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OAS accession Detail for 6400061
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Title: Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the MACKINAC from Ocean Weather Station B (OWS-B) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1964-07-09 to 1964-07-31 (NCEI Accession 6400061)
Abstract: Bathythermograph data were collected from the MACKINAC within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station B (56305N 05100W) and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard from 09 July 1964 to 31 July 1964. The platform was equipped and staffed to observe weather and sea conditions. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format.

The UBT file 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.
Date received: 19700320
Start date: 19640709
End date: 19640731
Seanames:
West boundary: -54.033333
East boundary: -50.933333
North boundary: 56.65
South boundary: 50.166667
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Submitter:
Submitting institution: United States Coast Guard
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Number of observations: 83
Supplementary information: Note: Preliminary metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM).

To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Metadata were updated in July of 2007.

Points of contact for this data set include:
Contact info:
Agency: US COAST GUARD
PI: N/A
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: GROTON
state: CT
postal: 06340
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19700320
Metadata version: 7
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:25:35+00
Editdate: 2022-08-05 19:47:08+00