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Bathythermograph (XBT) data from ALASKA MARU, AMERICA MARU, and others in the Bering Sea, East China Sea, and others from 1987-09-09 to 1988-04-23 (NCEI Accession 8800170)

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The accession contains water temperature and depth data collected from LEXA MAERSK and many other ships from September 1987 to April 1988. Data was collected by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA. The bathythermograph XBT data is available in C116 file format of NODC.

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  "CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI (call sign: WXBR, ICES code: 32CM)",
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temporal 1987-09-09T00:00:00+00:00/1988-04-23T00:00:00+00:00
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title Bathythermograph (XBT) data from ALASKA MARU, AMERICA MARU, and others in the Bering Sea, East China Sea, and others from 1987-09-09 to 1988-04-23 (NCEI Accession 8800170)

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