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Temperature and salinity profiles were collected from CTD casts in the SE Pacific (limit 140 W) from the MELVILLE and other platforms from 04 March 1977 to 22 May 1977. Data were collected by the Scripps Institution (SIO) and other institutions as part of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration / Coastal Upwelling Ecosystems Analysis (IDOE/CUEA). Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard F022 High-Resolution CTD/STD Output Format. Full format description is available from the NODC homepage at www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f022.html. Analog data are availabe for this accession by contacting NODC user services. The F022 format contains high-resolution data collected using CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) and STD (salinity-temperature-depth) instruments. As they are lowered and raised in the oceans, these electronic devices provide nearly continuous profiles of temperature, salinity, and other parameters. Data values may be subject to averaging or filtering or obtained by interpolation and may be reported at depth intervals as fine as 1m. Cruise and instrument information, position, date, time and sampling interval are reported for each station. Environmental data at the time of the cast (meteorological and sea surface conditions) may also be reported. The data record comprises values of temperature, salinity or conductivity, density (computed sigma-t), and possibly dissolved oxygen or transmissivity at specified depth or pressure levels. Data may be reported at either equally or unequally spaced depth or pressure intervals. A text record is available for comments.