    AWI217
    4340 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    24 Nov 90 - 02 Nov 92
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    AWI218
     960 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    25 Nov 90 - 01 Feb 92
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    AWI218
    2470 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    25 Nov 90 - 22 Jan 92
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    AWI218
    4600 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    18 May 91 - 15 Sep 92
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    AWI219
    4230 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    28 Nov 90 - 22 Dec 91
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    AWI219
    4680 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    28 Nov 90 - 31 Jan 92
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    AWI220
    4300 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    30 Nov 90 - 31 Dec 91
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    AWI221
     220 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    02 Dec 90 - 28 Feb 92
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    AWI221
     960 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    15 Dec 90 - 03 Feb 92
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    AWI221
    2470 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    02 Dec 90 - 09 Dec 91
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    AWI221
    4700 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    02 Dec 90 - 05 Nov 92
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    AWI222
    4340 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    08 Dec 90 - 10 Jan 92
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    AWI222
    4790 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    08 Dec 90 - 06 Nov 92
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    AWI224
    4240 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    10 Dec 90 - 05 Nov 91
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    AWI225
     270 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    12 Dec 90 - 22 Mar 91
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    AWI225
    1130 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    12 Jan 91 - 27 Nov 91
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    AWI225
    2630 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    12 Dec 90 - 23 Dec 91
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    AWI225
    4280 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    24 Dec 90 - 05 Feb 92
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    AWI226
     190 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    26 Dec 90 - 03 Jan 92
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    AWI226
     940 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    13 Dec 90 - 14 Jan 92
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    AWI226
    2850 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    13 Dec 90 - 19 Feb 92
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    AWI207-3
     344 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    10 Jan 93 - 12 Feb 95
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    AWI207-3
    1050 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    10 Jan 93 - 12 Feb 95
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    AWI207-3
    2196 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    10 Jan 93 - 12 Feb 95
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    AWI207-3
    2452 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    10 Jan 93 - 12 Feb 95
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    AWI208-3
     235 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    04 Jan 93 - 13 Mar 95
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    AWI208-3
    1020 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    04 Jan 93 - 13 Mar 95
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    AWI208-3
    2507 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    04 Jan 93 - 13 Mar 95
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    AWI208-3
    4690 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    04 Jan 93 - 13 Mar 95
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    AWI209-3
     125 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    31 Dec 92 - 12 Mar 95
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    AWI209-3
    1006 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    31 Dec 92 - 12 Mar 95
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    AWI209-3
    2508 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    31 Dec 92 - 12 Mar 95
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    AWI209-3
    4784 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    31 Dec 92 - 12 Mar 95
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    AWI214-4
     195 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    18 Dec 92 - 10 Jan 93
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    AWI217-2
     266 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    08 Jan 93 - 29 Jan 95
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    AWI217-2
    1022 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    08 Jan 93 - 29 Jan 95
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    AWI217-2
    2518 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    08 Jan 93 - 29 Jan 95
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    AWI217-2
    4374 meters
    Aanderaa RCM
    08 Jan 93 - 29 Jan 95
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Related publications
Fahrbach, E., M. Knoche and G. Rohardt (1991): An estimate of
water mass transformation in the southern Weddell Sea. Marine
Chemistry, 35, 25-44.
Format of the current records