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Bathythermograph (MBT) data from L/S AMBROSE, L/S BARNEGAT, and others in the Bering Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and others from 1953-07-23 to 1968-12-31 (NCEI Accession 6900405)

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This dataset includes bathythermograph (MBT) data from L/S AMBROSE, L/S BARNEGAT, L/S BOSTON, L/S DELAWARE, L/S FIVE FATHOM BANK, L/S FRYING PAN SHOALS, L/S NANTUCKET, L/S PORTLAND, and SPENCER F. BAIRD in the Bering Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, and Philippine Sea from 1953-07-23 to 1968-12-31. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (MBT) (C128) format. The C128 format is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using the mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument. The maximum depth of MBT observations is approximately 285 m. Therefore, MBT data are useful only in studying the thermal structure of the upper layers of the ocean. Cruise information, date, position, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Temperature data in this file are recorded at uniform 5 m depth intervals.

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6900405 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - MBT physical profile L/S AMBROSE L/S BARNEGAT L/S BOSTON L/S DELAWARE L/S FIVE FATHOM BANK L/S FRYING PAN SHOALS L/S NANTUCKET L/S PORTLAND SPENCER F. BAIRD Scripps Institution of Oceanography United States Coast Guard Scripps Institution of Oceanography Bering Sea New York Bight North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea 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 MBT > Mechanical Bathythermographs AMBROSE L/S (ICES code: 31AH) BARNEGAT L/S (ICES code: 31BQ) BOSTON L/S (ICES code: 312B) DELAWARE L/S (ICES code: 31DL) FIVE FATHOM BANK L/S (ICES code: 31FF) FRYING PAN SHOALS L/S (ICES code: 31FR) NANTUCKET L/S (ICES code: 31NN) PORTLAND L/S (ICES code: 311P) SPENCER F. BAIRD (ICES code: 31SB) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA

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temporal 1953-07-23T00:00:00+00:00/1968-12-31T00:00:00+00:00
title Bathythermograph (MBT) data from L/S AMBROSE, L/S BARNEGAT, and others in the Bering Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and others from 1953-07-23 to 1968-12-31 (NCEI Accession 6900405)

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