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2005-04-26 06:56:14 -0400: Journal for accession number: 0002138
Created on:                    2005-04-26 06:56:14 -0400
By:                            Carla Forgy, SSMC3 4306, 713-3295 x184

Source:  Temperature, salinity, plankton profile data received at NODC on 04/22/05 by Olga Baranova on CD-ROM from Renata 
Guevara,IMARPE (INST DEL MAR DEL PERU).  

File format: NODC/OCL GODAR digitization format (comma-separated-values)
These data were manually entered into a MS Excel spreadsheet by NODC personnel and 
/or contractors from the original source.  The MS Excel spreadsheet was subsequently 
saved as the .xls file and as a comma-delimited ascii text in the .csv file.


***Information about the data format can be found in the CSV_format_description.html in the /about directory.****

Temperature, salinity  and other measurements found in dataset OSD taken from unknown platform(s)in the Coastal S Pacific,
Equatorial Pacific and other locations from 1981 to 1982 (NODC Accession 0002138)

Accession| 0002138
Date Received (month/day/year)| 5/2/2005
Start date (month/day/year)| 4/8/1981
End date (month/day/year)| 3/3/1982
Submitting Institute| INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERU (IMARPE); PAITA; PERU
Contains observation type(s)| physical,chemical,biology,meterology
Contains datatype(s)| 411 temperature profiles
                        134 salinity profiles
                        430 plankton profiles

                      81 Bottom_Depth measurements
                      46 Water_Color measurements
                      20 Wind_Direction measurements
                      24 Wind_Speed measurements
                      23 Weather_Condit measurements
                      11 Cloud_Cover measurements
                      7 Visibility measurements
Includes Sea Area(s)| Coastal S Pacific
                      Equatorial Pacific
                      South Pacific
                      Coastal Equatorial Pacific
West Boundary|  -83.18
East Boundary|  -70.53
North Boundary|   -3.38
South Boundary|  -18.33
Contains Instrument Type(s)| bottle/rossette/net (430 casts)
Institute(s)| INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERU (IMARPE); PAITA; PERU