Compilation of Surface Currents of the equatorial Indian Ocean (1856 -1974)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | From 1856 to 1974 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | Indian Ocean |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Lagrangian currents and transport rates in the water column |
| Instruments | Unknown |
| Description | |
| Summary | The data set comprises of measurements of surface currents collected across the Indian Ocean in the region 50 E (the Gulf of Aden) to 100 E and 25 S to 10 N. The data were collected between 1854 and 1974. The surface currents, measured from ships' drift, have been compiled into 10 day periods and 1 degree latitude-longitude squares. For each of these the vector mean of all of the observations from all years has been calculated. With this amount of subdivision, coverage is often sparse and sometimes non-existent. The source material for this atlas was obtained from the UK Meteorological Office archive of historical surface currents and this data set was compiled by the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory (IOSDL). |
| Originators | Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory |
| References | Cutler, A.N. and Swallow, J.C. (1984) Surface Currents of the Indian Ocean (to 25° S, 100° E)., |
| 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 | 1048046 |
| Global identifier | 183 |
| Last revised | 2010-09-27 |
