Original Data

Original 12-minute Samples

The data is available here in an ASCII file of the original 12-minute samples. An Argos position fix is calculated once for each satellite pass, so latitude and longitude are interpolated to the time of each sample. Only some sensor levels, always including the bottom, were provided with pressure sensors to directly measure the depth. Depths of intervening layers were calculated from a catenary model of the cable hanging beneath the buoy hull.

Each "HydroFile" contains one month of data samples every 12 minutes. The text ReadMe file contains more information and itemizes an example.

Select data by Argos ID and Deployment Date

1947 – April 1985 1895 – April 1986 1897 – September 1986 1896 – September 1986 3283 – May 1988 3289 – May 1988 3287 – May 1988 3288 – May 1988 3286 – May 1988 3285 – May 1988 3366 – March 1990 3369 – March 1990	3284 – April 1990 11108 – September1990 11104 – September1990 11103 – September1990 12792 – March 1991 12791 – March 1991 12794 – April 1992 12790 – April 1992 12793 – April 1992 12798 – March 1991 12797 – March 1991 12795 – October 1993

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