| CHANGES FROM WORLD OCEAN DATABASE 2001 TO WORLD OCEAN DATABASE 2005 |
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Casts added since WOD01
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| Dataset | Number of casts |
Composite file with data updates sorted by dataset
.O. observed level data
.S. standard level data
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| OSD - Ocean Station Data [Bottle, low resolution CTD/XCTD, plankton data] | 137,395 |
whatsnew.O.OSDw5.gz |
whatsnew.S.OSDw5.gz |
| CTD - High-resolution Conductivity-Temperature-Depth/XCTD data | 132,010 |
whatsnew.O.CTDw5.gz |
whatsnew.S.CTDw5.gz |
MBT - Mechanical/Digital/Micro
Bathythermograph data | 45,729 |
whatsnew.O.MBTw5.gz |
whatsnew.S.MBTw5.gz |
| XBT - Expendable Bathythermograph data | 186,809 |
whatsnew.O.XBTw5.gz |
whatsnew.S.XBTw5.gz |
| SUR - Surface-only data | 4,435 cruises |
whatsnew.O.SURw5.gz |
not interpolated |
| MRB - Moored buoy data | 147,435 |
whatsnew.O.MRBw5.gz |
whatsnew.S.MRBw5.gz |
| PFL - Profiling float data | 146,351 |
whatsnew.O.PFLw5.gz |
whatsnew.S.PFLw5.gz |
| DRB - Drifting buoy data | 58,015 |
whatsnew.O.DRBw5.gz |
whatsnew.S.DRBw5.gz |
| UOR - Undulating Oceanographic Recorder data | 9,054 |
whatsnew.O.UORw5.gz |
whatsnew.S.UORw5.gz |
| GLD - Glider data | 338 |
whatsnew.O.GLDw5.gz |
whatsnew.S.GLDw5.gz |
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Casts removed since the release of WOD01
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| Dataset |
Listing of the removed Unique Cast Numbers
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| OSD - Ocean Station Data [Bottle, low resolution CTD/XCTD, plankton data] |
removed.OSD |
| CTD - High-resolution Conductivity-Temperature-Depth/XCTD data |
removed.CTD |
MBT - Mechanical/Digital/Micro
Bathythermograph data |
removed.MBT |
| XBT - Expendable Bathythermograph data |
removed.XBT |
| MRB - Moored buoy data |
removed.MRB |
| DRB - Drifting buoy data |
removed.DRB |
| PFL - Profiling float data |
removed.PFL |
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Casts with major updates since the release of WOD01
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A major update means a change to position, date/time, depth,
and/or measured variables. These updates do not include the
addition to casts of measured variables which were not available
as part of WOD01.
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