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Temperature, salinity and other measurements found in datasets OSD, CTD and XBT taken from the SUNCOASTER (R/V; built 1962; operated by the Florida Institute of Oceanography), CAPE FLORIDA and other platforms in the North Atlantic and Coastal N Atlantic from 1982 to 1985 (NODC Accession 8900211)

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

Data distribution plot for NCEI accession 8900211
Accession: 8900211
Start date (month/day/year): 8/18/1982
End date (month/day/year): 4/6/1985
Submitting Investigator: WAYLAND; DR. ROBERT
Submitting Institute: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (SAIC) - RALEIGH; NC
Contains observation type(s): physical,chemical,meterology
Contains datatype(s): 1521 temperature profiles
- 189 salinity profiles
- 184 oxygen profiles
- 184 phosphate profiles
- 184 silicate profiles
- 182 nitrate profiles
- 486 Bottom_Depth measurements
- 5 Sea_State measurements
- 5 Wind_Direction measurements
- 5 Wind_Speed measurements
- 5 Barometric_Pres measurements
- 5 Dry_Bulb_Temp measurements
- 5 Weather_Condit measurements
Includes Sea Area(s): North Atlantic
- Coastal N Atlantic
West Boundary: -96.79
East Boundary: -71.02
North Boundary: 39.90
South Boundary: 21.00
Contains Instrument Type(s): XBT (1332 casts)
- CTD (5 casts)
- bottle/rossette/net (184 casts)
Project(s): MMS/GOM PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
Institute(s): SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (SAIC) - RALEIGH; NC
Platform(s): SUNCOASTER (R/V; built 1962; operated by the Florida Institute of Oceanography)
- CAPE FLORIDA
- MALCOLM BALDRIGE (NOAA ship;RV;c.s.WTER;active 1988-96;ex Researcher;IMO6901907)
- BELLOWS
- OREGON II (NOAA ship; R 332; call sign WTDO; commissioned 03.1975; IMO6728068)
- JUNE BOLLINGER
- GYRE (R/V;call sign WYU8126;built 10.1973;IMO7318999;Texas A&M Univ.)
- AIRCRAFT