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Temperature, salinity and other measurements found in datasets OSD and CTD taken from the S.A. AGULHAS (R/V;call sign ZSAF;built 1977;flag South Africa;IMO7628136), AFRICANA II and other platforms in the South Atlantic , Coastal S Atlantic and other locations from 1959 to 1994 (NODC Accession 0000381)

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The original data can be accessed via: NCEI Ocean Archive System

Data distribution plot for NCEI accession 0000381
Accession: 0000381
Date Received (month/day/year): 7/16/2001
Start date (month/day/year): 1/7/1959
End date (month/day/year): 3/11/1994
Submitting Investigator: GRUNDLINGH; MARTEN
Submitting Institute: SOUTH AFRICAN DATA CENTRE FOR OCEANOGRAPHY
Contains observation type(s): physical,chemical,biology,meterology
Contains datatype(s): 6630 temperature profiles
- 5501 salinity profiles
- 3028 oxygen profiles
- 3936 phosphate profiles
- 3884 silicate profiles
- 3973 nitrate profiles
- 3969 chlorophyll profiles
- 4842 Wind_Direction measurements
- 4915 Wind_Speed measurements
- 5436 Barometric_Pres measurements
- 5347 Dry_Bulb_Temp measurements
- 2365 Wet_Bulb_Temp measurements
- 5559 Weather_Condit measurements
- 1123 Cloud_Cover measurements
- 2308 Visibility measurements
- 153 Ref/Surf_Temp measurements
Includes Sea Area(s): South Atlantic
- Coastal S Atlantic
- Coastal S Indian
- South Indian
- Antarctic
West Boundary: 34.04
East Boundary: 29.06
North Boundary: -17.26
South Boundary: -55.45
Contains Instrument Type(s): CTD (1764 casts)
- bottle/rossette/net (5027 casts)
Institute(s): SOUTH AFRICAN DATA CENTRE FOR OCEANOGRAPHY
Platform(s): S.A. AGULHAS (R/V;call sign ZSAF;built 1977;flag South Africa;IMO7628136)
- AFRICANA II
- BENGUELA
- AFRICANA I