Bathythermograph (XBT) data from BARBARA H., KAHAROA, and others in the Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean, and others from 1987-01-06 to 1988-12-15 (NCEI Accession 8900011)
This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT) data from BARBARA H., KAHAROA, NOAA Ship Albatross IV, NOAA Ship Chapman, NOAA Ship McArthur, NOAA Ship Miller Freeman, NOAA Ship Oceanographer, NOAA Ship Townsend Cromwell, and USCGC Polar Star in the Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Northwestern Passages, South Pacific Ocean, and Tasman Sea from 1987-01-06 to 1988-12-15.
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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| description | This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT) data from BARBARA H., KAHAROA, NOAA Ship Albatross IV, NOAA Ship Chapman, NOAA Ship McArthur, NOAA Ship Miller Freeman, NOAA Ship Oceanographer, NOAA Ship Townsend Cromwell, and USCGC Polar Star in the Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Northwestern Passages, South Pacific Ocean, and Tasman Sea from 1987-01-06 to 1988-12-15. 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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"profile",
"BARBARA H.",
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"US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD",
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"North Pacific Ocean",
"Northwestern Passages",
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"DOC/NOAA/NOS > National Ocean Service, 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",
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"BARBARA H. (call sign: WRB223, ICES code: 32Q0)",
"CHAPMAN (ICES code: 32YN)",
"KAHA ROA (ICES code: 61AD)",
"MCARTHUR (ICES code: 31M4)",
"MILLER FREEMAN (call sign: WTDM, ICES code: 31FN, 1974-)",
"OCEANOGRAPHER (ICES code: 31OC)",
"POLAR STAR (call sign: NBTM, ICES code: 32PZ, 1976-)",
"TOWNSEND CROMWELL (ICES code: 31TC)",
"OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN",
"OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN",
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"OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO",
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| modified | 2023-02-13T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
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| spatial | -66.45,-47.41,166.58,74.25 |
| temporal | 1987-01-06T00:00:00+00:00/1988-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | Bathythermograph (XBT) data from BARBARA H., KAHAROA, and others in the Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean, and others from 1987-01-06 to 1988-12-15 (NCEI Accession 8900011) |
