The oceanographic database of the South China Sea and adjacent waters [Cơ sở dữ liệu hải dương học Biển Đông và kế cận]

Abstract

The paper provides the general information about the initial oceanographic database - the first step toward the establishment of Vietnam Oceanographic Data Center (VODC), especially, about the process of data acquisition, quality control, storage and management and also about the volume and type of all data available in the database.