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Salinity, sound velocity, and other data from CTD, XBT, XSV, AXBT, and XCTD casts from 20 May 1978 to 01 September 2000 (NCEI Accession 0000383)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 01:10 AM | Dataset Last Updated: March 16, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Salinity, sound velocity, depth, and temperature data were collected using CTD, XBT, XSV, AXBT, and XCTD casts from May 20, 1978 to September 1, 2000. Data were submitted by the US Naval Oceanographic Office in a world-wide distribution.

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0000383 SALINITY SOUND VELOCITY water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - AXBT bathythermograph - XBT CTD

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modified 2013-03-16T00:00:00.000+00:00
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temporal 1978-05-20T00:00:00+00:00/2000-09-01T00:00:00+00:00
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title Salinity, sound velocity, and other data from CTD, XBT, XSV, AXBT, and XCTD casts from 20 May 1978 to 01 September 2000 (NCEI Accession 0000383)

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