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Title: Line P Oceanographic Data from Fisheries and Oceans Canada (NODC Accession Number 0001010)
Abstract: CTD and Chemistry data downloaded from the following Fisheries and Oceans Canada web site on 04 June 2003:

http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/sci/osap/data/linep/linepselectdata_e.htm

Any modifications to data on that site that may have occurred
after 04 June 2003 are not reflected in this accession.

From the above web site:

CTD data is Pressure, Temperature, Salinity, Transmissometer, and Oxygen (recent years).
Chemistry data is Oxygen and Nutrients.

The file format is described at the top of each ASCII text data file.
Date received: 20030604
Start date: 19560101
End date: 19991209
Seanames: Northeast Pacific Ocean (limit-180), Northwest Pacific Ocean (limit-180), Southeast Pacific Ocean (limit-140 W), Southwest Pacific Ocean (limit-147 E to 140 W)
West boundary: -146
East boundary: -125
North boundary: 50.5
South boundary: 48.5
Observation types: chemical, physical, profile
Instrument types: bottle, CTD
Datatypes: CHLOROPHYLL, DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, NUTRIENTS, PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON, SALINITY, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter:
Submitting institution: Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Institute of Ocean Sciences - Victoria
Collecting institutions:
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Number of observations:
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Availability date:
Metadata version: 2
Keydate: 2003-05-05 18:54:17+00
Editdate: 2008-08-07 14:33:28+00