Ocean Station Vessel Observations

Surface observations, some XBT profiles, and some subsurface station data from permanent observing ocean ships. Earliest data is 1945 and latest data is 1991. Added in June 2006 are station and line P profile data extracted from WOD05.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1945
    End:  1991

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1945
Temporal Range End 1991
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format ASCII
Binary
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Binary
Asset Size 683.235 MB
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Distributor NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange
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Author National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Ocean Climate Laboratory, National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Research Data Archive, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1980-11-12
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/N2WR-EG09
Alternate Identifier d535000
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category oceans
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:26:06Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d535000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, Ocean Climate Laboratory, National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, Research Data Archive, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado. (1980). Ocean Station Vessel Observations. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/N2WR-EG09. Accessed 13 October 2025.

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