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Bathythermograph (MBT), ocean station data from ABSECON, CASCO, and others in the Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Bay of Bengal, and others from 1966-02-19 to 1968-12-17 (NCEI Accession 6800000)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 29, 2026 | Last Modified: 2022-08-19T00:00:00.000+00:00
This dataset includes bathythermograph (MBT), ocean station data from ABSECON, CASCO, CASTLE ROCK, COOK INLET, EASTWARD, ESCANABA, F. V. HUNT, FUJI, HUMBOLDT, LYNCH, NOAA Ship Surveyor, OSHORO MARU, SAN PABLO, SHIKMONA, UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF CANADA, USCGC Burton Island, USCGC Chautauqua, USCGC Evergreen, USCGC Glacier, USCGC Hamilton, USCGC NORTHWIND, USCGC PONTCHARTRAIN, USCGC Rockaway, USCGC SPENCER, USCGC Taney, USCGC WACHUSETT, USCGC WINNEBAGO, USNS CHAIN, USNS James M. Gilliss, USNS Silas Bent, USS BLUE, and VAUBAN in the Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Bay of Bengal, Bay of Fundy, Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, Japan Sea, Laccadive Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea, South Pacific Ocean, and Southern Ocean from 1966-02-19 to 1968-12-17. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (MBT) (C128) and Ocean Station (C100) formats. The Oceanographic Station Data (C100) format contains physical-chemical oceanographic data recorded at discrete depth levels. Most of the observations were made using multi-bottle Nansen casts or other types of water samplers. A small amount (about 5 percent) were obtained using electronic CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) or STD (salinity-temperature-depth) recorders. The CTD/STD data were reported to NODC at depth levels equivalent to Nansen cast data, however, and have been processed and stored the same as the Nansen data. Cruise information (e.g., ship, country, institution), position, date, and time, and reported for each station. The principal measured parameters and temperature and salinity, but dissolved oxygen, phosphate, total phosphorus, silicate, nitrate, nitrite, and pH may be reported. Meteorological conditions at the time of the cast (e.g., air temperature and pressure, wind, waves) may also be reported, as well as auxiliary data such as water color (Forel-Ule scale), water transparency (Secchi disk depth), and depth to bottom. Values of density (sigma-t) sound velocity, and dynamic depth anomaly are computed from measured parameters. Each station contains the measurements taken at the observed depth levels, but also includes data values interpolated to a set of standard depth levels. 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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6800000 AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB BAROMETRIC PRESSURE cloud amount/frequency cloud type DISSOLVED OXYGEN DYNAMIC DEPTH ANOMALY NITRATE OXYGEN pH phosphate SALINITY SEA STATE Secchi depth SIGMA-T silicate SOUND VELOCITY TOTAL PHOSPHORUS WATER COLOR water depth WATER TEMPERATURE WAVE HEIGHT WAVE PERIOD WEATHER WIND DIRECTION WIND FORCE WIND SPEED ZOOPLANKTON BIOMASS bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - MBT bottle meteorological sensor Secchi disk physical profile ABSECON CASCO CASTLE ROCK COOK INLET EASTWARD ESCANABA F. V. HUNT FUJI HUMBOLDT LYNCH NOAA Ship Surveyor OSHORO MARU SAN PABLO SHIKMONA UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF CANADA USCGC Burton Island USCGC Chautauqua USCGC Evergreen USCGC Glacier USCGC Hamilton USCGC NORTHWIND USCGC PONTCHARTRAIN USCGC Rockaway USCGC SPENCER USCGC Taney USCGC WACHUSETT USCGC WINNEBAGO USNS CHAIN USNS James M. Gilliss USNS Silas Bent USS BLUE VAUBAN Duke University Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Arctic Unit Japanese Hydrographic Office United States Coast Guard Unknown - Israel Unknown - Japan Unknown - Malagasy Republic Unknown - USA US National Oceanographic Data Center US Navy Ships of Opportunity US National Oceanographic Data Center Andaman Sea or Burma Sea Arafura Sea Bay of Bengal Bay of Fundy Bering Sea Caribbean Sea Celebes Sea (Sulawesi Sea and Mindanao Sea) Gulf of Mexico Indian Ocean Japan Sea Jawa (Java) Sea Labrador Sea Laccadive Sea Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin Mozambique Channel New York Bight North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea Ross Sea Selat Makasar (Makasar Strait) South Atlantic Ocean South China Sea (Nan Hai) South Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean Timor Sea oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FREQUENCY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN ACOUSTICS > ACOUSTIC VELOCITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PHOSPHATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SILICATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > OCEAN COLOR EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > SECCHI DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SEA STATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS MBT > Mechanical Bathythermographs SECCHI DISKS > SECCHI DISKS Ships ABSECON (call sign: WC5071, ICES code: 31AZ) BLUE (ICES code: 31LB) BURTON ISLAND (ICES code: 31BI) CASCO (ICES code: 31CS) CASTLE ROCK (ICES code: 31CK) CHAIN (ICES code: 31CI) CHAUTAUQUA (ICES code: 31CQ) COOK INLET (ICES code: 31CO) EASTWARD (ICES code: 31EZ) ESCANABA (ICES code: 31EN) EVERGREEN (ICES code: 31EV) F. V. HUNT (ICES code: 31HV) FUJI (ICES code: 49HZ) GILLISS (ICES code: 31GI) GLACIER (ICES code: 31GL) HAMILTON (ICES code: 31HT) HUMBOLDT (ICES code: 31HU) LYNCH (ICES code: 31LY) NORTHWIND (call sign: NRFJ, ICES code: 31NW, 1945-1989) OSHORO MARU (call sign: JDVA, ICES code: 49OS, 1984-2014) PONTCHARTRAIN (ICES code: 31PW) ROCKAWAY (ICES code: 31RC) SAN PABLO (ICES code: 31SP) SHIKMONA (call sign: 4XIY, ICES code: 47SK, 1963-) SILAS BENT (ICES code: 31SS) SPENCER (ICES code: 31SC) SURVEYOR (ICES code: 31SU) TANEY (ICES code: 31RT) VAUBAN (call sign: TPFR, ICES code: 55VA, 1955-1987) WACHUSETT (ICES code: 31WC) WINNEBAGO (ICES code: 31WO) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > BAY OF FUNDY 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 > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN 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 > SEA OF JAPAN 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 OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > ROSS SEA

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