Current meter records from BEST
(Benguela Source and Transport)

This experiment, which included inverted echo sounders and pressure gauges as well as current meters, was designated WOCE (World Ocean Circulation Experiment) component ACM4. Only the current meter data are available here.

Click here to download a zip archive that contains the current meter records. To see metadata and statistics click on the links in the rightmost column below. A map and a vertical section that show the mooring array are available, and you can also move up one level to the previous page from here.

mooring
name
latlon instr depth
(meters)
water depth
(meters)
instr typedatesview
metadata
BEST 1 -30.444 14.709 215 1035 Aanderaa RCM8 18 Jun 92 - 26 Oct 93 metadata
BEST 1 -30.444 14.709 520 1035 Aanderaa RCM8 18 Jun 92 - 23 Oct 93 metadata
BEST 2 -30.281 13.230 210 3127 Aanderaa RCM8 19 Jun 92 - 26 Oct 93 metadata
BEST 2 -30.281 13.230 515 3127 Aanderaa RCM8 19 Jun 92 - 26 Oct 93 metadata
BEST 2 -30.281 13.230 3020 3127 Aanderaa RCM8 19 Jun 92 - 26 Oct 93 metadata
BEST 3 -29.990 8.830 205 5003 Aanderaa RCM8 22 Jun 92 - 28 Oct 93 metadata
BEST 3 -29.990 8.830 505 5003 Aanderaa RCM8 22 Jun 92 - 28 Oct 93 metadata
BEST 3 -29.990 8.830 4950 5003 Aanderaa RCM8 22 Jun 92 - 28 Oct 93 metadata
BEST 4 -30.003 5.996 210 5180 Aanderaa RCM8 23 Jun 92 - 29 Oct 93 metadata
BEST 4 -30.003 5.996 510 5180 Aanderaa RCM8 23 Jun 92 - 29 Oct 93 metadata
BEST 4 -30.003 5.996 3010 5180 Aanderaa RCM8 23 Jun 92 - 29 Oct 93 metadata
BEST 4 -30.003 5.996 5130 5180 Aanderaa RCM8 23 Jun 92 - 29 Oct 93 metadata

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