R/V LE NOROIT - SEA SURFACE DATA (POI CRUISE)

C. Henin (ORSTOM, New Caledonia)

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Announced availability: 1 November 1993
Last modified: 18 October 1995

Data Access

The R/V Le Noroit sea surface data for the COARE period are available from the
TCIPO. Data can be accessed via anonymous FTP from tcdm.coare.ucar.edu in
subdirectory pub/COARE_DATA/air_sea_fluxes/Noroit_surface.

Background

The ORSTOM SURTROPAC group in Noumea, New Caledonia, together with scientists
from the UK and other countries, conducted surface meteorological observations
on board the French research vessel Le Noroit during the TOGA COARE Intensive
Observing Period (IOP). From 1 December 1992 to 2 March 1993, 18 temperature,
salinity, and current sections were made from 5S to 5N along the 156E meridian
and two sections in the Coral Sea from 20S,163E to 6S,156E.

The data include temperature and salinity collected with a sbe-21
thermosalinograph at 3 m depth, temperature measured at the hull at 2 m depth,
and rainfall amount in 5-min averages. There are 18,914 observations.

Data File Information

File name: Noroit_surface
Number of data files: 1 (noroit_surface)
Number of documentation files: 1 (noroit_surface.readme)
Data format: ASCII
Data volume: 1.7 MB

File Header

 - decimal julian day since 1 Jan 1992
 - day
 - month
 - year
 - hour (hh.mm)
 - latitude (sll.dd)
 - longitude(sggg.dd)
 - sbe21 temperature at 3 meters depth
 - sbe21 salinity value at 3 meters depth
 - hull thermometer (Median value for these three parameters over 5 minutes)
 - rainfall amount over 5 minutes (in millimeters)

Missing values are set to 1e+36.

Data Example

339.34653 5 12 92 8.20 -12.50 158.98 0.30097E+02 0.34653E+02 0.10000E+37 0.00000E+00
339.35069 5 12 92 8.25 -12.48 158.98 0.29818E+02 0.34627E+02 0.10000E+37 0.00000E+00
339.35417 5 12 92 8.30 -12.48 158.97 0.29894E+02 0.34626E+02 0.10000E+37 0.00000E+00
339.35764 5 12 92 8.35 -12.47 158.97 0.29891E+02 0.34635E+02 0.10000E+37 0.00000E+00

For more information, please contact:

Christian Henin
Centre ORSTOM
Groupe SURTROPAC
B.P. A5
Noumea Cedex
New Caledonia

email: henin@noumea.orstom.nc
Phone: (687) 26-1000
FAX: (687) 26-4326

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Reference

Centre ORSTOM de Noumea, 1993: Campagne COARE-POI a bord du N.O. Le Noroit 1er
decembre 1992 - 2 mars 1993. Rapports de missions, Sciences de la Mer,
Oceanographie Physique No 10, Noumea, New Caledonia, 338 pp.

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