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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A system that divides a Mercator [[chart]] of the world into squares of 10& | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A system that divides a Mercator [[chart]] of the world into squares of 10° latitude by 10° longitude.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Each square is numbered and then subdivided into 100 one-degree squares numbered from 00 to 99. These 100 one-degree squares are applied to the eight octants of the globe. Marsden squares are mainly used for identifying the geographic position of meteorological data over the oceans.</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:38, 20 February 2012
Marsden square
A system that divides a Mercator chart of the world into squares of 10° latitude by 10° longitude.
Each square is numbered and then subdivided into 100 one-degree squares numbered from 00 to 99. These 100 one-degree squares are applied to the eight octants of the globe. Marsden squares are mainly used for identifying the geographic position of meteorological data over the oceans.
