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Temperature, salinity and other measurements found in dataset OSD taken from the VELERO III AND IV, FIXED PLATFORM and other platforms in the Coastal N Atlantic and North Atlantic from 1956 to 1969 (NODC Accession 7800012)

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

Data distribution plot for NCEI accession 7800012
Accession: 7800012
Start date (month/day/year): 10/18/1956
End date (month/day/year): 11/19/1969
Submitting Institute: VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE; GLOUCESTER PT.
Contains observation type(s): physical,chemical,meterology
Contains datatype(s): 2879 temperature profiles
- 2871 salinity profiles
- 437 oxygen profiles
- 910 pH profiles
- 2709 Bottom_Depth measurements
- 73 Water_Transpar measurements
- 1102 Wind_Direction measurements
- 571 Wind_Speed measurements
- 1630 Dry_Bulb_Temp measurements
Includes Sea Area(s): Coastal N Atlantic
- North Atlantic
West Boundary: -76.58
East Boundary: -72.88
North Boundary: 39.05
South Boundary: 35.35
Contains Instrument Type(s): bottle/rossette/net (2883 casts)
Institute(s): VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE; GLOUCESTER PT.
Platform(s): VELERO III AND IV
- FIXED PLATFORM
- USCGC RELIANCE (WMEC-615) (Call sign NJPJ; commissioned 06/20/1964)
- LADY LEONA
- SPENCER F. BAIRD
- R.R. SHROCK
- RANOS BELLE
- USCGC INGHAM (WHEC-35) (Call sign NRDL; service date 09/12/1936 - 05/27/1988)
- RORQUAL