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Temperature, salinity and other measurements found in dataset OSD taken from the POLARFRONT I (Active 1948-1974), ST CATHARINES and other platforms in the North Pacific , Coastal N Pacific and other locations from 1956 to 1982 (NODC Accession 8300097)

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

Data distribution plot for NCEI accession 8300097
Accession: 8300097
Start date (month/day/year): 9/1/1956
End date (month/day/year): 7/30/1982
Submitting Institute: CANADIAN OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER (OTTAWA)
Contains observation type(s): physical,chemical,biology,meterology
Contains datatype(s): 4498 temperature profiles
- 4221 salinity profiles
- 1767 oxygen profiles
- 960 phosphate profiles
- 33 nitrate profiles
- 675 silicate profiles
- 3 chlorophyll profiles
- 3991 Bottom_Depth measurements
- 10 Water_Transpar measurements
- 15 Wave_Direction measurements
- 15 Wave_Height measurements
- 15 Wave_Period measurements
- 1645 Wind_Direction measurements
- 1391 Wind_Speed measurements
- 1592 Barometric_Pres measurements
- 1533 Dry_Bulb_Temp measurements
- 1077 Wet_Bulb_Temp measurements
- 13 Cloud_Type measurements
- 13 Cloud_Cover measurements
Includes Sea Area(s): North Pacific
- Coastal N Pacific
- North Atlantic
- Arctic
- Coastal N Atlantic
- Coastal Equatorial Pacific
- Equatorial Pacific
- South Pacific
- Coastal S Pacific
West Boundary: -145.95
East Boundary: -22.43
North Boundary: 68.13
South Boundary: -16.94
Contains Instrument Type(s): bottle/rossette/net (4501 casts)
Institute(s): CANADIAN OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER (OTTAWA)
- UNIV. OF BERGEN GEOPHYSICAL INST (BERGEN)
- FISH RES BOARD OF CANADA PACIFIC OCEANOGRAPHIC GROUP (NANAIMO)
- SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INST OF MARINE FISHERIES (PARIS)
- INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH (BERGEN)
- KNIPOVICH POLAR RESEARCH INST.OF MARINE FISHERIES AND OCEANOGRAPHY (PINRO)
- DANISH INST FOR FISHERY AND MARINE RESEARCH (CHARLOTTENLUND)
- BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY (DARTMOUTH; NOVA SCOTIA)
- NAVOCEANO - US NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFIC (BAY ST. LOUIS; MISS.)
- SEA FISHERIES INST (GDYNIA)
- INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERU (IMARPE); PAITA; PERU
- ATLANTIC RESEARCH INST OF FISHING ECONOMY AND OCEANOGRAPHY (ATLANTNIRO)
- FISH RES BOARD OF CANADA BIOLOGICAL STATION (ST. ANDREWS)
Platform(s): POLARFRONT I (Active 1948-1974)
- ST CATHARINES
- THALASSA (decommissioned 1996)
- G.O. SARS (R/V; call sign LLZG; active 1970-2003;IMO7018379)
- AKADEMIK KNIPOVICH (Call sign USPO; built 1964;IMO6510356 Reg.of ships 1985-86)
- SRT-18 TOPSEDA (R/V; call sign UNHO; comm-d 1956; decomm-d 1973)
- DANA
- BAFFIN (R/V;call sign CGCL;built 1956;decomm-d 1990)
- USCGC ATKA (AGB-3; active 1950 - 1966)
- WIECZNO
- PERSEY-3 (R/F/V;call sign ESGU; built 1968; new c.s.UASI; IMO6909569)
- VANCOUVER (CCGS;built1965;comm-d 1967;decomm-d 1981)
- PERSEII III
- POISK (R/V;c.s.EWEL;built 1971;renamed Argo 1998;IMO7115799; Sevryba)
- SNP-1
- GERAKL
- SRT-4191 MYAG-OSTROV (F/V; call sign URFW; built 1954; Kaliningrad)
- GADUS ATLANTICA
- PROTSION (UJOR)
- A. T. CAMERON (R/V;c.s.CGDB;b.10.1958;decc-d 1984;became Arctic Discoverer 1988)
- NIKOLAY KONONOV (F/V; call sign USOP; built 1966; IMO6707600)
- ATLANT (F/V; call sign UOLF;built 1964; IMO6510382; Kaliningrad)
- ALEJERO HUMBOLDT
- LADY HAMMOND
- EKLIPTIKA (UGVQ)
- E. E. PRINCE (AFTER 1960)