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HYDROBASE : a database of hydrographic stations and tools for climatological analysis

Year: 1996

Type: book

Abstract: This report documents the organization, functionality, and algorithms of a software package which operates as a database manager and toolset for climatological analysis of hydrographic station data. It details the methods of quality control used in constrction of the small, but growing, database and discusses some of the improvements HydroBase methods offer over existing gridded databases, including a short comparison to Levitus's World Ocean Atlas 1994 package. A large porton of this technical reference is devoted to describing the software modules and providing examples for their use.

Source: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution eBooks

DOI: 10.1575/1912/472

Author: Ruth Gorski Curry

Language: English

Topic: Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Subfield: Oceanography

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Clean water and sanitation

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Science Foundation

OpenAlex ID: W2583301