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Notes
As data becomes available it is added to this secton of the Stratus site; it may
still be subject to updates, however. Please note the version date as well
as the citation for any data you download.
For unedited data from more recent deployments of the Stratus platform, received
via Argos satellite, please see the real time data section, above.
Meteorological data contained on this site is collected by ASIMet loggers. More detailed
information about this instrument package is available
at http://uop.whoi.edu/asimet/asimet.html.
The ASIMET meteorological sensors on the buoy provided a record of:
- Wind velocity
- Relative Humidity
- Air and Sea surface Temperatures
- Incoming Shortwave Radiation
- Incoming Longwave Radiation
- Barometric Pressure
- Precipitation
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A full description of the OceanSITES NetCDF specification used for UOP datasets
is available on the OceanSITES web site.
Variable "standard names" are taken from the
Climate and Forecast NetCDF specification.
All data presented here should be considered preliminary as
further adjustments to the data may be needed.
Please note the version date as well as the citation for any data
you download.
When using the data, please acknowledge the source: "Data from the Stratus Ocean Reference Station were made available by Dr. Robert Weller of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; these data were collected with support from the Pan American Climate Study and Climate Observation Programs of the Office of Global Programs, NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Grants NA17RJ1223, NA17RJ1224, and NA17RJ1225.
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Stratus I
Set: October 7, 2000, 20:43 UTC, R.V. Melville, Cook 2 cruise
Recovered: October 17, 2001, 12:39 UTC, R/V R.H. Brown, cruise RB-08-01
Position: 20° 9´S, 85° 8´W
Water depth: 4440 meters
Type | NetCDF | Metadata | Text file |
Met | OS_Stratus_2000_D_M.nc | OS_Stratus_2000_D_M.cdl | OS_Stratus_2000_D_M.asc.gz |
Vel | OS_Stratus_2000_D_surfV.nc | OS_Stratus_2000_D_surfV.cdl | OS_Stratus_2000_D_surfV.asc.gz |
Stratus II
Set: October 19, 2001, 19:46 UTC, R/V R.H. Brown, cruise RB-08-01
Recovered: October 22, 2002, 12:59 UTC, R.V Melville, cruise Vanc 03
Position: 20° 8.597´S, 85° 8.435´W
Water depth: 4454 meters
Type | NetCDF | Metadata | Text file |
Met | OS_Stratus_2001_D_M.nc | OS_Stratus_2001_D_M.cdl | OS_Stratus_2001_D_M.asc.gz |
Vel | OS_Stratus_2001_D_surfV.nc | OS_Stratus_2001_D_surfV.cdl | OS_Stratus_2001_D_surfV.asc.gz |
Stratus III
Set: October 25, 2002, 00:16 UTC, R.V. Melville, cruise Vanc03
Recovered: November 17, 2003, 12:32 UTC, R.V. Revelle, cruise Dana03
Position: 20° 10.482´S, 85° 6.727´W
Water depth: 4440 meters
Type | NetCDF | Metadata | Text file |
Met | OS_Stratus_2002_D_M.nc | OS_Stratus_2002_D_M.cdl | OS_Stratus_2002_D_M.asc.gz |
Vel | OS_Stratus_2002_D_surfV.nc | OS_Stratus_2002_D_surfV.cdl | OS_Stratus_2002_D_surfV.asc.gz |
Stratus IV
Set: November 19, 2003, 20:32 UTC, R.V. Revelle, cruise Dana03
Recovered: December 12, 2004, 10:46 UTC, R.V. Ron Brown, cruise RB-11-04
Position: 19° 45.912´S, 85° 30.405´W
Water depth: 4441 meters
Type | NetCDF | Metadata | Text file |
Met | OS_Stratus_2003_D_M.nc | OS_Stratus_2003_D_M.cdl | OS_Stratus_2003_D_M.asc.gz |
Vel | OS_Stratus_2003_D_surfV.nc | OS_Stratus_2003_D_surfV.cdl | >OS_Stratus_2003_D_surfV.asc.gz |
Stratus V
Set: December 14, 2004, 18:25 UTC, R.V. Ron Brown, cruise RB-11-04
Recovered: , October 12, 2005 10:44 UTC, R.V. Ron Brown, cruise RB-05-05
Position: 19° 44.741´S, 85° 31.360´W
Water depth: 4425 meters
Type | NetCDF | Metadata | Text file |
Met | OS_Stratus_2004_D_M.nc | OS_Stratus_2004_D_M.cdl | OS_Stratus_2004_D_M.asc.gz |
Vel | OS_Stratus_2004_D_surfV.nc | OS_Stratus_2004_D_surfV.cdl | OS_Stratus_2004_D_surfV.asc.gz |
Stratus VI
Set: October 14, 2005, 17:51 UTC, R.V. Ron Brown, cruise RB-05-05
Recovered: October 18, 2006, UTC, R.V. Ron Brown, cruise RB-06-07
Position: 20° 2.6703´S, 85° 11.3054´W
Water depth: 4481 meters
Type | NetCDF | Metadata | Text file |
Met | OS_Stratus_2005_D_M.nc | OS_Stratus_2005_D_M.cdl | OS_Stratus_2005_D_M.asc.gz |
Vel | OS_Stratus_2005_D_surfV.nc | OS_Stratus_2005_D_surfV.cdl | OS_Stratus_2005_D_surfV.asc.gz |
Stratus VII
Set: October 16,2006, 17:51 UTC, R.V. Ron Brown, cruise RB-06-07
Recovered: October 29, 2007 10:57 UTC, R.V. Ron Brown, cruise RB-07-09
Position: 19° 45.28´S, 85° 31.93´W
Water depth: 4446 meters
Type | NetCDF | Metadata | Text file |
Met | OS_Stratus_2006_D_M.nc | OS_Stratus_2006_D_M.cdl | OS_Stratus_2006_D_M.asc.gz |
Vel | OS_Stratus_2006_D_surfV.nc | OS_Stratus_2006_D_surfV.cdl | OS_Stratus_2006_D_surfV.asc.gz |
Stratus VIII
Set: October 27,2007, 18:27 UTC, R.V. Ron Brown, cruise RB-07-09
Recovered: October 27, 2008 10:45 UTC, R.V. Ron Brown, cruise 08-06
Position: 19° 37.2147´S, 85° 22.73´W
Water depth: 4453 meters
Type | NetCDF | Metadata | Text file |
Met | OS_Stratus_2007_D_M.nc | OS_Stratus_2007_D_M.cdl | OS_Stratus_2007_D_M.asc.gz |
Vel | OS_Stratus_2007_D_surfV.nc | OS_Stratus_2007_D_surfV.cdl | OS_Stratus_2007_D_surfV.asc.gz |
Stratus IX
Set: October 25,2008, 18:46 UTC, R.V. Ron Brown 08-06
Recovered: January 20, 2010 11:30 UTC, R.V. Ron Brown 01-10
Position: 19° 42.6446´ S, 85° 35.297´W
Water depth: 4529 meters
Type | NetCDF | Metadata | Text file |
Met | OS_Stratus_2008_D_M.nc | OS_Stratus_2008_D_M.cdl | OS_Stratus_2008_D_M.asc.gz |
Vel | OS_Stratus_2008_D_surfV.nc | OS_Stratus_2008_D_surfV.cdl | OS_Stratus_2008_D_surfV.asc.gz |
Stratus X
Set: January 17, 2010, 18:23 UTC, R.V. Ron Brown 10-01
Went adrift: July 8, 2010, about 11:00 UTC
Recovered: (upper 45m) July 22, 2010, 20:00, from B.I.C. Humbolt
Recovered: (lower portion) April 7, 2011, from Moana Wave
Position: 19° 36.809´S, 85° 23.124´W
Water depth: 4460 meters
Type | NetCDF | Metadata | Text file |
Met | OS_Stratus_2010_D_M.nc | OS_Stratus_2010_D_M.cdl | OS_Stratus_2010_D_M.asc.gz |
Vel | OS_Stratus_2009_D_surfV.nc | OS_Stratus_2009_D_surfV.cdl | OS_Stratus_2009_D_surfV.asc.gz |
Stratus XI
Set: April 6. 2011 at 19:30 UTC, R.V. Moana Wave
Recovered: May 29,2012 at 12:30 UTC, from the R.V. Melville (MV-12-07)
Position: 19° 41.4783´S, 85° 34.0093´W
Water depth: 4440 meters
Type | NetCDF | Metadata | Text file |
Met | OS_Stratus_2011_D_M.nc | OS_Stratus_2011_D_M.cdl | OS_Stratus_2011_D_M.asc.gz |
Vel | OS_Stratus_2011_D_surfV.nc | OS_Stratus_2011_D_surfV.cdl | OS_Stratus_2011_D_surfV.asc.gz |
Stratus XII
Set: May 27, 2012 at 22:03 UTC, R.V. Melville (MV-12-07)Went adrift: January 25, 2014
Recovered: (upper portion): March 3, 2014 from the R.V. Ron Brown RB14-01
Recovered: (lower portion): March 8, 2014
Position: 19° 56.3064´S, 85° 17.5598´W
Water depth: 4539 meters
Type | NetCDF | Metadata | Text file |
Met | OS_Stratus_2012_D_M.nc | OS_Stratus_2012_D_M.cdl | OS_Stratus_2012_D_M.asc.gz |
Vel | OS_Stratus_2012_D_surfV.nc | OS_Stratus_2012_D_surfV.cdl | OS_Stratus_2012_D_surfV.asc.gz |
Stratus XIII
Set: March 7, 2014 at 18:01 UTC, R.V. Ron Brown (RB-14-01)Recovered: April 24, 2015, at 11:34 UTC, from the Chilean Navy ship Cabo de Hornos
Position: 19° 37.4714´S, 85° 57.139´W
Water depth: 4541 meters
Type | NetCDF | Metadata | Text file |
Met | OS_Stratus_2014_D_M.nc | OS_Stratus_2014_D_M.cdl | OS_Stratus_2014_D_M.asc.gz |
Vel | OS_Stratus_2014_D_surfV.nc | OS_Stratus_2014_D_surfV.cdl | OS_Stratus_2014_D_surfV.asc.gz |
Stratus XIV
Set: April 21. 2015 at 22:00 UTC, from the Chilean Navy ship Cabo de HornosRecovered: June 22, 2016 at 12:06 UTC, Chilean Navy ship Cabo de Hornos
Position: 19° 48.9713´S, 84° 44.3744´W
Water depth: 4510 meters
Type | NetCDF | Metadata | Text file |
Met | OS_Stratus_2015_D_M.nc | OS_Stratus_2015_D_M.cdl | OS_Stratus_2015_D_M.asc.gz |
Vel | OS_Stratus_2015_D_surfV.nc | OS_Stratus_2015_D_surfV.cdl | OS_Stratus_2015_D_surfV.asc.gz |