A massive new provision of 39.284 ocean vertical profiles was delivered by Coriolis-Marine, operated by SHOM.
They are MBTs, XBTs and CTDs ("mechanical bathy thermographs", "expandable, expendable bathythermograph" and "conductivity, temperature, and depth" instruments).
The geographical coverage is global ocean, the temporal coverage is 1950 to 2015.
Map of Coriolis-Marine new vertical profiles: ctd-green, xbt-blue, mbt-orange
Focus on Mediterranean region: ctd-green, xbt-blue, mbt-orange
Yearly distribution of Coriolis-Marine new vertical profiles
Type of vertical profiles