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WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from HMNZS WAIKATO, FLINDERS and other platforms from 1986-04-29 to 1993-11-15 (NCEI Accession 9400007)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 29, 2026 | Last Modified: 2020-04-08T00:00:00.000+00:00
The data in this accession were collected from ships HMAS COOK, HMAS FLINDERS, HMNZS SOUTHLAND, HMNZS CANTERBURY, HMNZS WAIKATO, and WELLINGTON between April 29, 1986 and November 15, 1993. The real time data of water temperature at varying depth bathythermograph (XBT) was recorded in stripcharts by the Australian Oceanographic Data Center. Radio logs are forms that contain time, weather latitude/longitude, vessel id, ship id, etc. These are radioed every two hours to some military center. One line per strip chart. Some strip charts have time /date /ship id /latitude /longitude annotated on the strip chart. One box of stripcharts and radio logs were submitted to NODC by Ms. Edwina Tanner.

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