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Station 42866 - Transocean Amirante - Mississippi Canyon 956

Station operated by Energy Resources Technologies/Remington
Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit
28.023 N 88.393 W (28°1'23" N 88°23'35" W)

Water depth: 2078 m

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Latest Satellite Wind Map for this Area

Ocean Current Data for 42866

Unit of Measure:   Time Zone:   
   0258 GMT   0238 GMT   0218 GMT   0158 GMT   0138 GMT   0118 GMT   0058 GMT   0038 GMT
Depth
m		   Dir
°		Speed
cm/s		    Dir
°		Speed
cm/s		    Dir
°		Speed
cm/s		    Dir
°		Speed
cm/s		    Dir
°		Speed
cm/s		    Dir
°		Speed
cm/s		    Dir
°		Speed
cm/s		    Dir
°		Speed
cm/s
53.6     57 13.8    47 15.8    44 19.1    52 14.0    38 14.2    35 15.4    28 16.4    19 17.0
69.6     59 15.6    44 12.9    60 13.8    64 10.9    58 13.1    39 11.9    39 13.2    16 14.1
85.6     81 19.2    71 15.7    76 15.7    74 12.7    62 15.3    57 13.1    67 14.6    63 14.3
101.6     95 7.4    106 6.6    85 8.5    86 4.4    83 6.1    80 5.9    83 8.5    83 10.6
117.6     291 5.0    260 4.7    349 1.0    249 0.9    84 2.7    79 3.3    78 6.1    65 7.7
133.6     356 6.4    350 5.0    1 6.2    24 6.4    18 7.9    21 8.1    23 8.5    16 9.4
149.6     328 15.3    329 13.5    330 13.8    331 12.8    322 12.4    322 10.8    326 11.0    315 11.4
165.6     336 24.6    338 23.0    339 20.0    339 21.6    333 19.7    335 19.8    336 18.8    332 18.6
181.6     335 9.6    334 8.8    339 6.7    336 7.3    322 6.1    321 6.3    331 5.2    338 5.4
197.6     360 0.8    333 0.4    360 0.3    135 0.1    212 0.9    278 0.7    270 0.3    25 1.4
213.6     350 1.7    329 0.6    277 2.4    284 0.4    307 1.5    291 0.9    214 0.4    159 0.9
229.6     349 0.5    288 1.6    287 2.4    307 2.0    278 1.5    292 1.6    293 2.1    286 0.7
245.6     256 0.8    288 1.6    304 1.4    294 1.7    315 2.3    289 1.8    298 1.9    300 1.6
261.6     337 2.5    311 2.3    315 2.5    300 3.2    306 2.2    325 2.1    324 2.4    325 2.8
277.6     312 3.6    308 5.8    301 5.2    301 6.3    314 4.5    310 4.5    330 6.0    327 4.6
293.6     306 3.9    307 6.3    319 6.4    293 7.5    320 7.6    303 6.7    326 5.9    329 5.5
309.6     302 6.2    299 5.2    304 4.7    299 4.7    320 5.7    311 4.0    343 4.4    314 5.2
325.6     283 8.8    301 6.1    313 4.2    309 5.5    328 4.7    318 6.6    315 5.5    305 4.7
341.6     291 11.5    298 10.1    298 6.6    314 10.6    313 7.6    305 8.3    308 8.7    318 8.1
357.6     318 3.0    326 3.4    327 2.4    316 3.3    320 2.5    315 2.7    339 2.8    343 2.7
373.6     289 19.2    292 16.9    293 15.1    299 14.0    313 13.9    324 14.5    336 18.5    331 13.7
389.6     284 38.3    289 29.1    284 26.9    295 24.8    303 23.7    314 24.9    321 28.2    321 26.2
405.6     293 26.6    305 22.8    301 20.8    308 20.5    319 20.5    325 22.5    333 25.4    327 24.7
421.6     320 12.6    309 13.2    307 13.7    322 13.3    325 13.5    339 13.1    337 14.5    340 16.4
437.6     325 10.6    332 8.0    332 7.0    334 9.4    335 7.7    346 8.5    341 8.2    343 7.2
453.6     339 6.1    336 6.1    323 4.4    345 6.0    347 4.7    354 6.3    3 6.0    346 5.0
469.6     347 3.7    352 3.7    2 4.9    360 5.3    359 4.9    349 5.6    16 3.5    356 2.6
485.6     6 3.6    5 2.3    358 5.3    11 5.3    357 3.4    27 2.8    8 3.6    10 2.8
501.6     13 5.2    34 2.7    358 3.0    28 3.6    22 3.5    7 3.8    352 3.6    347 3.7
517.6     294 2.0    7 5.0   --    20 3.3    29 4.6    23 1.5    3 3.7    23 3.6

Previous (up to 48) reports of ocean current data for 42866

Ocean Current Stick Plots are available in metric units only:
     1-day plot - ocean current 1-day plot      3-day plot - ocean current 3-day plot      5-day plot - ocean current 5-day plot

Ocean Conditions at 42866 as of
0258 GMT on 11/25/2009:
Unit of Measure:    Time Zone:   

Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.

 Depth (DEPTH): 20.0 m
5-day plot - Ocean TemperatureOcean Temperature (OTMP):24.78 °C
Previous observations
5-day plot - Ocean Temperature5-day plot - Conductivity5-day plot - Salinity5-day plot - Oxygen Concentration (O2PCT)5-day plot - Oxygen Concentration (O2PPM)5-day plot - Chlorophyll5-day plot - Turbidity5-day plot - pH5-day plot - Eh
MM   DD    TIME
(GMT)		 DEPTH
m		        OTMP
°C		    COND
mS/cm		   SAL
psu		   O2%
%		    O2PPM
ppm		 CLCON
ug/l		 TURB
FTU		 PH EH
mv
11250238 20.024.77--------
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11240558 20.024.94--------
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11240258 20.024.94--------

Description of Measurements

Links which are specific to this station are listed below:

Real Time Data in tabular form for the last forty-five days.

Historical Data & Climatic Summaries for quality controlled data for the current month, previous months, and previous years.

Raw ADCP data files are available for this station.
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