Purpose: Observe currents in the sea and improve ocean circulation models. Assimilate and validate models used in SMHI activities such as the NEMO-Nordic maritime circulation model.
Unit: Degrees
Properties: Measurement of the direction of water from sea-buoys. Once per hour. Some stations deliver data from several levels below sea level.
Design: Date, time, value, quality and depth of measurement; Zero degrees means that water flows towards the north, 90 degrees to east and v. The depth of 0 metres represents surface current.
Quality codes: Green (G) = verified and accepted values. Yellow (Y) = Grossly controlled values, suspicious or aggregated values. Orange (O) = uncontrolled values
Borders: 0-360 degrees
For more info see:
http://www.smhi.se/polopoly_fs/1.17789!webbFaktablad_52.pdf
Delivery: Data is delivered in two different ways
1. Via a user interface where measurement series can be downloaded for one station at a time
Data can be downloaded for the last hour, day or full time series except the last day (historical reviewed)
2. Via a machine-machine solution (carbon flow). Where the same measurement series as above can be obtained
as well as real-time data. These are the last hour measurements. They can be retrieved for a measuring station
at a time or for all active measuring stations.
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