Temperature profile collected using bottle casts and other instruments from the METEOR and other platforms in the North Atlantic Ocean and other locations from 03 June 1962 to 20 November 1980 (NODC Accession 8000152)

Surface Temperature and Salinity data were submitted by BNDO. The data were submitted to BNDO by France, USA, Brazil, Mexico and W. Germany. The data were collected from June 3, 1962 to November 20, 1980 in the Atlantic ocean by various ships. The ocean station data has been processed by NODC to its current data storage format. The formats used to record the originators data submitted to NODC are the April 1977 BNDO format entitled "Le format 'Hydrologie Classique' Au BNDO" which is included in the documentation.