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Why does NODC have two ocean profile databases?

April 26, 2017databases nodc ocean profile

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Why does NODC have two ocean profile databases?

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Having two related profile databases may seem unnecessary and redundant but both of these databases serve critical and complementary roles. The first is the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP) which contains temperature and salinity data, and the second is the World Ocean Database (WOD) which contains data from over 20 variables. Click details to see how else they differ. Details…