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Temperature profile data collected using XBTs from the ALSTER EXPRESS and other platforms from the Pacific Ocean during the International Decade of Ocean Exploration / North Pacific Experiment (IDOE/NORPAX) project, 1980-01-15 to 1982-12-31 (NCEI Accession 8500054)

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Temperature profile data were collected using bathythermograph (BT/XBT) casts from ALSTER EXPRESS and other platforms in the Pacific Ocean from January 15, 1980 to December 31, 1982. Data were submitted by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity as part of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration / North Pacific Experiment (IDOE/NORPAX) project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format. The UBT format contains temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Cruise information, position, date and time were reported for each observation. The data record was comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT Data File, in which temperature values were recorded at uniform 5 m intervals, the XBT data files contained temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths were recorded at the minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to accurately define the temperature curve. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of either 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m.

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8500054 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile ALASKA MARU ALSTER EXPRESS AMERICA MARU AMERICAN VETERAN ASIA MARU AUSTRAL LIGHTNING AUSTRAL MOON AUSTRAL RAINBOW BUNKER HILL BUNPUKU MARU CHEVRON ARIZONA CHEVRON CALIFORNIA CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI DAPHNE ELBE EXPRESS EURO FREIGHTER GLORIOUS ACE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE HAKONE MARU HAKUSAN MARU HARUNA MARU HIEI MARU HIKAWA MARU HIRA MARU HOTAKA MARU JAPAN ACE KASHU MARU MARCONA EXPORTER MOSEL EXPRESS PACIFIC ARROW PACIFIC SUNSHINE PRESIDENT FILLMORE PRESIDENT MCKINLEY PRESIDENT VAN BUREN QUEENS WAY BRIDGE SEATRAIN CHESAPEAKE SEATRAIN INDEPENDENCE SEATRAIN LEXINGTON SEATRAIN ORISKANY SEATRAIN TRENTON SEATRAIN YORKTOWN SHIN KASHU MARU UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF FRANCE UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF JAPAN UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED STATES WESER EXPRESS YAMASHIN MARU Scripps Institution of Oceanography Unknown - France US National Oceanographic Data Center US Navy Ships of Opportunity Scripps Institution of Oceanography INTERNATIONAL DECADE OF OCEAN EXPLORATION / North Pacific Experiment (IDOE/NORPAX) Bering Sea East China Sea (Tung Hai) Gulf of Alaska North Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea Sea of Okhotsk South China Sea (Nan Hai) South Pacific Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce IDOE > International Decade of Ocean Exploration EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs ALASKA MARU (ICES code: 49BG) ALSTER EXPRESS (ICES code: 06AB) AMERICA MARU (ICES code: 49M8) AMERICAN VETERAN (call sign: WEZT, ICES code: 32QP) ASIA MARU (ICES code: 49B2) AUSTRAL LIGHTNING (ICES code: 323L) AUSTRAL MOON (ICES code: 32UM) AUSTRAL RAINBOW (call sign: WEZP, ICES code: 32UR) BUNKER HILL (ICES code: 74BX) BUNPUKU MARU (ICES code: 49BA) CHEVRON ARIZONA (call sign: KGBE, ICES code: 32QI) CHEVRON CALIFORNIA (ICES code: 32CC) CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI (call sign: WXBR, ICES code: 32CM) DAPHNE (ICES code: SIDA) ELBE EXPRESS (ICES code: 06E3) EURO FREIGHTER (ICES code: 74EC) GLORIOUS ACE (call sign: JJFS, ICES code: 49BQ) GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE (ICES code: 49GG) HAKONE MARU (ICES code: 49H8) HAKUSAN MARU (ICES code: 49NK) HARUNA MARU (ICES code: 49H9) HIEI MARU (ICES code: 49HV) HIKAWA MARU (ICES code: 49BI) HIRA MARU (ICES code: 49BJ) HOTAKA MARU (ICES code: 49BK) JAPAN ACE (ICES code: 49JP) KASHU MARU (ICES code: 49CB) MARCONA EXPORTER (ICES code: 32EX) MOSEL EXPRESS (ICES code: 06MX) PACIFIC ARROW (ICES code: 32F6) PACIFIC SUNSHINE (ICES code: 32IJ) PRESIDENT FILLMORE (ICES code: 32F3) PRESIDENT MCKINLEY (ICES code: 32PM) PRESIDENT VAN BUREN (ICES code: 32PV) QUEENS WAY BRIDGE (ICES code: 32QN) SEATRAIN CHESAPEAKE (ICES code: 54SC) SEATRAIN INDEPENDENCE (ICES code: 54SI) SEATRAIN LEXINGTON (ICES code: 32QJ) SEATRAIN ORISKANY (ICES code: 54SO) SEATRAIN TRENTON (ICES code: SIST) SEATRAIN YORKTOWN (ICES code: 54SY) SHIN KASHU MARU (ICES code: 49CC) WESER EXPRESS (ICES code: 06WD) YAMASHIN MARU (ICES code: 49YR) OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF OKHOTSK OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > EAST CHINA SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA

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temporal 1980-01-15T00:00:00+00:00/1982-12-31T00:00:00+00:00
title Temperature profile data collected using XBTs from the ALSTER EXPRESS and other platforms from the Pacific Ocean during the International Decade of Ocean Exploration / North Pacific Experiment (IDOE/NORPAX) project, 1980-01-15 to 1982-12-31 (NCEI Accession 8500054)

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