Bathythermograph (XBT) data from ALEXANDER AGASSIZ, AMERICAN RESERVIST, and others in the Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, and others from 1971-02-17 to 1976-01-18 (NCEI Accession 7601284)
This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT) data from ALEXANDER AGASSIZ, AMERICAN RESERVIST, CHERYL MARIE, CHRISTINA, C., GINA KAREN, GLOMAR CHALLENGER, LUCKY STRIKE, M. KERRI, NEPTUNE, NOAA Ship David Starr Jordan, NOAA Ship Rainier, PRESIDENT MCKINLEY, PRESIDENT TAFT, QUEEN MARY, R/V Melville, SEA QUEST, SEALIFT PACIFIC, SHOSHONE, SWAN, USNS De Steiguer, USS ANCHORAGE, USS BADGER, USS BARBOUR COUNTY, USS Bigelow, USS Charles P. Cecil, USS DULUTH, USS Decatur, USS GRIDLEY, USS H. B. WILSON, USS J. DANIELS, USS J. HEWES, USS KIRK, USS LEAHY, USS Long Beach, USS MOBILE, USS Miller, USS PHARRIS, USS REASONER, USS SCHOFIELD, USS TUSCALOOSA, USS Turner Joy, USS WHIPPLE, and VICTORIA in the Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, Caribbean Sea, East China Sea, Gulf of California, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Gulf of Thailand, Indian Ocean, Japan Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea, and South Pacific Ocean from 1971-02-17 to 1976-01-18.
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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| spatial | 60.3,-35.85,101.7,53.73 |
| temporal | 1971-02-17T00:00:00+00:00/1976-01-18T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | Bathythermograph (XBT) data from ALEXANDER AGASSIZ, AMERICAN RESERVIST, and others in the Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, and others from 1971-02-17 to 1976-01-18 (NCEI Accession 7601284) |
