Temperature profile data collected using XBTs from the PRESIDENT TAFT and other platforms from the Pacific Ocean during the IDOE/NORPAX and Thermal Structure Monitoring Program in the Pacific (TRANSPAC) project, 1976-08-08 to 1979-06-21 (NCEI Accession 8300114)
Temperature, depth, and other data were collected using bathythermograph (BT/XBT) casts from PRESIDENT TAFT and other platforms in the Pacific Ocean from August 8, 1976 to June 21, 1979. Data were submitted by Scripps Institution of Oceanography as part of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration / North Pacific Experiment (IDOE/NORPAX) and Thermal Structure Monitoring Program in the Pacific (TRANSPAC) 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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| temporal | 1976-08-08T00:00:00+00:00/1979-06-21T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | Temperature profile data collected using XBTs from the PRESIDENT TAFT and other platforms from the Pacific Ocean during the IDOE/NORPAX and Thermal Structure Monitoring Program in the Pacific (TRANSPAC) project, 1976-08-08 to 1979-06-21 (NCEI Accession 8300114) |
