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OAS accession Detail for 0000309
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accessions_id: 0000309
Title: NODC Standard Product: World Ocean Circulation Program (WOCE) Global Data, Version 2: Subsurface floats data on CD-ROM (NODC Accession 0000309)
Abstract: Compilation of ocean circulation data from a World-Wide distribution from 01 January 1972 to 12 December 1998. Data were collected by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and other institutions from SOFAR, RAFOS, and ALACE floats as part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) and other projects. This accession includes links to journal and technical report homepages which include links to graphs, charts, vector diagrams, and other data.
Date received: 20001023
Start date: 19720101
End date: 19981231
Seanames: Indian Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, World-Wide Distribution
West boundary: -180
East boundary: 180
North boundary: 75
South boundary: -75
Observation types: time series
Instrument types:
Datatypes: CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U), CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V), CURRENT METER - SPEED
Submitter:
Submitting institution: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Collecting institutions: , Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Institute of Ocean Sciences - Victoria, Ifremer, University of California San Diego; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Rhode Island; Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Contributing projects: WOCE
Platforms:
Number of observations: 0
Supplementary information:
Availability date:
Metadata version: 5
Keydate: 2001-04-16 04:00:00+00
Editdate: 2013-01-18 20:40:46+00