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Oceanographic profile temperature, salinity, and other measurements collected using bottle and high resolution CTD from numerous Japanese ships and other platforms in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, and other seas from 1931 to 2003 (NCEI Accession 0001363)

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The data from the CD-ROM contains the BT Data observed by Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force from 1995 to 2001, Japan Antarctic Research Expedition data up to the 42nd, Serial station data observed by Hydrographic Department before 1945, XBT data observed by Japan Coast Guard from 2002 to 2003, XBT data observed by TOHOKU University and CTD data by Ocean Research Institute, TOKYO University at the MARIANA Trench.

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0001363 AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB AMMONIA (NH3) BAROMETRIC PRESSURE DEPTH - BOTTOM NITRATE NITRITE OXYGEN pH phosphate SALINITY SEA STATE silicate WATER TEMPERATURE WAVE DIRECTION WAVE HEIGHT WAVE PERIOD WEATHER WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED bottle CTD physical BIYAMON MARU CHILE MARU DAIKICHI MARU FUSA MARU HAKUCHO MARU Hakuho Maru (HAKUHO-MARU) HIME MARU HORAI MARU NO. 16 HYUGA-MARU IBARAKI MARU ISEYA MARU Iwaki Maru Iwate Maru Kaiko Maru KAIYO KAMITAKA MARU KAMOI-MARU KATORI KIYO KIYOTAKI MARU KIYOTAKI MARU NO. 2 KOSEI MARU KUWANO KYODO MARU NO. 36 MATSUSHIMA MEIYO MIHOKO MARU MIURA Miyagi Maru NIKKO MARU NOTO Ogasawara Maru SEITOKU SHIGE MARU NO. 3 SHIMOKITA SHINEI MARU NO. 2 SHIRASE SHOYO SHOYO SOYO-MARU TAKUYO TENKAI-MARU NO 1 TENYO TOMI MARU NO. 8 TORA MARU NO. 6 WATATSUMI MARU NO. 2 YAHATA MARU YAYOI MARU ZENSYO MARU Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Japan Meteorological Agency Japanese Hydrographic Office Maritime Safety Agency University of Tokyo, Ocean Research Institute Japanese Hydrographic Office JAPANESE ANTARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION (JARE) Western Pacific programme (WESTPAC) Banda Sea Ceram Sea or Seram Sea East China Sea (Tung Hai) Flores Sea Indian Ocean Japan Sea Molucca Sea North Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea Sea of Okhotsk South China Sea (Nan Hai) South Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean Tasman Sea Yellow Sea (Hwang Hai) oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce JP/JMA > Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan U-TOKYO/ORI > Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo JARE > Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > AMMONIA EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRITE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PHOSPHATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SILICATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SEA STATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth Ships FUSA MARU (ICES code: 49HS) HAKUCHO MARU (ICES code: 49XN) HAKUHO MARU (call sign: JDSS, ICES code: 49HH, 1989-) HYUGA-MARU (ICES code: 49HY) IBARAKI MARU (ICES code: 49LR) Iwaki Maru (call sign: JAAG, ICES code: 49IP, 1943-1955) Iwate Maru (call sign: JQOH, ICES code: 49IQ, 1929-1953) KAIYO (call sign: JGBF, ICES code: 49F5, 1993-) KAMOI-MARU (ICES code: 49KM) KIYO (ICES code: 49OY) KUWANO (call sign: JJGD, ICES code: 49GK) Kaiko Maru (call sign: JPPR, ICES code: 49NQ, 1943-1956) MATSUSHIMA (ICES code: 49MW) MEIYO (call sign: JNQN, ICES code: 49GQ) MIURA (ICES code: 49MU) MIYAGI MARU (call sign: JCHQ, ICES code: 49ZT, 2003-) NOTO (ICES code: 49NO) SHIMOKITA (call sign: 8LBZ, ICES code: 49C7) SHIRASE (call sign: JSVY, ICES code: 49ZS, 1982-2008) SHOYO (call sign: JCOD, ICES code: 492S) SHOYO (call sign: JLPT, ICES code: 49U7, 1998-) SOYO-MARU (ICES code: 49SO) TAKUYO (ICES code: 49TK) TENKAI-MARU NO 1 (ICES code: 49E1) TENYO (ICES code: 49ET) 神鷹丸 (call sign: JKOL, ICES code: 4913, 1937-1963) HAMASHIO Mogami OKISHIO Shonan TANKAI MARU Tosa OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF JAPAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF OKHOTSK OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > EAST CHINA SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA AND EASTERN ARCHIPELAGIC SEAS OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > YELLOW SEA OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

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issued 2004-02-24T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB",
  "AMMONIA (NH3)",
  "BAROMETRIC PRESSURE",
  "DEPTH - BOTTOM",
  "NITRATE",
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  "phosphate",
  "SALINITY",
  "SEA STATE",
  "silicate",
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  "WAVE DIRECTION",
  "WAVE HEIGHT",
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  "CHILE MARU",
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  "Iwate Maru",
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  "SHINEI MARU NO. 2",
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  "SHOYO",
  "SHOYO",
  "SOYO-MARU",
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  "TENYO",
  "TOMI MARU NO. 8",
  "TORA MARU NO. 6",
  "WATATSUMI MARU NO. 2",
  "YAHATA MARU",
  "YAYOI MARU",
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  "Maritime Safety Agency",
  "University of Tokyo, Ocean Research Institute",
  "Japanese Hydrographic Office",
  "JAPANESE ANTARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION (JARE)",
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  "East China Sea (Tung Hai)",
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  "Indian Ocean",
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  "Molucca Sea",
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  "Philippine Sea",
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  "South China Sea (Nan Hai)",
  "South Pacific Ocean",
  "Southern Ocean",
  "Tasman Sea",
  "Yellow Sea (Hwang Hai)",
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modified 2019-01-31T00:00:00.000+00:00
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rights otherRestrictions
spatial -180.0,-70.2333,23.95,50.6433
temporal 1931-01-20T00:00:00+00:00/2003-11-23T00:00:00+00:00
title Oceanographic profile temperature, salinity, and other measurements collected using bottle and high resolution CTD from numerous Japanese ships and other platforms in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, and other seas from 1931 to 2003 (NCEI Accession 0001363)

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