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OAS accession Detail for 9900002
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Title: Delayed XBT data assembled for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) and processed 1999-01-25 - 1999-01-31 (NCEI Accession 9900002)
Abstract: SEAS XBT data from various platforms submitted by NOS for December 1998.
Date received: 20000508
Start date: 19980422
End date: 19981227
Seanames: Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean, Laccadive Sea, Mozambique Channel, New York Bight, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean
West boundary: 32.5
East boundary: -19.05
North boundary: 62.63
South boundary: -37.37
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - XBT
Datatypes: DEPTH - SENSOR, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Kinnard, Joyce G.
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD
Contributing projects: SEAS
Platforms: CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI (32CM), ENDEAVOR (32EV), OLEANDER (32OD), OLIVE BANK (PALB), ROSSEL CURRENT (SVRC), SAFMARINE ORANJE (91RN), SAGA SPRAY (58SG), S.A. VAAL (91SV), SEABOARD SYRENA (58SJ), Skogafoss (AGSC)
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: 20000508
Metadata version: 11
Keydate: 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00
Editdate: 2023-10-21 00:46:08+00