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    • Real-time profile data assembled by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) and submitted since 1999-10-04

    Metadata Updated: February 1, 2024

    This collection includes near real-time global ocean temperature and salinity measurements taken by shipboard observers or automated instruments and received daily by the Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS) of the Ocean Sciences Branch of Fisheries and Oceans Canada from the Global Telecommunication System (GTS) of the WMO World Weather Watch. MEDS applies the documented GTSPP quality assessment and duplicates removal procedures and forwards the quality-checked data three times each week to the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). At NCEI, the data are added to the GTSPP continuously managed database on the same schedule. These data may include data from Argo floats, OceanSITES, gliders, Ship of Opportunity Program (SOOP) XBT networks including participants from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, and USA, moored buoys for PIRATA, TOGA TAO, TRITON, MARNET, GoMOOS, and NERACOOS, ice-tethered buoys, drifting buoys, and instrumented marine animals.

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    Metadata Date 2023-10-31T22:30:14Z
    Metadata Created Date April 10, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date February 1, 2024
    Reference Date(s) April 16, 2001 (publication), October 31, 2023 (revision)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

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    Harvested from NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions

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    Resource Type Series
    Metadata Date 2023-10-31T22:30:14Z
    Metadata Created Date April 10, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date February 1, 2024
    Reference Date(s) April 16, 2001 (publication), October 31, 2023 (revision)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nodc:MEDS-GTSPP
    Access Constraints Cite as: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (2001). Real-time profile data assembled by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) and submitted since 1999-10-04. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/MEDS-GTSPP. Accessed [date]., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
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    Harvest Source Title NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions
    Licence accessLevel: Public
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    Temporal Extent Begin 1924-08-04

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