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Title: Water temperature profiles collected by XBT from multiple cruises in the North Pacific and South Pacific oceans from 1997-01-01 to 1999-01-08 (NODC Accession 0000006)
Abstract: Water temperature profiles collected by XBT in support of the High Resolution XBT Network in 1997-1998. The cruises, ship names (and callsigns) include
p09 (px6,px9,px39): Brisbane Star (C6LY4) and Argentina Star (C6MD8)
p22 (ax22): Polar Duke, Nathaniel B. Palmer and L.M. Gould (WCX7445)
p31 (px31): Fua Kavenga (A3CA)
p37 (px37,px10,px44): Sea-Land Enterprise (KRGB)
p38 (px38): Chevron Mississippi (WXBR)
p50 (px50): Asian Challenger (VRSR) and Lydia Oldendorff (ELVH7)
p81 (px81): Nacre (3EZI6)

Documentation is included.
Date received: 20000113
Start date: 19970101
End date: 19990108
Seanames: Coral Sea, Gulf of Alaska, North Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea (Nan Hai), Southern Ocean, South Pacific Ocean
West boundary: 120.176
East boundary: -57.263
North boundary: 59.674
South boundary: -64.97
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - XBT
Datatypes: DEPTH - OBSERVATION, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Lehmann, Lisa
Submitting institution: University of California - San Diego; Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Collecting institutions: University of California - San Diego; Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Contributing projects: WOCE
Platforms: ARGENTINA STAR (BHAR), ASIAN CHALLENGER (HKAC), BRISBANE STAR (BHBS), CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI (32CM), FUA KAVENGA (TNFK), Laurence M. Gould (33LG), LYDIA OLDENDORFF (54LO), NACRE (PANA), Nathaniel B. Palmer (3206), Polar Duke (58PD), SEA-LAND ENTERPRISE (320N)
Number of observations: 9752
Supplementary information: Principal Investigator:
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Dr. Dean Roemmich
University of California, San Diego
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
9500 Gilman Drive, Dept 0230
La Jolla, CA 92093-0230
voice: 858-534-2307
fax: 858-534-9820
email: droemmich@ucsd.edu
secondary contact: Lisa Lehmann (llehmann@ucsd.edu)

Note this data set used Sippican Deep Blue XBT's using the old fall rate coefficients: a=6.472, b=-2.16 and a Sippican mk12 controller board.
Availability date:
Metadata version: 7
Keydate: 2001-04-16 04:00:00+00
Editdate: 2018-12-18 13:08:33+00