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Bathythermograph (XBT) data from COLUMBUS CANADA, NOAA Ship Chapman, and others in the Bering Sea, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, and others from 1987-02-25 to 1987-08-28 (NCEI Accession 8700353)

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This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT) data from COLUMBUS CANADA, NOAA Ship Chapman, NOAA Ship John N. Cobb, NOAA Ship McArthur, NOAA Ship Oceanographer, and R/V ROBERT D. CONRAD in the Bering Sea, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Coral Sea, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, and Tasman Sea from 1987-02-25 to 1987-08-28. 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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8700353 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile COLUMBUS CANADA NOAA Ship Chapman NOAA Ship John N. Cobb NOAA Ship McArthur NOAA Ship Oceanographer R/V ROBERT D. CONRAD Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory NOAA Fisheries Northwest Regional Office SEFSC - Pascagoula/Stennis Lab US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Seattle, WA US Navy Ships of Opportunity US Navy Ships of Opportunity Bering Sea Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia Coral Sea Gulf of Mexico North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean South Atlantic Ocean South Pacific Ocean Tasman Sea oceanography COLUMBIA/LDEO > Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS > National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 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 Ships CHAPMAN (ICES code: 32YN) COLUMBUS CANADA (ICES code: 06CD) John N. Cobb (call sign: WMVC, ICES code: 31JC, 1950-2008) MCARTHUR (ICES code: 31M4) OCEANOGRAPHER (ICES code: 31OC) ROBERT D. CONRAD (call sign: WHBA, ICES code: 31RD, 1962-1989) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN

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