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CURRENT DIRECTION, CURRENT SPEED and other data from USNS WILKES in the Mona Passage from 1975-03-02 to 1975-07-14 (NCEI Accession 7800291)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 07:21 AM | Dataset Last Updated: November 19, 2002 at 12:00 AM
This dataset includes current direction and current speed data from current meters deployed from USNS Wilkes in the Mona Passage in the Caribbean Sea from 2/3/75 to 14/7/75.

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7800291 CURRENT DIRECTION CURRENT SPEED DEPTH - SENSOR WATER TEMPERATURE WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED current meter

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title CURRENT DIRECTION, CURRENT SPEED and other data from USNS WILKES in the Mona Passage from 1975-03-02 to 1975-07-14 (NCEI Accession 7800291)

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