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OSU Buoy Group: MAPCOWS - Falkland Ridge at the southern edge of the Argentine Basin

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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Data from moorings that were in place for at least 6 months in deep water and include meteorological data, pressure records and temperature records gathered by the Oregon State University (OSU) Buoy Group over a span of more than 35 years. In addition, included are a number of electronic (i.e., browser-formatted) data reports. This dataset relates to current meter records from the Abyssal Boundary Current Studies MAPCOWS Experiment on the Falkland Ridge at the southern edge of the Argentine Basin. Other links available on this site will take you to the collection of data reports, an historical retrospective of the Buoy Group and instructions on how to download the data for the following:

Atlantic Ocean data Pacific Ocean data Indian Ocean data Southern Ocean data Electronic data reports History of the Group How to use this disk

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Title OSU Buoy Group: MAPCOWS - Falkland Ridge at the southern edge of the Argentine Basin
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/7f8c79b2-4e7f-4ff1-b5f5-eeb131b5e8af
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
webmaster@cmrecords.net
Reference Period 28/01/1986 - 16/04/1987
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      ],
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        -49.5
      ],
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        -41.0,
        -49.0
      ],
      [
        -41.5,
        -49.0
      ],
      [
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    ]
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}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "OSU Buoy Group: MAPCOWS - Falkland Ridge at the southern edge of the Argentine Basin". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/osu-buoy-group-mapcows-falkland-ridge-at-the-southern-edge-of-the-argentine-basin1