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Temperature measurements found in dataset XBT taken from the HMAS TORRENS (DE-53;call sign VLNB;built 09.1968;comm-d 01.1971;decomm-d 1998), SWAN (HMAS;DE-50;built 12.1967;comm-d 01.1970;decomm-d 09.1996) and other platforms in the Coastal S Pacific , Coastal S Indian and other locations from 1971 to 1986 (NODC Accession 8600332)

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Data distribution plot for NCEI accession 8600332
Accession: 8600332
Start date (month/day/year): 2/17/1971
End date (month/day/year): 8/10/1986
Submitting Investigator: SEARLE; BEN
Submitting Institute: AUSTRALIAN NAVY
Contains observation type(s): physical
Contains datatype(s): 7053 temperature profiles
- 3 Bottom_Depth measurements
Includes Sea Area(s): Coastal S Pacific
- Coastal S Indian
- South Pacific
- South Indian
- Equatorial Indian
- Equatorial Pacific
- Coastal Equatorial Pacific
- Coastal Equatorial Indian
- Sulu Sea
- North Pacific
- Coastal N Pacific
West Boundary: 80.65
East Boundary: -117.77
North Boundary: 49.72
South Boundary: -49.78
Contains Instrument Type(s): XBT (7053 casts)
Project(s): TROPICAL OCEAN GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE (TOGA)
Institute(s): AUSTRALIAN NAVY
Platform(s): HMAS TORRENS (DE-53;call sign VLNB;built 09.1968;comm-d 01.1971;decomm-d 1998)
- SWAN (HMAS;DE-50;built 12.1967;comm-d 01.1970;decomm-d 09.1996)
- BUCCANEER
- KIMBLA (HMAS;GOR314;call sign VLNK;built 1956;decomm-d 02.1985)
- YARRA
- DIAMANTINA (K377/A266:built 1944;decomm-d 02.1980)
- IBIS
- HMAS STUART (F-21/DE-48;built 04.1961;comm-d 06.1963;decomm-d 07.1991)
- HMAS BRISBANE (D 41;c.s.VKLC;built 05.1966;comm-d 12.16.1967;decomm-d 10.19.2001
- HMAS DERWENT (F-22/DE-22/DE-49;Built 04.1961;comm-d 04.1964;decomm-d 08.1994)
- HMAS HOBART (D-39;c.s.VKLB;built 01.1964;comm-d 12.1965;decomm-d 05.2000)
- VAMPIRE (HMAS;D11;call sign VKMC;comm-d 06.1959;decomm-d 08.1986)
- HMAS ADELAIDE (FFG-01)
- HMAS CANBERRA (FFG-02;c.s.VKCN;built 1978;comm-d 03.21.81;decomm-d 11.12.2005)
- HMAS PARRAMATTA (F05/DE 46; built 01.31.1959;comm-d 07.1961;decomm-d 01.1991)
- PETUNIA ENDEAVOUR
- COOK (HMAS;A 219;call sign VKMS;comm-d 04.1981;decomm-d 10.1990)
- MARGARET PHILIPPA
- MORESBY (HMAS;built 09.1963;decomm-d 1998;ren-d MV Patricia Anne Hotung 1999)
- HMAS SYDNEY (FFG-03;call sign VKML;built 09.1980;comm-d 01.1983)
- FLINDERS (HMAS;A 312;call sign VKMY;built 1972;decomm-d 1998)
- CAPE PILLAR
- HMAS DARWIN (FFG-04;call sign VKDA;built 03.1982;comm-d 07.1984)
- HMAS PERTH (D 38;c.s.VKPT;built 09.1963;comm-d 07.1965;decomm-d 10.1999)Q