Bathythermograph (MBT) data from HMAS Derwent, HMAS Diamantina, and others in the Bismarck Sea, Coral Sea, and others from 1968-02-19 to 1969-08-13 (NCEI Accession 6800283)

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This dataset includes bathythermograph (MBT) data from HMAS Derwent, HMAS Diamantina, HMAS Moresby, HMAS Parramatta, and QUEENBOROUGH in the Bismarck Sea, Coral Sea, Great Australian Bight, Gulf of Thailand, Indian Ocean, Solomon Sea, South China Sea, South Pacific Ocean, and Tasman Sea from 1968-02-19 to 1969-08-13. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (MBT) (C128) format. The C128 format is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using the mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument. The maximum depth of MBT observations is approximately 285 m. Therefore, MBT data are useful only in studying the thermal structure of the upper layers of the ocean. Cruise information, date, position, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Temperature data in this file are recorded at uniform 5 m depth intervals.

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6800283 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - MBT physical profile HMAS Derwent HMAS Diamantina HMAS Moresby HMAS Parramatta QUEENBOROUGH Royal Australian Navy Royal Australian Navy Bass Strait Bismarck Sea Coral Sea Great Australian Bight Gulf of Thailand Indian Ocean Solomon Sea South China Sea (Nan Hai) South Pacific Ocean Tasman 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 BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS MBT > Mechanical Bathythermographs Ships DERWENT (call sign: VKCV, ICES code: 09DE, 1964-1994) DIAMANTINA (call sign: VMFB, ICES code: 09DM, 1945-1980) MORESBY (call sign: VKPM, ICES code: 09MO, 1964-1998) PARRAMATTA (ICES code: 09PA, 1961-1991) QUEENBOROUGH (ICES code: 09QU) OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA AND EASTERN ARCHIPELAGIC SEAS OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA

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title	Bathythermograph (MBT) data from HMAS Derwent, HMAS Diamantina, and others in the Bismarck Sea, Coral Sea, and others from 1968-02-19 to 1969-08-13 (NCEI Accession 6800283)

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