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Title: Drifting buoy data observed during 2002 and assembled by the Responsible National Oceanographic Data Center (RNODC) for Drifting Buoy Data (NODC Accession 0001004)
Abstract:
Date received: 20151016
Start date: 20020101
End date: 20021231
Seanames:
West boundary: -180
East boundary: 180
North boundary: 90
South boundary: -90
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Submitter: Ouellet, Mathieu
Submitting institution: Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Marine Environmental Data Section
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Number of observations: 3385947
Supplementary information: As the Responsible National Oceanographic Data Center (RNODC) for Drifting Buoy Data, this is the MEDS annual submission of such data to the U.S. NODC.

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Availability date:
Metadata version: 10
Keydate: 2003-04-29 18:58:49+00
Editdate: 2016-07-27 12:52:37+00