Bathythermograph (MBT), bathythermograph (XBT), ocean station data from ANTON DOHRN II, FRIEDRICH HEINCKE, and others in the Barents Sea, English Channel, and others from 1969-07-02 to 1978-03-02 (NCEI Accession 7800871)
The accession contains data gathered over a period of nine years by various agencies from the US, Britain and Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). Data was collected between July 2, 1969 and March 2,1978. Multiple German ships such as ANTON DOHRN, GAUSS, FRIEDRICH HEINCKE, WALTER KOERTE, METEOR, VICTOR HENSEN and unknown platforms were used to collect the data. Water depth and other data were collected using a number of sampling devices such as bottle, BathyThermograph (BT), Mechanical BathyThermograph (MBT), meteorological sensors, Secchi diski and eXpendable Bathy Thermograph (XBT). XBT data collected by R/V METEOR between March 3-7, 1977 is included.
Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (MBT) (C128) 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 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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| issued | 1978-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
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"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",
"bathythermograph - XBT",
"bottle",
"meteorological sensor",
"Secchi disk",
"physical",
"profile",
"ANTON DOHRN II",
"FRIEDRICH HEINCKE",
"GAUSS",
"METEOR",
"UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF GERMANY",
"UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED KINGDOM",
"VICTOR HENSEN",
"WALTER KOERTE",
"Deutsches Hydrographische Institut",
"German Federal Research Center for Fisheries",
"Helgoland Biological Stations",
"Institute of Oceanographic Sciences",
"Unknown - Germany (Includes Pre-Reunification Federal Republic Germany)",
"US National Oceanographic Data Center",
"Waterways and Shipping Office",
"Unknown - Germany (Includes Pre-Reunification Federal Republic Germany)",
"Barents Sea",
"English Channel (La Manche)",
"Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea)",
"Kattegat, The Sound, Storebælt, Lillebælt",
"North Atlantic Ocean",
"North Sea",
"Norwegian Sea",
"Skagerrak",
"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",
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"EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE",
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"EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PHOSPHATE",
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"EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY",
"EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY",
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"SECCHI DISKS > SECCHI DISKS",
"XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs",
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"ANTON DOHRN II (call sign: DBFR, ICES code: 06DA, 1972-1986)",
"FRIEDRICH HEINCKE (call sign: DBFR, ICES code: 06HF, 1968-1990)",
"METEOR (call sign: DBBH, ICES code: 06MT, 1964-1985)",
"VICTOR HENSEN (call sign: DBAW, ICES code: 06VI, 1975-2001)",
"W. KORTE (ICES code: 06KW)",
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"OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BARENTS SEA",
"OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN",
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| spatial | 25.07,29.6,-22.0,80.3 |
| temporal | 1969-07-02T00:00:00+00:00/1978-03-02T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | Bathythermograph (MBT), bathythermograph (XBT), ocean station data from ANTON DOHRN II, FRIEDRICH HEINCKE, and others in the Barents Sea, English Channel, and others from 1969-07-02 to 1978-03-02 (NCEI Accession 7800871) |
