CTD profiles in the western and central Mediterranean between 2007 and 2020 from Italian cruises

Fifteen oceanographic cruises were organized in the western and central Mediterranean basins between October 2007 and October 2020 (see the table) by the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and the acquisition of 661 hydrological vertical profiles. The cruise carried out in 2015 is part of another database (( https://odv.awi.de)-[http://https://odv.awi.de]) Spreadsheet files in TXT format where missing data values are set to -1.e10. List of cruises organized in the period 2007-2020 with number of casts, research vessels used and areas interested (with at least two casts) Image Reference: https://www.seanoe.org/data/00764/87567/illustrations/illustration-138.gif. Important Note: This submission has been initially submitted to SEA scieNtific Open data Edition (SEANOE) publication service and received the recorded DOI. The metadata elements have been further processed (refined) in EMODnet Ingestion Service in order to conform with the Data Submission Service specifications.