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CURRENT - DIRECTION and Other Data from ESSO DEUTSCHLAND and Other Platforms From Arabian Sea and Others from 1901-10-27 to 1989-08-07 (NCEI Accession 9000154)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: October 04, 2025 | Last Modified: 2002-11-19T00:00:00.000+00:00
Data consists of ship drift data collected using drifting buoys from six merchant ships, collected for the German Oceanographic Data Center (Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum). Each ship cruise is on a different file and each has a different reference number. File L00918 = Ship Sidney Express, voyage 53 conducted in November 1982 in Indian ocean. File L00919 = Ship Esso Europa voyage conducted in June 1981 in Gulfs of Thailand and Iran. File L00920 = Ship Discovery, no year in NE Atlantic. File L00921 = Ship Esso Deutchland voyage conducted in July 1980 in Equatorial Atlantic (TOGA area). File L00922 = Ship Hamburg express, voyage 90 conducted in July-August 1989 in Indian Ocean. File L00923 = Ship Veba voyage conducted in January-March 1983 in Arabian Sea.

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9000154 CURRENT DIRECTION CURRENT SPEED buoy - drifting buoy continuous current measurements physical time series ARABIAN SEA DISCOVERY ESSO DEUTSCHLAND ESSO EUROPA HAMBURG EXPRESS SYDNEY EXPRESS German Oceanographic Data Center German Oceanographic Data Center Arabian Sea Gulf of Thailand Indian Ocean Persian Gulf (Gulf of Iran), Strait of Hormuz oceanography DE/BSH/DOD > Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum, Bundesamt Fur Seeschifffahrt Und Hydrographie, Germany DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS DRIFTING BUOYS > DRIFTING BUOYS ARABIAN SEA (call sign: HZQJ, ICES code: SAAS) DISCOVERY (ICES code: 74DI) ESSO DEUTSCHLAND (call sign: DHED, ICES code: 06ED, 1976-1985) ESSO EUROPA (ICES code: 06EE) HAMBURG EXPRESS (call sign: DHEC, ICES code: 06HX) SYDNEY EXPRESS (call sign: DIDS, ICES code: 06SX) OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA > PERSIAN GULF OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA AND EASTERN ARCHIPELAGIC SEAS

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describedByType application/octet-steam
identifier gov.noaa.nodc:9000154
issued 2002-11-19T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language []
rights otherRestrictions
spatial 120.0,-35.0,-59.6,55.0
temporal 1901-10-27T00:00:00+00:00/1989-08-07T00:00:00+00:00

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