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WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from the NAVY MOODS database 1953-1974 (NCEI Accession 8700387)
This record contains the MOODS/MBT/NAVOCEANO data. In 1987 the NAVY MOODS archive was being prepared for transfer to NAVOCEANO. Roger Bauer of Compass Systems and designer of the MOODS system turned over to NODC 2 digital files and approximately 4 boxes of computer listings and plots that identify MBT stations that should be deleted from our archives and stations that need TSP and DSP adjustments. The digital files reside on optical as NCEI Accession 8700387. The deletions (8700387.001) were performed. However the adjustments were never completed.
After numerous conversations with Roger Bauer regarding the erroneous MBT calibration adjustments in our MBT archive, I requested from NAVOCEANO a copy of all of their MBTs to replace the NODC's MBT archive. This request was made in Aug. 1992 and fulfilled with the shipment of 5 magnetic tapes. At the time NAVOCEANO took over the MOODS data sets and the Navy archiving. The MOODS MBT archive had all of the corrections applied. Again nothing was done with these replacement tapes. Primarily because they lacked NODC identifying information that would enable an easy match with the observations in our archive. However, in 1994? NODC's decision to build a profile database (NODB) and the need for profile data by the Ocean Climate Lab (OCL) seemed to have solved the problem. All profile data went through the OCL quality control activities before being loaded into the NODB. These quality control functions included adjustments to the MBT profile for calibration depths and temps. Thus the MBT profiles in the NODB are NOT the same as those from the DAMUS archive residing on optical disk. Status of materials: The boxes of computer listings and plots are no longer at NODC. The five tapes from NAVOCEANO were trashed before the move to SSMC3.
(It should be borne in mind that the author of this note is unknown as of April 10, 2003. Format of this note was edited by DWC on April 10, 2003.)
Resources
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NCEI Dataset Landing Page
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| description | This record contains the MOODS/MBT/NAVOCEANO data. In 1987 the NAVY MOODS archive was being prepared for transfer to NAVOCEANO. Roger Bauer of Compass Systems and designer of the MOODS system turned over to NODC 2 digital files and approximately 4 boxes of computer listings and plots that identify MBT stations that should be deleted from our archives and stations that need TSP and DSP adjustments. The digital files reside on optical as NCEI Accession 8700387. The deletions (8700387.001) were performed. However the adjustments were never completed. After numerous conversations with Roger Bauer regarding the erroneous MBT calibration adjustments in our MBT archive, I requested from NAVOCEANO a copy of all of their MBTs to replace the NODC's MBT archive. This request was made in Aug. 1992 and fulfilled with the shipment of 5 magnetic tapes. At the time NAVOCEANO took over the MOODS data sets and the Navy archiving. The MOODS MBT archive had all of the corrections applied. Again nothing was done with these replacement tapes. Primarily because they lacked NODC identifying information that would enable an easy match with the observations in our archive. However, in 1994? NODC's decision to build a profile database (NODB) and the need for profile data by the Ocean Climate Lab (OCL) seemed to have solved the problem. All profile data went through the OCL quality control activities before being loaded into the NODB. These quality control functions included adjustments to the MBT profile for calibration depths and temps. Thus the MBT profiles in the NODB are NOT the same as those from the DAMUS archive residing on optical disk. Status of materials: The boxes of computer listings and plots are no longer at NODC. The five tapes from NAVOCEANO were trashed before the move to SSMC3. (It should be borne in mind that the author of this note is unknown as of April 10, 2003. Format of this note was edited by DWC on April 10, 2003.) |
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| identifier | gov.noaa.nodc:8700387 |
| issued | 1987-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
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"water depth",
"WATER TEMPERATURE",
"bathythermograph - MBT",
"physical",
"profile",
"AUSTRALIA STAR",
"US Navy Ships of Opportunity",
"US Navy Ships of Opportunity",
"Adriatic Sea",
"Aegean Sea",
"Alboran Sea",
"Andaman Sea or Burma Sea",
"Arabian Sea",
"Arafura Sea",
"Arctic Ocean",
"Baffin Bay",
"Balearic (Iberian) Sea",
"Bali Sea",
"Banda Sea",
"Barents Sea",
"Bass Strait",
"Bay of Bengal",
"Bay of Biscay (Golfe de Gascogne)",
"Bering Sea",
"Bismarck Sea",
"Black Sea",
"Caribbean Sea",
"Celebes Sea (Sulawesi Sea and Mindanao Sea)",
"Ceram Sea or Seram Sea",
"Chukchi Sea",
"Coastal Waters of Gulf of America",
"Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia",
"Coral Sea",
"Davis Strait",
"East China Sea (Tung Hai)",
"East Siberian Sea",
"English Channel (La Manche)",
"Flores Sea",
"Great Australian Bight",
"Great Lakes",
"Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea)",
"Gulf of Aden",
"Gulf of Alaska",
"Gulf of America",
"Gulf of California",
"Gulf of Guinea",
"Gulf of Oman",
"Gulf of St. Lawrence",
"Gulf of Suez",
"Gulf of Thailand",
"Indian Ocean",
"Ionian Sea",
"Irish Sea and St. George's Channel",
"Japan Sea",
"Jawa (Java) Sea",
"Kara Sea",
"Labrador Sea",
"Laccadive Sea",
"Ligurian Sea",
"Malacca Straits",
"Mediterranean Sea",
"Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin",
"Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin",
"Molucca Sea",
"Mozambique Channel",
"New York Bight",
"North Atlantic Ocean",
"North Pacific Ocean",
"North Sea",
"Northwestern Passages",
"Norwegian Sea",
"Persian Gulf (Gulf of Iran), Strait of Hormuz",
"Philippine Sea",
"Red Sea",
"Rio de la Plata",
"Ross Sea",
"Sawu Sea",
"Sea of Okhotsk",
"Selat Makasar (Makasar Strait)",
"Skagerrak",
"Solomon Sea",
"South Atlantic Ocean",
"South China Sea (Nan Hai)",
"South Pacific Ocean",
"Southern Ocean",
"Strait of Gibraltar",
"Sulu Sea",
"Tasman Sea",
"Timor Sea",
"Tyrrhenian 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",
"MBT > Mechanical Bathythermographs",
"AUSTRALIA STAR (ICES code: 09AG)",
"CONTINENT > ASIA > WESTERN ASIA > BLACK SEA",
"CONTINENT > EUROPE > EASTERN EUROPE > BLACK SEA",
"CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > GREAT LAKES, CANADA",
"CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > GREAT LAKES",
"OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN",
"OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BARENTS SEA",
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"OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF ST LAWRENCE",
"OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > IRISH SEA",
"OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA",
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"OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH SEA",
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"OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > EAST CHINA SEA",
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| language |
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| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2026-02-20T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| publisher |
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| rights | otherRestrictions |
| spatial | 180.0,-78.47,-180.0,79.75 |
| temporal | 1953-06-06T00:00:00+00:00/1974-01-26T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from the NAVY MOODS database 1953-1974 (NCEI Accession 8700387) |
