Bathythermograph (XBT) data from COLUMBUS VICTORIA, COLUMBUS VIRGINIA, and others in the Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, and others from 1983-12-25 to 1987-08-19 (NCEI Accession 8700302)
This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT) data from COLUMBUS VICTORIA, COLUMBUS VIRGINIA, COLUMBUS WELLINGTON, NEDLLOYD KEMBLA, NEDLLOYD KINGSTON, PACMERCHANT, and SAXON STAR in the Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, Coral Sea, Great Australian Bight, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, Japan Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, and Tasman Sea from 1983-12-25 to 1987-08-19.
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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| issued | 1987-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
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| modified | 2023-02-12T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
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| spatial | 17.37,-46.03,31.85,55.5 |
| temporal | 1983-12-25T00:00:00+00:00/1987-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | Bathythermograph (XBT) data from COLUMBUS VICTORIA, COLUMBUS VIRGINIA, and others in the Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, and others from 1983-12-25 to 1987-08-19 (NCEI Accession 8700302) |
