Current meter records from the MAPCOWS Experiment
(Abyssal Boundary Current Studies)

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 file 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.

These data were recorded by Aanderaa RCM5 current meters. The moorings were in and about the Falkland Ridge at the southern edge of the Argentine Basin; hence the mooring names.

See R.D.Pillsbury et al, Abyssal Boundary Current Studies, Current Measurements North of the Falkland Plateau, January 1986 - April 1987. OSU Data Report 147, Reference 89-6.

accession lat lon instr depth mooring name dates parameters stranger netCDF
1 -49.493 -41.270 1300 Falklands 1 27 Jan 86 - 28 Mar 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
2 -49.493 -41.270 2080 Falklands 1 27 Jan 86 - 28 Mar 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
3 -49.493 -41.270 2435 Falklands 1 27 Jan 86 - 28 Mar 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
4 -49.351 -41.305 1575 Falklands 2 27 Jan 86 - 27 Oct 86 s,d,t,p,c download download
5 -49.351 -41.305 3325 Falklands 2 27 Jan 86 - 26 Nov 86 s,d,t,p download download
6 -49.351 -41.305 4365 Falklands 2 27 Jan 86 - 12 Apr 87 s,d,t,p download download
7 -49.351 -41.305 5500 Falklands 2 27 Jan 86 - 12 Apr 87 s,d,t download download
8 -49.183 -41.217 835 Falklands 3 27 Jan 86 - 10 Apr 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
9 -49.183 -41.217 1585 Falklands 3 28 Jan 86 - 10 Apr 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
10 -49.183 -41.217 2355 Falklands 3 27 Jan 86 - 10 Apr 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
11 -49.183 -41.217 3325 Falklands 3 28 Jan 86 - 07 Oct 86 s,d,t,p download download
12 -49.183 -41.217 4305 Falklands 3 27 Jan 86 - 21 Jul 86 s,d,t download download
13 -49.183 -41.217 4925 Falklands 3 27 Jan 86 - 29 Nov 86 s,d,t download download
14 -48.833 -41.171 985 Falklands 4 28 Jan 86 - 27 Mar 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
15 -48.833 -41.171 1750 Falklands 4 28 Jan 86 - 24 May 86 s,d,t,p,c download download
16 -48.833 -41.171 2520 Falklands 4 28 Jan 86 - 27 Mar 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
17 -48.833 -41.171 3535 Falklands 4 28 Jan 86 - 12 Apr 86 s,d,t,p download download
18 -48.833 -41.171 4535 Falklands 4 28 Jan 86 - 13 Jan 87 t download download
19 -48.833 -41.171 5335 Falklands 4 28 Jan 86 - 27 Mar 87 s,d,t download download
20 -48.517 -41.310 1750 Falklands 5 28 Jan 86 - 15 Apr 87 s,d,t,p download download
21 -48.517 -41.310 2465 Falklands 5 28 Jan 86 - 03 Apr 86 s,d,t,p,c download download
22 -48.517 -41.310 3520 Falklands 5 28 Jan 86 - 15 Apr 87 s,d,t,p download download
23 -48.517 -41.310 4480 Falklands 5 28 Jan 86 - 03 Oct 86 s,d,t,p download download
24 -48.517 -41.310 5940 Falklands 5 28 Jan 86 - 15 Apr 87 s,d,t download download
25 -48.117 -41.283 810 Falklands 6 29 Jan 86 - 25 Mar 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
26 -48.117 -41.283 1580 Falklands 6 29 Jan 86 - 25 Mar 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
27 -48.117 -41.283 2330 Falklands 6 29 Jan 86 - 29 Mar 86 s,d,t,p,c download download
28 -48.117 -41.283 3385 Falklands 6 29 Jan 86 - 25 Mar 87 s,d,t,p download download
29 -48.117 -41.283 4385 Falklands 6 29 Jan 86 - 25 Mar 87 s,d,t download download
30 -48.117 -41.283 5815 Falklands 6 29 Jan 86 - 25 Mar 87 s,d,t download download
31 -47.482 -41.227 2365 Falklands 7 29 Jan 86 - 24 Mar 87 s,d,t,p download download
32 -47.482 -41.227 3360 Falklands 7 29 Jan 86 - 24 Mar 87 s,d,t,p download download
33 -47.482 -41.227 4360 Falklands 7 29 Jan 86 - 20 Sep 86 s,d,t,p download download
34 -47.482 -41.227 5890 Falklands 7 29 Jan 86 - 24 Mar 87 s,d,t download download
35 -49.386 -38.709 820 Falklands 8 30 Jan 86 - 30 Mar 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
36 -49.386 -38.709 1540 Falklands 8 30 Jan 86 - 30 Mar 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
37 -49.386 -38.709 2335 Falklands 8 30 Jan 86 - 30 Mar 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
38 -49.386 -38.709 3370 Falklands 8 30 Jan 86 - 21 Jun 86 s,d,t,p download download
39 -49.386 -38.709 4420 Falklands 8 30 Jan 86 - 30 Mar 87 s,d,t download download
40 -49.310 -38.010 1600 Falklands 9 31 Jan 86 - 31 Mar 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
41 -49.310 -38.010 2355 Falklands 9 31 Jan 86 - 31 Mar 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
42 -49.310 -38.010 3375 Falklands 9 31 Jan 86 - 24 Mar 87 s,d,t,p download download
43 -49.310 -38.010 4370 Falklands 9 31 Jan 86 - 31 Mar 87 s,d,t download download
44 -49.163 -36.112 2535 Falklands 10 03 Feb 86 - 01 Apr 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
45 -49.163 -36.112 3515 Falklands 10 03 Feb 86 - 01 Apr 87 s,d,t,p download download
46 -49.163 -36.112 4815 Falklands 10 03 Feb 86 - 01 Apr 87 s,d,t download download
47 -48.874 -35.678 2805 Falklands 11 04 Feb 86 - 01 Apr 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
48 -48.874 -35.678 3750 Falklands 11 04 Feb 86 - 11 May 86 s,d,t,p download download
49 -48.874 -35.678 5100 Falklands 11 04 Feb 86 - 01 Apr 87 s,d,t download download
50 -48.850 -35.147 955 Falklands 12 04 Feb 86 - 04 Apr 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
51 -48.850 -35.147 1715 Falklands 12 04 Feb 86 - 04 Apr 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
52 -48.850 -35.147 2490 Falklands 12 04 Feb 86 - 04 Apr 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
53 -48.850 -35.147 3470 Falklands 12 04 Feb 86 - 04 Apr 87 s,d,t download download
54 -48.718 -35.160 1720 Falklands 13 05 Feb 86 - 04 Apr 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
55 -48.718 -35.160 2445 Falklands 13 05 Feb 86 - 18 Feb 86 s,d,t,p,c download download
56 -48.718 -35.160 3635 Falklands 13 05 Feb 86 - 07 Nov 86 s,d,t,p download download
57 -48.362 -35.137 2465 Falklands 14 05 Feb 86 - 05 Apr 87 s,d,t,p,c download download
58 -48.362 -35.137 3455 Falklands 14 05 Feb 86 - 06 Dec 86 s,d,t,p download download
59 -48.362 -35.137 5185 Falklands 14 05 Feb 86 - 05 Apr 87 s,d,t download download

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