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Ocean station vessel observations

Surface observations, some XBT profiles, and some sub-surface station data from permanent observing ocean ships. Earliest data is 1945 and latest data is 1991. Added in June 2006 are station and line P profile data extracted from WOD05 by Boyer.


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PERIODS: 1945 to 1991
VARIABLES:
Air TemperatureCloud Amount/FrequencyDew Point TemperatureHumidity
IcebergsSalinitySea Level PressureSea Surface Temperature
Surface WindsSwellsVisibilityWave Height
Wave PeriodWave Speed/Direction  
LEVELS:
Ground or water surface
TYPES: Platform Observations
COVERAGE:
SOURCES: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/OCL
Ocean Climate Laboratory, National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
UCO/CIRES
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado
U-BRIS/GGY
School of Geographic Sciences, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
VOLUME: 1.09 GBytes
FORMATS: Binary (see dataset documentation), ASCII (see dataset documentation)
CONTACT: For assistance with this dataset, please contact Steve Worley (303-497-1248) . If the specialist is unavailable, please contact Data Help.
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