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Ocean circulation and other data from SUBSURFACE FLOATS from the North Atlantic Ocean and other locations as part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) from 1984-01-17 to 1991-01-30 (NCEI Accession 9300182)

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Ocean circulation and other data was collected from SUBSURFACE FLOATS from the North Atlantic Ocean and other locations. Data were collected from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) and other institutions as part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) from 01 January 1984 to 31 December 1990. Data are in the WHOI floater format and parameters include East-West current components (U), North-South current components (V), water temperature, and water pressure.

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9300182 CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U) CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V) DEPTH - SENSOR HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE POSITION - GEOGRAPHIC WATER TEMPERATURE buoy - drifting buoy

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  "East China Sea (Tung Hai)",
  "New York Bight",
  "North Atlantic Ocean",
  "Philippine Sea",
  "South Atlantic Ocean",
  "South Pacific Ocean",
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title Ocean circulation and other data from SUBSURFACE FLOATS from the North Atlantic Ocean and other locations as part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) from 1984-01-17 to 1991-01-30 (NCEI Accession 9300182)

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