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Bathythermograph (XBT), selected depth bathythermograph (SBT) data from ALTAIR, AMBASSADOR, and others in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico from 1980-12-18 to 1988-10-22 (NCEI Accession 8900260)

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This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT), selected depth bathythermograph (SBT) data from ALTAIR, AMBASSADOR, EXXON JAMESTOWN, GYRE, JUSTO SIERRA, LION HEART, NESTOR I, NORDIC WASA, OYSTER BAY, R/V Pelican, SENATOR, STENA HISPANA, and SUN COASTER in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico from 1980-12-18 to 1988-10-22. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (XBT) (C116) and Selected Depth Bathythermograph (SBT) (C125) formats. 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. The UBT (C125) 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 records are comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. Depths are selected by the originator - usually at standard horizons or some fixed interval. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of either 450 or 760 m. Special instruments permitted measurements to be obtained to 1830 m.

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8900260 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile ALTAIR AMBASSADOR EXXON JAMESTOWN GYRE JUSTO SIERRA LION HEART NESTOR I NORDIC WASA OYSTER BAY R/V Pelican SENATOR STENA HISPANA SUN COASTER Science Applications International Corporation - Raleigh, NC Science Applications International Corporation - Raleigh, NC GULF OF MEXICO PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY Caribbean Sea Gulf of Mexico oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce SAIC > Science Applications International Corporation GOMPOP > Gulf of Mexico Physical Oceanography Program EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs Ships ALTAIR (ICES code: 57AL) AMBASSADOR (ICES code: 32AM) EXXON JAMESTOWN (ICES code: 312J) GYRE (ICES code: 32GY) JUSTO SIERRA (ICES code: 57AC) LION HEART (ICES code: 320X) NESTOR I (ICES code: 320Y) NORDIC WASA (ICES code: 320W) OYSTER BAY (call sign: GFQH, ICES code: 74OB) PELICAN (call sign: WSK3051, ICES code: 32PE, 1985-) SENATOR (call sign: WNJG, ICES code: 320Z) STENA HISPANA (ICES code: 74SN) SUN COASTER (ICES code: 32WP) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO

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