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OAS accession Detail for 0002167
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Title: Delayed XBT data collected by the Australian Navy, submitted to NODC for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP), dates ranging from 2001-01-22 to 2002-11-24 (NCEI Accession 0002167)
Abstract:
Date received: 20050131
Start date: 20010122
End date: 20021124
Seanames: Arabian Sea, Arafura Sea, Banda Sea, Bass Strait, Bay of Bengal, Coral Sea, East China Sea (Tung Hai), Great Australian Bight, Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean, Laccadive Sea, Molucca Sea, North Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea, South China Sea (Nan Hai), South Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea, Timor Sea, Yellow Sea (Hwang Hai)
West boundary: 48.865
East boundary: 179.0567
North boundary: 34.6647
South boundary: -53.75
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - XBT
Datatypes: WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Jankowska, Krystyna
Submitting institution: Australian Oceanographic Data Centre
Collecting institutions: Royal Australian Navy
Contributing projects: GTSPP
Platforms: Adelaide (09AD), Anzac (09AN), Ballarat (09BT), Canberra (09CA), Melbourne (09MB), Resolution (61RL), Sydney (09SH)
Number of observations: 1380
Supplementary information: NOTE: The files in Accession 0002167 (this accession) include updated files that completely replace the data files in NCEI Accession 0001261. NCEI Accession 0001261 is no longer published or accessible online. Any use of data from NCEI Accession 0001261 should be reviewed in the context of data found in NCEI Accession 0002167.

These Australian Navy XBT data are processed and incorporated into the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP), which is a cooperative international program designed to develop and maintain a global ocean T-S resource with data that are as up-to-date and of the highest quality as possible.
Availability date:
Metadata version: 6
Keydate: 2005-05-06 17:40:59+00
Editdate: 2022-11-02 19:17:48+00