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Current and other data from FIXED PLATFORMS from 1994-01-20 to 1994-03-16 (NCEI Accession 9700173)

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Current and other data were collected from FIXED PLATFORMS from 20 January 1994 to 16 March 1994. Data was collected by the National Ocean Service (NOS) and is self formatting. Parameters include horizontal velocity, vertical velocity, and current direction. Graphical representation of East components (u) and North components (v) are included.

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9700173 CURRENT DIRECTION CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U) CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V) CURRENT SPEED DEPTH - SENSOR HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE WATER TEMPERATURE

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