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Title: Delayed XBT data assembled for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) and processed 2004-08-23 - 2004-08-29 (NCEI Accession 0001686)
Abstract: XBT data were collected from MULTIPLE PLATFORMS from a World-Wide distribution. Data were collected by the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) from 05 July 2003 to 23 July 2004. Data were collected in support of the Global Temperature-Salinity Pilot Project (GTSPP), and the NOAA Shipboard Environmental Data Acquisition System Program (SEAS).
Date received: 20040828
Start date: 20030705
End date: 20040723
Seanames:
West boundary: 124.3
East boundary: 14.13
North boundary: 54.13
South boundary: -39.72
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Submitter: Wilburn, Anne-Marie
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
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Number of observations: 1459
Supplementary information: These data are processed and incorporated into the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) database.

NCEI has determined that the name of the platform "HORIZON PACIFIC" as documented in the data files is incorrect. The data files document the platform name as "HORIZON PACIFIC" whilst NCEI has determined the correct platform name is "SEA-LAND PACIFIC". NCEI has determined that the call sign for the platform "OLEANDER" as documented in the data files is incorrect. The data files document the call sign as "PJJU" whilst NCEI has determined the correct call sign is "V7SX3". The data files contained the Ship Name "HORIZON HAWAII" (Call Sign "KIRF") which NCEI was unable to find in the ICES Platform Code Database.
Availability date: 20040828
Metadata version: 9
Keydate: 2004-08-30 11:19:00+00
Editdate: 2023-10-18 16:36:40+00