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    • NODC Standard Product: Global ocean temperature and salinity profiles (2 disc set) (NCEI Accession 0098058)

    Metadata Updated: December 1, 2025

    This set of CD-ROMs contains global ocean temperature and salinity profiles derived from National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) archive data files. It includes oceanographic station (bottle) data, CTD/STD data, and mechanical and expendable bathythermograph data. The data span the period from 1900 to 1990. Disc 1 contains 1.62 million profiles from the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Disc 2 contains 1.57 million profiles from the Pacific Ocean. The data are in an ASCII format.

    More recent ocean temperature and salinity profile data (including data on these discs) are available in the NCEI World Ocean Database.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Date 2025-03-31T20:43:17Z
    Metadata Created Date December 4, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) November 30, 2012 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

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    Harvested from NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions

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    Metadata Date 2025-03-31T20:43:17Z
    Metadata Created Date December 4, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) November 30, 2012 (publication)
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    Access Constraints Cite as: US National Oceanographic Data Center (2012). NODC Standard Product: Global ocean temperature and salinity profiles (2 disc set) (NCEI Accession 0098058). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0098058. Accessed [date]., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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    Temporal Extent Begin 1900-01-01
    Temporal Extent End 1991-01-01

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