©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation
©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.the direction of a celestial object from the observer, expressed as the angular distance from the north or south point of the horizon to the point at which a vertical circle passing through the object intersects the horizon.
the horizontal angle or direction of a compass bearing.
| Dataset | PI-Supplied Description | PI-Supplied Name |
|---|---|---|
| Float park phase data collected at depth in the Sargasso Sea from 2013-2014. | The uncalibrated compass heading of the float. | azimuth |
| Float profile data collected during surface ascents in the Sargasso Sea from 2013-2014. | The uncalibrated compass heading of the float. | azimuth |
| Underway Data (SAS) from R/V Roger Revelle KNOX22RR in the Patagonian Shelf (SW South Atlantic) from 2008-2009 (COPAS08 project) | relative azimuth | relaz |
| Underway Data from R/V Melville, R/V Roger Revelle cruises MV1101, RR1202 in the Southern Ocean (30-60S); 2011-2012 (Great Calcite Belt project) | relative azimuth | relaz |