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Temperature measurements found in dataset XBT taken from the PROFESSOR W. BESNARD , PAUL (HOQT) and other platforms in the South Atlantic , Antarctic and other locations from 1986 to 1997 (NODC Accession 9700239)

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Data distribution plot for NCEI accession 9700239
Accession: 9700239
Date Received (month/day/year): 8/1/2001
Start date (month/day/year): 1/20/1986
End date (month/day/year): 4/1/1997
Submitting Institute: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER (NODC)
Contains observation type(s): physical
Contains datatype(s): 1582 temperature profiles
- 157 Bottom_Depth measurements
- 1388 Ref/Surf_Temp measurements
Includes Sea Area(s): South Atlantic
- Antarctic
- Equatorial Atlantic
- Coastal S Atlantic
- Coastal Equatorial Atlantic
West Boundary: -56.42
East Boundary: 18.25
North Boundary: 2.15
South Boundary: -60.14
Contains Instrument Type(s): XBT (1582 casts)
Project(s): WORLD OCEAN CIRCULATION EXPERIMENT (WOCE)
Platform(s): PROFESSOR W. BESNARD
- PAUL (HOQT)
- HORIZON (J8GG4)
- METEOR (R/V; call sign DBBH; built 1986; IMO8411279)
- PROSPERITY CONTAINER
- POLARSTERN (R/V; call sign DBLK;built 1982;IMO8013132)