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Temperature and salinity profiles from CTD casts from NOAA Ship DISCOVERER and other platforms from the North Pacific Ocean and other locations from 1968-04-01 to 1993-06-26 (NCEI Accession 9400182)

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CTD data were collected from NOAA Ship DISCOVERER and other platforms from the North Pacific Ocean and other locations. Data were collected from 01 April 1968 to 26 June 1993. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard F022 High-Resolution CTD/STD Output Format. The F022 format contains high-resolution data collected using CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) and STD (salinity-temperature-depth) instruments. As they are lowered and raised in the oceans, these electronic devices provide nearly continuous profiles of temperature, salinity, and other parameters. Data values may be subject to averaging or filtering or obtained by interpolation and may be reported at depth intervals as fine as 1m. Cruise and instrument information, position, date, time and sampling interval are reported for each station. Environmental data at the time of the cast (meteorological and sea surface conditions) may also be reported. The data record comprises values of temperature, salinity or conductivity, density (computed sigma-t), and possibly dissolved oxygen or transmissivity at specified depth or pressure levels. Data may be reported at either equally or unequally spaced depth or pressure intervals. A text record is available for comments.

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9400182 SALINITY water depth WATER TEMPERATURE CTD profile ATLANTIS II HUDSON METEOR NOAA Ship Discoverer POSEIDON R/V Knorr R/V Melville USNS Wilkes University of California San Diego Molucca Sea North Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea South China Sea (Nan Hai) South Pacific Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth Ships ATLANTIS II (call sign: KADC, ICES code: 31AN) DISCOVERER (ICES code: 31DS) HUDSON (call sign: CGDG, ICES code: 18HU, 1964-) KNORR (call sign: KCEJ, ICES code: 316N, 1970-) MELVILLE (call sign: WECB, ICES code: 318M, 1969-) METEOR (call sign: DBBH, ICES code: 06MT, 1964-1985) POSEIDON (call sign: DBKV, ICES code: 06PO, 1976-2020) WILKES (ICES code: 319W) OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA AND EASTERN ARCHIPELAGIC SEAS OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA

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temporal 1968-04-01T00:00:00+00:00/1993-06-26T00:00:00+00:00
title Temperature and salinity profiles from CTD casts from NOAA Ship DISCOVERER and other platforms from the North Pacific Ocean and other locations from 1968-04-01 to 1993-06-26 (NCEI Accession 9400182)

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