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Station 42904 - Independence Hub - Mississippi Canyon 920

Station operated by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit
28.085 N 87.986 W (28°5'6" N 87°59'10" W)

Water depth: 2426.7 m

MET data from this station is available at KIPN.

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Ocean Current Data for 42904

Unit of Measure:   Time Zone:   
    1:38 am CDT   12:38 am CDT   11:58 pm CDT   11:38 pm CDT   11:18 pm CDT
Depth
ft		   Dir
°		Speed
kts		    Dir
°		Speed
kts		    Dir
°		Speed
kts		    Dir
°		Speed
kts		    Dir
°		Speed
kts
262.5     216 0.05    255 0.12    260 0.20    279 0.17    272 0.10

Previous (up to 48) reports of ocean current data for 42904

Ocean Current Stick Plots are available in metric units only:

Instrument 1 - 1-day plot - ocean current 1-day plot     3-day plot - ocean current 3-day plot     5-day plot - ocean current 5-day plot     

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.