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OAS accession Detail for 9700224
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Title: Delayed XBT data assembled for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) and processed 1997-09-08 - 1997-09-14 (NCEI Accession 9700224)
Abstract: Temperature profile data were collected from XBT casts from several research vessels in a world wide distribution. Data were collected from June 1, 1996 to August 10, 1997.
Date received: 19970922
Start date: 19960601
End date: 19970829
Seanames: Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, East China Sea (Tung Hai), Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean, Malacca Straits, Mozambique Channel, New York Bight, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea, Red Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea
West boundary: -5.32
East boundary: -36.1
North boundary: 54.15
South boundary: -39.48
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - XBT
Datatypes: DEPTH - SENSOR, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter:
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service
Contributing projects: SEAS
Platforms: AL AWDAH (KUAA), AMERICA STAR (BHAJ), BARBICAN SPIRIT (66BA), COLUMBUS CALIFORNIA (54CF), HORIZON ENTERPRISE (33HO), MELBOURNE STAR (BHAQ), OLEANDER (32OD), POLYNESIA (54PA), QUEENSLAND STAR (BHAS), ROSSEL CURRENT (SVRC), SAGA SPRAY (58SG), S.A. VAAL (91SV), SEA-LAND CRUSADER (33SC), SEA-LAND DEFENDER (320F), SEA-LAND NAVIGATOR (3280), SEA-LAND TRADER (32Q7), SEA WOLF (320L), SEDCO/BP 471 (54SD)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: These data are processed and incorporated into the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) database.

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".
Availability date:
Metadata version: 9
Keydate: 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00
Editdate: 2023-10-20 12:51:31+00