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Bathythermograph (XBT) data from AMERICAN EXPLORER, ANNIE JOHNSON, and others in the Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, and others from 1980-01-15 to 1983-09-01 (NCEI Accession 8900062)

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This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT) data from AMERICAN EXPLORER, ANNIE JOHNSON, ENTERPRISE, GLOMAR CHALLENGER, HIRA MARU, MARSHFIELD, PRESIDENT FILLMORE, PRESIDENT VAN BUREN, SEATRAIN INDEPENDENCE, SEATRAIN LEXINGTON, SEATRAIN PRINCETON, SEATRAIN YORKTOWN, USS BELKNAP, USS BROOKE, USS Cushing, USS Dahlgren, USS J. HEWES, USS LEFTWICH, USS Mahan, USS R. E. BYRD, and USS ROBISON in the Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, East China Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Japan Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea, Red Sea, and South China Sea from 1980-01-15 to 1983-09-01. 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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8900062 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile AMERICAN EXPLORER ANNIE JOHNSON ENTERPRISE GLOMAR CHALLENGER HIRA MARU MARSHFIELD PRESIDENT FILLMORE PRESIDENT VAN BUREN SEATRAIN INDEPENDENCE SEATRAIN LEXINGTON SEATRAIN PRINCETON SEATRAIN YORKTOWN USS BELKNAP USS BROOKE USS Cushing USS Dahlgren USS J. HEWES USS LEFTWICH USS Mahan USS R. E. BYRD USS ROBISON US Navy/Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center US Navy/Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center Aegean Sea Alboran Sea Arabian Sea Bering Sea Caribbean Sea East China Sea (Tung Hai) Gulf of Aden Gulf of Oman Ionian Sea Japan Sea Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea Red Sea South China Sea (Nan Hai) Tyrrhenian Sea oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOD/USNAVY/FNMOC > Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, U.S. Navy, U. S. Department of Defense EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs Ships AMERICAN EXPLORER (ICES code: 3196) ANNIE JOHNSON (ICES code: 77AC) BELKNAP (ICES code: 311N) BROOKE (ICES code: 314B) Cushing (ICES code: 32CS) DAHLGREN (ICES code: 312D) ENTERPRISE (call sign: WAUY, ICES code: 32E3, -2006) GLOMAR CHALLENGER (ICES code: 3177) HIRA MARU (ICES code: 49BJ) J. HEWES (ICES code: 3178) LEFTWICH (ICES code: 323W) MAHAN (ICES code: 31JI) MARSHFIELD (ICES code: 32MF) PRESIDENT FILLMORE (ICES code: 32F3) PRESIDENT VAN BUREN (ICES code: 32PV) R. E. BYRD (ICES code: 31YR) ROBISON (ICES code: 31ZO) SEATRAIN INDEPENDENCE (ICES code: 54SI) SEATRAIN LEXINGTON (ICES code: 32QJ) SEATRAIN PRINCETON (ICES code: 06PI) SEATRAIN YORKTOWN (ICES code: 54SY) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > RED SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF JAPAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > EAST CHINA SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA

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