Sy,  A.  et  al.  (2002):  Upper  Ocean  Climate  Ship-of-Opportunity  Programme  of  BSH  -  A  Status  Report

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Contents
1.  Overview  of  upper  ocean  climate  monitoring  activities
2.  XBT  network
2.1  North  Atlantic  line  AX-3
2.2  Europe  -  Brazil  line  AX-11
2.3  Further  activities
3.  BSH  contribution  to  the  climate  module  of  GOOS  in  the  North  Atlantic  Ocean
(GOOS  A-2  corridor)
3.1  Scientific  background
3.2  Preliminary  results
3.3  Future  plans
4.  Real-time  data  distribution
5.  Data  processing  of  delayed  mode  XBT  data,  quality  control  and  hardware  testing
6.  References
7.  Acronyms