Data from DRAKE 79
(final phase of the 5-yr OSU/TAMU experiment)

The accession numbers shown below refer to the OSU Buoy Group's online database, where each file is identified by a number. In the database and also on this disk, each current meter record has a name that encodes its accession number. Thus the ASCII (stranger format) version of the file whose accession number is 1234 can be found on this disk as rcm01234.zip, and the netCDF version is stored here as rcm01234.cdf.

The Drake 79 moorings carried current meters, thermistor chains, and TP recorders. The current meter records were obtained with Aanderaa RCM5 current meters. The table below lists the current meter records, which you can download individually in both the stranger and netCDF formats. The thermistor chain data are available only in stranger format and have been placed together in a single zip archive. Similarly, the temperature-pressure records can be downloaded as a single zip archive that contains stranger format files.

See R.D.Pillsbury et al, A compilation of Observations from Moored Current Meters, Vol XIV: Currents, Temperature & Pressure in the Drake Passage during Drake 79, January 1979 - January 1980. OSU Data Report 91, Reference 81-17.

Current meter records

accession lat lon instr depth mooring name dates parameters stranger netCDF
107 -56.462 -66.887 525 North Slope 500 13 Jan 79 - 29 Jan 80 s,d,t,p download download
108 -56.572 -66.925 520 North Slope 1000 14 Jan 79 - 29 Jan 80 s,d,t,p download download
109 -56.768 -66.562 590 North Transport 15 Jan 79 - 10 Jul 79 s,d,t,p download download
110 -56.768 -66.562 900 North Transport 14 Jan 79 - 23 Feb 80 s,d,t,p,c download download
111 -56.768 -66.562 1315 North Transport 14 Jan 79 - 23 Jul 79 s,d,t,p,c download download
112 -56.768 -66.562 1615 North Transport 14 Jan 79 - 23 Feb 80 s,d,t,p,c download download
113 -56.768 -66.562 2605 North Transport 14 Jan 79 - 23 Feb 80 s,d,t,p download download
114 -57.127 -66.192 525 Main Line 1 15 Jan 79 - 23 Feb 80 s,d,t download download
115 -57.127 -66.192 2525 Main Line 1 15 Jan 79 - 23 Feb 80 s,d,t download download
116 -57.480 -65.747 565 Main Line 2 01 Feb 79 - 24 Feb 80 s,d,t download download
117 -57.480 -65.747 2535 Main Line 2 16 Jan 79 - 24 Feb 80 s,d,t download download
118 -58.518 -64.697 605 Main Line 5 17 Jan 79 - 19 Feb 80 s,d,t,p download download
119 -58.518 -64.697 1310 Main Line 5 17 Jan 79 - 19 Feb 80 s,d,t,p,c download download
120 -58.518 -64.697 2610 Main Line 5 17 Jan 79 - 25 Dec 79 s,d,t download download
267 -58.817 -64.393 620 Main Line 6 17 Jan 79 - 18 Feb 80 s,d,t,p download download
268 -58.817 -64.393 1320 Main Line 6 17 Jan 79 - 18 Feb 80 s,d,t,p download download
121 -59.188 -63.975 500 Main Line 7 17 Jan 79 - 18 Feb 80 s,d,t,p download download
122 -59.188 -63.975 1220 Main Line 7 18 Jan 79 - 18 Feb 80 s,d,t,p download download
123 -59.188 -63.975 2540 Main Line 7 17 Jan 79 - 18 Feb 80 s,d,t,p download download
124 -59.608 -63.535 545 Main Line 8 17 Jan 79 - 30 Nov 79 s,d,t,p download download
269 -60.142 -62.973 590 Main Line 9 18 Jan 79 - 16 Feb 80 s,d,t,p download download
270 -60.142 -62.973 2640 Main Line 9 26 Jan 79 - 16 Feb 80 s,d,t,p download download
125 -60.765 -62.288 475 Main Line 10 19 Jan 79 - 15 Feb 80 s,d,t,p download download
126 -60.765 -62.288 2530 Main Line 10 19 Jan 79 - 15 Feb 80 s,d,t,p download download
127 -61.290 -61.697 2600 Main Line 11 19 Jan 79 - 15 Feb 80 s,d,t,p download download
128 -61.800 -61.142 680 South Transport 19 Jan 79 - 14 Feb 80 s,d,t,p,c download download
129 -61.800 -61.142 1390 South Transport 19 Jan 79 - 14 Feb 80 s,d,t,p download download
130 -61.800 -61.142 2670 South Transport 19 Jan 79 - 14 Feb 80 s,d,t,p download download
131 -62.060 -60.643 505 South Slope 1000 19 Jan 79 - 13 Feb 80 s,d,t,p download download
132 -62.083 -60.582 500 South Slope 500 20 Jan 79 - 13 Feb 80 s,d,t download download
133 -59.822 -67.508 675 MS-1 29 Jan 79 - 21 Jan 80 s,d,t,p download download
134 -59.822 -67.508 1370 MS-1 29 Jan 79 - 21 Jan 80 s,d,t,p download download
135 -59.822 -67.508 2660 MS-1 29 Jan 79 - 21 Jan 80 s,d,t,p download download
136 -60.323 -67.155 790 MS-2 29 Jan 79 - 21 Jan 80 s,d,t,p download download
137 -60.323 -67.155 1470 MS-2 29 Jan 79 - 21 Jan 80 s,d,t,p download download
138 -60.323 -67.155 2760 MS-2 29 Jan 79 - 21 Jan 80 s,d,t download download
139 -59.442 -66.263 630 MS-3 29 Jan 79 - 23 Jan 80 s,d,t,p download download
140 -59.948 -65.832 1070 MS-4 29 Jan 79 - 22 Jan 80 s,d,t download download
141 -59.948 -65.832 2975 MS-4 29 Jan 79 - 22 Jan 80 s,d,t download download
142 -58.692 -65.780 720 MS-5 28 Jan 79 - 20 Feb 80 s,d,t,p download download
143 -58.692 -65.780 1425 MS-5 28 Jan 79 - 20 Feb 80 s,d,t,p download download
144 -58.692 -65.780 2715 MS-5 28 Jan 79 - 20 Feb 80 s,d,t,p download download
145 -59.178 -65.250 790 MS-6 28 Jan 79 - 24 Jan 80 s,d,t,p download download
146 -59.178 -65.250 1385 MS-6 28 Jan 79 - 24 Jan 80 s,d,t,p download download
147 -59.178 -65.250 2685 MS-6 28 Jan 79 - 24 Jan 80 s,d,t download download
148 -59.647 -64.675 505 MS-7 28 Jan 79 - 24 Jan 80 s,d,t,p download download
149 -59.647 -64.675 1195 MS-7 28 Jan 79 - 24 Jan 80 s,d,t,p,c download download
150 -59.647 -64.675 2495 MS-7 28 Jan 79 - 05 Nov 79 s,d,t download download

In addition the the current meters listed above, the Drake 79 moorings also carried temperature-pressure recorders. You can click here to download a zip archive that contains files from 28 TP recorders. The files have names of the form xxx.yyy.tp, where xxx contains the mooring name and yyy is the minimum depth of the instrument. These files have the (ASCII) OSU stranger format.

The North Transport mooring carried 4 thermistor chains, each 100 meters long. Data from the chains have been placed in a single zip archive. The 4 files in the archive have names of the form xxx.yyy.tc, where xxx is the depth in meters of the upper end of the chain and yyy is the depth in meters of the lower end. These files also have the OSU stranger format. Click here to download the archive.

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