PCM6 (KERE project)

The array we have included here as PCM6 was not officially a part of WOCE. We have included these current records because of their mostly excellent quality and because the array was part of the KERE project (the Kuroshio Extension Regional Experiment). As such, these data contribute to WOCE goals. A different component of KERE can be found on this disk as PCM7.

This component of KERE produced 20 current meter records from 9 moorings. You can view metadata and download individual records by clicking on links in the table below, where each record is identified by its depth and the name of the mooring. If you do download any of the current meter records you should review the note on file format. We have included here a map of the array that shows where the moorings were, and a reference that describes some results. You can also move up one level to the list of WOCE experiments.

mooringinstr depthinstr typedatesmetadatadownload
WHOI 942 2001 meters VACM 08 Jun 93 - 07 Jul 95 view metadata download record
WHOI 942 4001 meters VACM 08 Jun 93 - 07 Jul 95 view metadata download record
WHOI 943 1998 meters VACM 09 Jun 93 - 06 Jul 95 view metadata download record
WHOI 943 2998 meters VACM 09 Jun 93 - 06 Jul 95 view metadata download record
WHOI 943 3998 meters VACM 09 Jun 93 - 06 Jul 95 view metadata download record
WHOI 944 1997 meters VACM 10 Jun 93 - 05 Jul 95 view metadata download record
WHOI 944 2997 meters VACM 10 Jun 93 - 05 Jul 95 view metadata download record
WHOI 944 3997 meters VACM 10 Jun 93 - 05 Jul 95 view metadata download record
WHOI 945 1997 meters VACM 10 Jun 93 - 03 Jul 95 view metadata download record
WHOI 946 2000 meters VACM 11 Jun 93 - 02 Jul 95 view metadata download record
WHOI 947 1999 meters VACM 12 Jun 93 - 01 Jul 95 view metadata download record
WHOI 947 2998 meters VACM 12 Jun 93 - 01 Jul 95 view metadata download record
WHOI 947 3998 meters VACM 12 Jun 93 - 01 Jul 95 view metadata download record
WHOI 948 3999 meters VACM 13 Jun 93 - 30 Jun 95 view metadata download record
WHOI 949 2000 meters VACM 14 Jun 93 - 30 Jun 95 view metadata download record
WHOI 949 3000 meters VACM 14 Jun 93 - 29 Jun 94 view metadata download record
WHOI 949 4000 meters VACM 14 Jun 93 - 30 Jun 95 view metadata download record
WHOI 949 5500 meters VACM 14 Jun 93 - 30 Jun 95 view metadata download record
WHOI 950 2006 meters VACM 14 Jun 93 - 29 Jun 95 view metadata download record
WHOI 950 3006 meters VACM 14 Jun 93 - 29 Jun 95 view metadata download record

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Reference

Owens, W.B. and B.A.Warren, 2001. Deep circulation in the northwest corner of the Pacific Ocean. Deep-Sea Research 1 48, 959-993.

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Format of the current records

These files have been compressed with the ZIP compression utility. After downloading them, you will need to expand them. WinZip or Pkzip will do the job on a PC that is running Microsoft Windows. Under Linux, gunzip will expand these files. Other utilities are available for the UNIX and Macintosh environments (for example, unzip and/or gunzip are present on most UNIX systems). After expansion, you will have binary files in the netCDF format.

netCDF is a self-documenting format that can be accessed by a variety of software tools. You can click here to learn about netCDF and available software packages that can be used to read and manipulate netCDF files.

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