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Title: Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the ARNEB and other platforms from multiple Ocean Weather Station (OWS) in the North Atlantic Ocean and North Pacific Ocean from 1951-08-28 to 1964-04-10 (NCEI Accession 6900232)
Abstract: Bathythermograph data were collected from the ARNEB and other platforms within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station A (6200N 03300W), B (5630N 05100W), C (5245N 03530W), D (4400N 04100W), E (3500N 04800W), H (3800N 07100W), J (5230N 02000W), K (4500N 01600W), M (6600N 00200E), N (3000N 14000W), P (5000N 14500W), V (3400N 16400E), and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard and other institutions from 28 August 1951 to 10 April 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: 19690301
Start date: 19510828
End date: 19640410
Seanames:
West boundary: 123.4
East boundary: 2.8
North boundary: 66.266667
South boundary: -77.983333
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Submitting institution: US Navy; Ships of Opportunity
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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

Points of contact for this data set include:
Contact info:
Agency: US NAVY; SHIPS OF OPPORTUNITY
PI: N/A
Address:
address: 4640 JEWEL ST., 204
city: SAN DIEGO
state: CA
postal: 92109-31331
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: US COAST GUARD
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: GROTON
state: CT
postal: 06340
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: US NAVY; NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE
Address:
address: 1002 BALCH BOULEVARD
city: STENNIS SPACE CENTER, BAY ST. LOUIS
state: MS
postal: 39522
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: COLLEGE STATION
state: TX
postal: 77843-3146
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
Address:
Availability date: 19690301
Metadata version: 7
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:30:03+00
Editdate: 2022-08-06 02:15:08+00