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Temperature, salinity and other measurements found in dataset CTD taken from the DISCOVERY (R/V; call sign GLNE; built 12.1962; IMO5090660), METEOR (R/V;built 1964;decomm-d 1985;ren-d Rapuhia) and other platforms in the North Atlantic , Coastal N Atlantic and other locations from 1968 to 2002 (NODC Accession 0020390)

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

Data distribution plot for NCEI accession 0020390
Accession: 0020390
Date Received (month/day/year): 8/25/2008
Start date (month/day/year): 2/21/1968
End date (month/day/year): 2/3/2002
Submitting Institute: BRITISH OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER(BODC)
Contains observation type(s): physical,chemical,biology
Contains datatype(s): 19292 temperature profiles
- 19137 salinity profiles
- 820 chlorophyll profiles
- 1595 conductivity profiles
- 371 oxygen profiles
- 1246 transmissivity profiles
- 2811 Bottom_Depth measurements
Includes Sea Area(s): North Atlantic
- Coastal N Atlantic
- Equatorial Atlantic
- Coastal Equatorial Indian
- Antarctic
- Arctic
- Equatorial Indian
- South Atlantic
- South Indian
- Coastal S Indian
West Boundary: 35.54
East Boundary: 8.33
North Boundary: 76.32
South Boundary: -66.62
Contains Instrument Type(s): CTD (19292 casts)
Institute(s): INST OF OCEANOG SCIENCES DEACON LAB (IOSDL) prev NAT INST OCEANOG (WORMLEY)
- UNIV. OF LIVERPOOL (LIVERPOOL)
- INSTITUTE FUR MEERESKUNDE (INST FOR MARINE RESEARCH) (KIEL UNIVERSITY)
- DUNSTAFFNAGE MARINE LABORATORY; THE SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION FOR MARINE SCIENCE
- SCOTTISH MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION MARINE STATION (MILLPORT)
- BRITISH OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER(BODC)
- BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY(BAS)
- BRITISH MIN OF AG; FISH AND FOOD FISH EXP STN (CONWAY)
- UNIVERSITY OF WALES BANGOR; SCHOOL OF OCEAN SCIENCES
- UNIV. OF SOUTHAMPTON DEPT OF OCEANOGRAPHY
- OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY; CORVALLIS
- DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY; MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
- UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA; SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
- UNIV. OF CAMBRIDGE (CAMBRIDGE)
Platform(s): DISCOVERY (R/V; call sign GLNE; built 12.1962; IMO5090660)
- METEOR (R/V;built 1964;decomm-d 1985;ren-d Rapuhia)
- CHALLENGER (sold April 2000 and re-flagged as EXPLORER)
- SHACKLETON
- JOHN MURRAY (RRS;call sign GMNH;built 1963;ren-d Alkaid 1981;IMO5428439)!
- POSEIDON (F/V;call sign DBKV;built 1976;IMO7427518)
- PLANET (Call sign DSCZ; service date: 04/15/1967 - 12/31/1981)
- JOHN BISCOE (R/V;active 1956-1991;sold 1992;renamed Fayza Express)
- CIROLANA
- FREDERICK RUSSELL
- PRINCE MADOG (R/V;call sign ZNLJ5;built 2001;IMO9229611)\0
- CLIONE
- CHARLES DARWIN (R/V;c.s.GDLS;built 1984;ren-d Ocean Researcher 2006;IMO8207941)
- DAWN SKY (M/V; call sign GWMA; active 1983 - 1994;renamed Putford Sky 1994)
- BON ENTENTE
- CORYSTES (GHRU)(MAY 1989)
- GORSETHORN (Cargo;b.1963;ex.Dido 1977;ren-d Deesse De La Democratie 1990)
- LOUGH FOYLE (Call Sign GYAR; built 1974)A
- ARANDA
- BJARNI SAEMUNDSSON (F/V; call sign TFEA; built 1970; IMO7017466)
- JAMES CLARK ROSS (R/V; call sign ZDLP; built 1991; IMO8904496)
- HAAKON MOSBY (R/V;c.s.LJIT;b.1980;renamed ACC MOSBY 01.2017;IMO7922233)\0
- COLONEL TEMPLER (GTTA)