National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) Neutrally Buoyant Float Data Reports (1955-1964, 1969)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | From June 1955 to September 1964; from February to March 1969 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | NE Atlantic, NW Atlantic, Norwegian Sea, Faroe-Shetland Channel, Faroe Bank Channel, Labrador Sea, NW Pacific, deep water off Bermuda, NW Mediterranean, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Vertical spatial coordinates; Horizontal spatial co-ordinates; Lagrangian currents and transport rates in the water column; Date and time |
| Instruments | Satellite tracking system |
| Description | |
| Summary | The data set comprises a series of ten reports containing tables of current data and diagrams of trajectories derived from neutrally buoyant floats deployed in seas across the globe. The floats were numbered between 1-180 and 209-227, with floats 1-180 being deployed between 1955 and 1964 and floats 209-227 being deployed between February and March 1969. Detailed deployment information is listed below, with deployment location, float numbers, deployment dates and ship name (if known). NE Atlantic: floats 1-5 (Jun 1955, Oct-Nov 1955); float 11 (Aug 1956); floats 12-20 (Mar 1957); floats 25-33 (May-Jul 1958); floats 34-39 (Nov 1958). Norwegian Sea: floats 6-10 (Apr-May 1956). NW Pacific: floats 21-24 (Jul-Aug 1957). Deep water off Bermuda: floats 40-53, 55, 58 (Jun-Oct 1959, RV Aries); floats 54, 56, 57 (Oct 1959, RV Crawford); floats 59-60,64-65,68, 69,71,73-74 (Jun-Dec 1959, RV Aries); floats 61-63,66, 67,70,72 (Nov 1959, RV Crawford); floats 75-77 (Dec 1959, RV Atlantis); floats 78-98 (Feb-Jun 1960, RV Aries); floats 99-119 (Jun-Aug 1960, RV Aries). Faroe-Shetland Channel: floats 120-127 (Jul 1961, RRS Discovery). Faroe Bank Channel: float 135 (1963, Ernest Holt). Labrador Sea: floats 128-132 (1962, Erika Dan). Arabian Sea: floats 133, 134, 136-139 (Jul-Aug 1963, RRS Discovery). Indian Ocean: floats 140-160 (Mar-Apr 1964, RRS Discovery); floats 161-180 (Apr-Aug 1964, RRS Discovery). NW Mediterranean: floats 209-227 (Feb-Mar 1969, RRS Discovery). The reports were produced by the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), which later became the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory. |
| Originators | National Institute of Oceanography |
| References | National Institute of Oceanography (1969) A series of National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) Reports (Internal Reports D1 to D10) published between November 1969 and February 1972., |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Availability | Licence |
| Contact | Polly Hadžiabdić (Head of the BODC Requests Team) |
| Address | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Telephone | +44 (0)782 512 0946 |
| enquiries@bodc.ac.uk | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Local identifier | 1048045 |
| Global identifier | 182 |
| Last revised | 2021-04-21 |
