Kuroshio Extension Observatory (KEO)

Data from the KEO Mooring Site Nominally at 32.4°N, 144.6°E

Please note that since this is a slack-line mooring, the distance along the mooring line cannot be used as a proxy for sensor depths, which will at times be shallower. Instead, you must use the water pressure, which is measured by several modules, and calculated at the others, to determine sensor depths.

You may find documentation on most of the data file formats in the readme files located here. Example fortran programs to read most of the files are available here

KEO data in OceanSITES NetCDF format (OceanSITES Home):

FTP sites for KEO data in ASCII and OceanSITES NetCDF format:

You can use the links below to browse files in the FTP site, login anonymously to ftp.pmel.noaa.gov and cd keodata, or write a script to download files automatically.

Links to various ASCII files and a Position plot are below:

Real-Time and Delayed-Mode Daily Average Data in ASCII Format:

Surface Met	Wind	Relative Humidity	Solar and Longwave Radiation	Rain Rate
Air Temp	Sea Surface Temp	Water Temp	Water Pressure	Ocean Current
Salinity	Density sigma-theta	17°C Isotherm Depth	Dynamic Height sea surface referenced to 500db	Heat Content sea surface to 300m depth

Delayed-Mode High Resolution Data in ASCII Format:

Surface Met	Wind	Relative Humidity	Solar and Longwave Radiation	Rain Rate
Air Temp	Sea Surface Temp	Water Temp 10 Minute Water Pressure Hourly Water Pressure	10-minute Ocean Current and 20-minute Ocean Current	Salinity and Density Sigma-Theta

Real-Time High Resolution Data in ASCII Format:

Surface Meteorological

Engineering Data in ASCII Format:

Daily Positions

Position Plot

Load Cell

Special Periods

April 17 - May 5 2007: KEO buoy drifting

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