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Bathythermograph (XBT) data from BEISHU, CAPE HENLOPEN, and others in the Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and others from 1983-04-03 to 1983-08-02 (NCEI Accession 8300109)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 26, 2026 | Last Modified: 2023-02-09T00:00:00.000+00:00
This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT) data from BEISHU, CAPE HENLOPEN, NOAA Ship Albatross IV, QUEENS WAY BRIDGE, USCGC Taney, USS ANTRIM, USS CALLAGHAN, USS Dewey, USS O'Bannon, USS OLDENDORF, USS PAUL, and USS Radford in the Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, North Sea, Philippine Sea, Skagerrak, and South China Sea from 1983-04-03 to 1983-08-02. 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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8300109 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile BEISHU CAPE HENLOPEN NOAA Ship Albatross IV QUEENS WAY BRIDGE USCGC Taney USS ANTRIM USS CALLAGHAN USS Dewey USS O'Bannon USS OLDENDORF USS PAUL USS Radford Brookhaven National Laboratory Scripps Institution of Oceanography United States Coast Guard US DOC/NOAA/NMFS/Northeast Fisheries Science Center/Woods Hole Laboratory US Navy Ships of Opportunity Scripps Institution of Oceanography North East Monitoring Program (NEMP) Caribbean Sea Ionian Sea Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin New York Bight North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean North Sea Philippine Sea Skagerrak South China Sea (Nan Hai) Tyrrhenian Sea oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC > Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOE/BNL > Brookhaven National Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy NEMP > Northeast Monitoring Program EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs Ships A. W. RADFORD (ICES code: 31F9) ALBATROSS IV (call sign: WMVF, ICES code: 31A4, 1963-2008) ANTRIM (ICES code: 321G) BEISHU (ICES code: 49BH) CALLAGHAN (ICES code: 32FJ) CAPE HENLOPEN (ICES code: 32CW) DEWEY (ICES code: 31Y5) O'BANNON (ICES code: 31J3) OLDENDORF (ICES code: 32OF) PAUL (ICES code: 318E) QUEENS WAY BRIDGE (ICES code: 32QN) TANEY (ICES code: 31RT) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA

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