Buzzards Lightship, Tower & Buzards Bay Light Station

Surface Data (No sub-surface Observations made)

U.S.C.G. Report Data:
Buzzards Lightship 41 24'  N 71 3'  W, 74 ft. water, Mar 1956 - Jun 1956,  Surf. Temp, Sal
Buzzards Lightship 41 23' 5 N 71 3' 15 W, 74 ft. water, Jun 1956 - Dec 1961, Surf. Temp, Sal
Buzzards Tower/
   Buzards Bay Light Station 41 23.8'  N 71 2.1'W, 19 m. water, Jun 1956 - Dec 1962 Surf. Temp, Sal
Buzzards Tower/
   Buzards Bay Light Station 41 23.8'  N 71 2' W, 19 m. water, Jan 1963 - Dec 1971 Surf. Temp, Sal

buzzards.sub - Records of daily water temperatures and salinity observations for the period March 1956 - Dec. 1971. MBT (mechanical bathythermograph) slides read at 15 meter intervals by group at Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. This file is data digitized from U.S.C.G. Oceanographic Reports by the Orkand company at NCDC in fall of 1998. Information regarding keying format can be found here. See list of U.S.C.G. Report Data above for actual depth of measurements and changes in locality and water depth of the Lightship and look here for more background information.

buzzards_sub.kle - Data from portland.sub, tab-delimited with fields labelled by K. Elder.

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