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X  _  Introduction
This  volume  is  a  graphical  and  statistical  presentation  of
moored  current  measurements  carried  out  jointly  by  the  Bundesamt
für  Seeschiffahrt  und  Hydrographie  (BSH)  and  the  Institut  für
Meereskunde  (IFM)  in  Hamburg.  The  data  are  part  of  the  German
contribution  to  the  World  Ocean  Circulation  Experiment  (WOCE).
They  cover  the  period  1991  to  1995.  The  mooring  locations  (see
map)  are  in  line  with  the  WOCE-Hydrographic  section  Al/E,  which
was  repeated  four  times  during  the  mooring  period.
The  mooring  design  was  according  to  the  institutions  deep
ocean  standard,  all  current  meters  were  Aanderaa  ROM  4/5  or  7/8,
sampling  interval  was  one  hour.  The  moorings  were  replaced  annually. ­
  Four  moorings  were  lost  completely  (Dl,  El,  D2,  and  F3).

Acknowledgements
This  work  would  have  not  been  possible  without  the  skilled
assistence  of  U.  Drübbisch,  H.  Giese,  H.  May,  and  H.  Wüllner  in
the  field  work  and  M.  Nesemann  in  the  data  analysis.  This  is
also  true  for  the  experienced  help  we  found  from  crews  of  R/V's
'Meteor',  'Valdivia',  and  'Walther  Herwig'  during  the  deployment
and  recovery  operations.  Supporting  funds  were  available  from
the  Bundesministerium  für  Forschung  and  Technologie  under  grants
03F0121B  (BSH)  and  03F0121A  (IFM)  and  from  the  Deutsche  Forschungsgemeinschaft ­
  for  financing  the  ship-time  for  R/V  'Meteor' ­
  .

Hamburg,  December  1995

Dr.  Ekkehard  Mittelstaedt
Bundesamt  für  Seeschiffahrt
und  Hydrographie

Prof.  Dr.  Jens  Meincke
Institut  für  Meereskunde