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Temperature, salinity and other measurements found in dataset OSD taken from the USCGC NORTHWIND (WAGB-282; call sign NRFJ; active 07/28/1945 - 01/20/1989), ATLANTIS (1931 - 9/1963)a and other platforms in the Arctic , North Atlantic and other locations from 1946 to 1977 (NODC Accession 0000458)

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

Data distribution plot for NCEI accession 0000458
Accession: 0000458
Date Received (month/day/year): 5/23/2001
Start date (month/day/year): 7/6/1946
End date (month/day/year): 4/14/1977
Contains observation type(s): physical,chemical,biology,meterology
Contains datatype(s): 552 temperature profiles
- 551 salinity profiles
- 2 nitrate profiles
- 434 oxygen profiles
- 3 chlorophyll profiles
- 72 phosphate profiles
- 37 silicate profiles
- 509 Bottom_Depth measurements
- 1 Water_Color measurements
- 23 Water_Transpar measurements
- 13 Sea_State measurements
- 175 Wind_Force measurements
- 120 Wind_Direction measurements
- 183 Wind_Speed measurements
- 35 Barometric_Pres measurements
- 37 Dry_Bulb_Temp measurements
- 36 Wet_Bulb_Temp measurements
- 141 Weather_Condit measurements
Includes Sea Area(s): Arctic
- North Atlantic
- Coastal N Atlantic
- Equatorial Indian
- North Indian
- Red Sea
- Mediteranean
West Boundary: 11.75
East Boundary: -25.40
North Boundary: 82.37
South Boundary: 7.98
Contains Instrument Type(s): bottle/rossette/net (552 casts)
Institute(s): WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE (WHOI)
Platform(s): USCGC NORTHWIND (WAGB-282; call sign NRFJ; active 07/28/1945 - 01/20/1989)
- ATLANTIS (1931 - 9/1963)a
- USCGC RELIANCE (WMEC-615) (Call sign NJPJ; commissioned 06/20/1964)
- AIRCRAFT
- PANULIRUS
- ATLANTIS II (4/1963 - 3/2/1997)
- WESTWIND (USCGC;WAGB-281;c.s.NLKL;b.1943;ex.Severny Polyus 1945-51;dec-d 02.1988
- PANULIRUS II (74)
- RESEARCHER (NOAA ship;RV;c.s.WTER;service 1970-88;re-d see code 2566;IMO6901907)