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Title: Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS BELMONT and Other Platforms from Ocean Weather S (OWS-S) in the North Atlantic Ocean and other locations in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 1961-10-14 to 1967-02-15 (NCEI Accession 6900324)
Abstract: MBT data were collected from the USS BELMONT and Other Platforms within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station S (3210N 06430W) and in transit in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project. Data were collected by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity and other institutions from 14 October 1961 to 15 February 1967. Platforms were 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: 19690401
Start date: 19611014
End date: 19670215
Seanames:
West boundary: -140.4
East boundary: 15.55
North boundary: 53.083333
South boundary: -32.466667
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Submitter:
Submitting institution: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Number of observations:
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: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE
PI: N/A
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: WOODS HOLE
state: MA
postal: 02543
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: US NAVY; SHIPS OF OPPORTUNITY
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: INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC HALIBUT COMMISSION
Address:
address: PO BOX 95009
city: SEATTLE
state: WA
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: MOORE-MCCORMACK LINES INC.
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: NEW YORK
state: NY
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: MARINE ACOUSTICAL SERVICES, INC.
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: NOT AVAILABLE
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19690401
Metadata version: 11
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:30:23+00
Editdate: 2022-08-06 02:18:36+00