FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI An oceanographic grid system for coastal and continental margin areas BT AF LE GALL, Jean-Yves AS 1:; FF 1:; TC 0 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1974/publication-5157.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Histoire Ifremer AB In the Marsden Square Grid System, or its derivations - and this is the system that most national and international oceanographic data acquisition centres employ - the information is located geographically for statistical purposes by means of a grid consisting of 10°, 5° or 1° " squares ". The system, an early one dating from 1850, has three major disadvantages, and this has meant that its numbering principle cannot be used for a grid whose smallest lattice is less than 1° of latitude by 1° of longitude. [NOT CONTROLLED OCR] PY 1974 SO International Hydrographic Revue PU Bureau hydrographique international VL 51 IS 1 BP 191 EP 196 ID 5157 ER EF