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Bathythermograph (XBT) data from ALASKA MARU, AMBASSADOR BRIDGE, and others in the Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, and others from 1987-01-17 to 1987-08-05 (NCEI Accession 8700288)

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This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT) data from ALASKA MARU, AMBASSADOR BRIDGE, AMERICA MARU, CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI, EXXON JAMESTOWN, HAKONE MARU, HIKAWA MARU, HIRA MARU, HIYOSHI MARU, LARS MAERSK, LEXA MAERSK, MCKINNEY MAERSK, SHIN KASHU MARU, TOKYO MARU, and YAMASHIN MARU in the Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, and North Pacific Ocean from 1987-01-17 to 1987-08-05. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (XBT) (C116) format. The C116/C118 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. Prior to July 1994, XBT data were routinely processed to one of these standard types. XBT data are now processed and loaded directly in to the NODC Ocean Profile Data Base (OPDB). Historic data from these two data types were loaded into the OPDB.

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8700288 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile ALASKA MARU AMBASSADOR BRIDGE AMERICA MARU CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI EXXON JAMESTOWN HAKONE MARU HIKAWA MARU HIRA MARU HIYOSHI MARU LARS MAERSK LEXA MAERSK MCKINNEY MAERSK SHIN KASHU MARU TOKYO MARU YAMASHIN MARU Scripps Institution of Oceanography Scripps Institution of Oceanography Bering Sea Caribbean Sea Gulf of Alaska Gulf of Mexico North Pacific Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs ALASKA MARU (ICES code: 49BG) AMBASSADOR BRIDGE (ICES code: 49WD) AMERICA MARU (ICES code: 49M8) CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI (call sign: WXBR, ICES code: 32CM) EXXON JAMESTOWN (ICES code: 312J) HAKONE MARU (ICES code: 49H8) HIKAWA MARU (ICES code: 49BI) HIRA MARU (ICES code: 49BJ) HIYOSHI MARU (ICES code: 49HX) LARS MAERSK (ICES code: 26LC) LEXA MAERSK (ICES code: 26LB) MCKINNEY MAERSK (ICES code: 26MT) SHIN KASHU MARU (ICES code: 49CC) TOKYO MARU (ICES code: 49BS) YAMASHIN MARU (ICES code: 49YR) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA

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issued 1987-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
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temporal 1987-01-17T00:00:00+00:00/1987-08-05T00:00:00+00:00
title Bathythermograph (XBT) data from ALASKA MARU, AMBASSADOR BRIDGE, and others in the Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, and others from 1987-01-17 to 1987-08-05 (NCEI Accession 8700288)

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