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Bathythermograph (XBT aircraft), bathythermograph (XBT) data from AFRICAN COMET, AIRCRAFT, and others in the Alboran Sea, Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, and others from 1969-08-05 to 1975-08-16 (NCEI Accession 7600221)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 29, 2026 | Last Modified: 2022-09-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT aircraft), bathythermograph (XBT) data from AFRICAN COMET, AIRCRAFT, ALEXANDER AGASSIZ, ALMEIDA CARVALHO, AMERICAN RESERVIST, ANNE, M., ANTONIA, C., C. J. ELIZABETH, CALIFORNIAN, CHERYL MARIE, CHEVRON CALIFORNIA, CHEVRON HAWAII, COLUMBUS, DUTTON, G. WILLA, GLOMAR CHALLENGER, GLOMAR EXPLORER, HAWAIIAN, HAWAIIAN ENTERPRISE, HAWAIIAN QUEEN, KATHLEEN, LUCKY STRIKE, M. KERRI, MARCONA PATHFINDER, MARCONA PROSPECTOR, MARCONA TRANSPORTER, MARSHFIELD, MOHAWK, MONTEREY, NEPTUNE, NOAA Ship OREGON, NOAA Ship Rainier, NORWALK, PACIFIC DAWN, PAN PACIFIC, PRESIDENT MCKINLEY, PRESIDENT TAFT, PRESIDENT VAN BUREN, PROUD HERITAGE, R/V Knorr, R/V Melville, R/V ROBERT D. CONRAD, SARATOGA, SEA QUEST, SEALIFT PACIFIC, THERESA ANN, TYPHOON, USCGC Jarvis, USNS BARTLETT, USNS Thomas Washington, USS AINSWORTH, USS ALBANY, USS BLANDY, USS Barry, USS Bigelow, USS CAPODANNO, USS CONNOLE, USS Corry, USS E. A. GREENE, USS E. MCDONNELL, USS GARCIA, USS GRIDLEY, USS H. B. WILSON, USS HEPBURN, USS HULL, USS Hammerberg, USS Harold J. Ellison, USS Harry E. Yarnell, USS JOUETT, USS KIRK, USS MEYERKORD, USS Miller, USS Mullinnix, USS Norfolk, USS OZBOURN, USS R. E. BYRD, USS REASONER, USS Richard E. Kraus, USS SARATOGA, USS Somers, USS WADDELL, VICTORIA, and WYMAN in the Alboran Sea, Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Arabian Sea, Barents Sea, Bay of Bengal, Bering Sea, Bismarck Sea, Caribbean Sea, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Coral Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Thailand, Indian Ocean, Laccadive Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Norwegian Sea, Philippine Sea, Solomon Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea, South Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Tasman Sea from 1969-08-05 to 1975-08-16. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (XBT Aircraft) (C118) and Bathythermograph (XBT) (C116) 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 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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7600221 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - AXBT bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile AFRICAN COMET AIRCRAFT ALEXANDER AGASSIZ ALMEIDA CARVALHO AMERICAN RESERVIST ANNE, M. ANTONIA, C. C. J. ELIZABETH CALIFORNIAN CHERYL MARIE CHEVRON CALIFORNIA CHEVRON HAWAII COLUMBUS DUTTON G. WILLA GLOMAR CHALLENGER GLOMAR EXPLORER HAWAIIAN HAWAIIAN ENTERPRISE HAWAIIAN QUEEN KATHLEEN LUCKY STRIKE M. KERRI MARCONA PATHFINDER MARCONA PROSPECTOR MARCONA TRANSPORTER MARSHFIELD MOHAWK MONTEREY NEPTUNE NOAA Ship OREGON NOAA Ship Rainier NORWALK PACIFIC DAWN PAN PACIFIC PRESIDENT MCKINLEY PRESIDENT TAFT PRESIDENT VAN BUREN PROUD HERITAGE R/V Knorr R/V Melville R/V ROBERT D. CONRAD SARATOGA SEA QUEST SEALIFT PACIFIC THERESA ANN TYPHOON USCGC Jarvis USNS BARTLETT USNS Thomas Washington USS AINSWORTH USS ALBANY USS Barry USS Bigelow USS BLANDY USS CAPODANNO USS CONNOLE USS Corry USS E. A. GREENE USS E. MCDONNELL USS GARCIA USS GRIDLEY USS H. B. WILSON USS Hammerberg USS Harold J. Ellison USS Harry E. Yarnell USS HEPBURN USS HULL USS JOUETT USS KIRK USS MEYERKORD USS Miller USS Mullinnix USS Norfolk USS OZBOURN USS R. E. BYRD USS REASONER USS Richard E. Kraus USS SARATOGA USS Somers USS WADDELL VICTORIA WYMAN American Tuna Boat Association Farrell Lines Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Marcona Corporation Moore-McCormack Lines Inc. Scripps Institution of Oceanography SWFSC/PFEL - Monterey Lab United States Coast Guard Unknown - Portugal Unknown - USA US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Seattle, WA US National Oceanographic Data Center US Navy Naval Oceanographic Office US Navy Ships of Opportunity Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Unknown - USA Aegean Sea Alboran Sea Andaman Sea or Burma Sea Arabian Sea Balearic (Iberian) Sea Banda Sea Barents Sea Bay of Bengal Bering Sea Bismarck Sea Caribbean Sea Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia Coral Sea Flores Sea Gulf of Alaska Gulf of California Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Thailand Indian Ocean Ionian Sea Jawa (Java) Sea Laccadive Sea Ligurian Sea Malacca Straits Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Norwegian Sea Philippine Sea Solomon Sea South Atlantic Ocean South China Sea (Nan Hai) South Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean Sulu Sea Tasman Sea Tyrrhenian 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/SWFSC/PFEL > Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory, Southwest 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 DOD/USNAVY/NAVOCEANO > Naval Oceanographic Office, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Defense WHOI > WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs Ships A. AGASSIZ (ICES code: 31AX) AFRICAN COMET (ICES code: 32AC) AINWORTH (ICES code: 32AH) ALBANY (ICES code: 313Z) ALMEIDA CARVALHO (ICES code: 68CA, 1972-2001) AMERICAN RESERVIST (ICES code: 312M, 1983-1992) ANNE, M. (ICES code: 32A9) ANTONIA, C. (ICES code: 32AT) BARRY (ICES code: 31Y2) BARTLETT (ICES code: 314U) BIGELOW (call sign: NIYY, ICES code: 31IW, 1957-1983) BLANDY (ICES code: 31YD) C. J. ELIZABETH (ICES code: 32EC) CALIFORNIAN (ICES code: 31C1) CAPODANNO (ICES code: 32C9) CHERYL MARIE (ICES code: 32CY) CHEVRON CALIFORNIA (ICES code: 32CC) CHEVRON HAWAII (ICES code: 32C8) COLUMBUS (ICES code: 31UU) CONNOLE (ICES code: 3159) CORRY (ICES code: 31YC) DUTTON (ICES code: 31DT) E. A. GREENE (ICES code: 31G5) E. MCDONNELL (ICES code: 31XN) G. WILLA (ICES code: 32WG) GARCIA (ICES code: 31V6) GLOMAR CHALLENGER (ICES code: 3177) GLOMAR EXPLORER (call sign: WCHG, ICES code: 32GE) GRIDLEY (ICES code: 31X8) H. B. WILSON (ICES code: 31IX) H. J. ELLISON (ICES code: 31EH) HAMMERBERG (ICES code: 31UG) HAWAIIAN (ICES code: 32HN) HAWAIIAN ENTERPRISE (ICES code: 32HE) HAWAIIAN QUEEN (ICES code: 32HQ) HEPBURN (ICES code: 315U) HULL (ICES code: 31H1) Harry E. Yarnell (ICES code: 31XY) JARVIS (ICES code: 319J) JOUETT (ICES code: 31UQ) KATHLEEN (ICES code: 32KA) KIRK (ICES code: 3197) KNORR (call sign: KCEJ, ICES code: 316N, 1970-) LUCKY STRIKE (ICES code: 32LS) M. KERRI (ICES code: 32KE) MARCONA PATHFINDER (ICES code: 32MC) MARCONA PROSPECTOR (ICES code: 32MB) MARCONA TRANSPORTER (ICES code: 32TM) MARSHFIELD (ICES code: 32MF) MELVILLE (call sign: WECB, ICES code: 318M, 1969-) MEYERKORD (ICES code: 316E) MILLER (ICES code: 31I4) MOHAWK (ICES code: 32MH) MONTEREY (ICES code: 32MO) MULLINNIX (ICES code: 31XM) NEPTUNE (ICES code: 32NP) NORFOLK (ICES code: 31NK) NORWALK (ICES code: 31NL) OREGON (ICES code: 31OE) OZBOURN (ICES code: 31ZB) PACIFIC DAWN (ICES code: 32PD) PAN PACIFIC (ICES code: 32PP) PRESIDENT MCKINLEY (ICES code: 32PM) PRESIDENT TAFT (ICES code: 32P5) PRESIDENT VAN BUREN (ICES code: 32PV) PROUD HERITAGE (ICES code: 32P4) R. E. BYRD (ICES code: 31YR) R. E. KRAUS (ICES code: 31KU) RAINIER (call sign: WTEF, ICES code: 315R, 1968-) REASONER (ICES code: 318R) ROBERT D. CONRAD (call sign: WHBA, ICES code: 31RD, 1962-1989) SARATOGA (ICES code: 32SR) SARATOGA (ICES code: 32SZ) SEA QUEST (ICES code: 31SQ) SEALIFT PACIFIC (ICES code: 32D1) SOMERS (ICES code: 316S) THERESA ANN (ICES code: 32TG) THOMAS WASHINGTON (call sign: KGWU, ICES code: 31WT, 1965-1992) TYPHOON (ICES code: 32TY) VICTORIA (ICES code: 31VC) WADDELL (ICES code: 31XL) WYMAN (ICES code: 32WY) OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BARENTS SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN 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 OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORWEGIAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > BAY OF BENGAL OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA 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 OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

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