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CURRENT - DIRECTION and Other Data from UNKNOWN From World-Wide Distribution from 1935-01-01 to 1978-12-31 (NCEI Accession 8800247)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: January 29, 2026 at 07:29 PM | Dataset Last Updated: November 19, 2002 at 12:00 AM
This data set contains NODC station data spanning from January 1935 to December 1978. The data set contains quality controlled station data profiles for standard levels, in non-NODC format, reporting temperature, salinity, and oxygen. The first file contains computer program documentation for reading the other nine data files. This data set was compiled by Sid Levitus at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory ERL/NOAA.

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issued 1988-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "BATHYMETRY",
  "CURRENT DIRECTION",
  "SALINITY",
  "WATER TEMPERATURE",
  "derived products",
  "UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED STATES",
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  "NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory",
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  "oceanography",
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  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY",
  "GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN"
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modified 2002-11-19T00:00:00.000+00:00
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rights otherRestrictions
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temporal 1935-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/1978-12-31T00:00:00+00:00
title CURRENT - DIRECTION and Other Data from UNKNOWN From World-Wide Distribution from 1935-01-01 to 1978-12-31 (NCEI Accession 8800247)

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