This CDROM contains current meter records from the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE). It is a subset of a larger collection of current meter records held by the Current Meter Data Assembly Center (CMDAC) at Oregon State University. The complete collection contains both WOCE data and historical data; the CDROM that you are viewing focuses on WOCE data. All of the records on this disk have an open easy-to-read ASCII format. A second disk in the WOCE CD set contains the same data in netCDF format.
CMDAC is operated by the OSU Buoy Group at Oregon State University, and has been tasked with assembling a uniformly-processed, high-quality set of historical and WOCE current meter records. All current records in the database have been examined and have been brought up to a single, uniform standard. A full report of procedures is included here. Funding for the production of this disk was provided by the US National Science Foundation.
We invite you to
- Browse the WOCE current meter records
- Learn about the format of the data on this disk
- View tables that show pre-WOCE and WOCE flow statistics (R. Dickson's tables) andCMDAC's WOCE flow statistics
- View a table that lists hydrographic sections associated with the mooring arrays
The OSU Buoy Group also maintains an archive of electronic data reports. This disk contains a subset of that archive that includes four data reports that describe WOCE current meter arrays. The reports contain maps, descriptions, time series plots, spectra, statistics, etc. In addition, we have included on this disk an inventory listing that shows the entire collection of current meter records in the Buoy Group's database. Listed are both the WOCE data on this disk and historical (i.e., non-WOCE) current meter records. The database contains more than 4000 long-term deep-ocean current records.
We would like to hear from you! If you have any questions about CMDAC or this CDROM, or any suggestions for improvement, please let us know by sending a message.
This CD-ROM should be referenced as "WOCE Data Products Committee. 2002. WOCE Global Data: Current Meter Data, Version 3.0, WOCE International Project Office, WOCE Report No. XXX/02, Southampton, UK.If you are interested in other WOCE datasets you will find summaries and information on the Data Information Unit CD-ROM within this pack.