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Title: Temperature profiles from XBT casts from the MINNETONKA and other platforms from Ocean Weather Station N (OWS-N) in the North Pacific Ocean in support of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration (IDOE) from 1971-08-02 to 1973-04-11 (NCEI Accession 7300488)
Abstract: Bathythermograph data were collected from the MINNETONKA within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station N (3000N 14000W) and in transit from 02 August 1971 to 11 April 1973. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the University of Washington (UW) in support of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration (IDOE). Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format.

The UBT 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 records are comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. The XBT data files contain 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. Special instruments permit measurements to 1830 m.
Date received: 19710910
Start date: 19710802
End date: 19730411
Seanames: North Pacific Ocean
West boundary: -140.1
East boundary: -120.166667
North boundary: 33.333333
South boundary: 29.166667
Observation types: physical, profile, time series
Instrument types: bathythermograph - XBT
Datatypes: water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter:
Submitting institution: United States Coast Guard
Collecting institutions: United States Coast Guard, University of Washington
Contributing projects: IDOE, OCEAN WEATHER STATION
Platforms: FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES (317F), Minnetonka (31MN)
Number of observations: 29
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).

Metadata were updated in July of 2007.

To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis.

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
Contact info:
Agency: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON - SEATTLE
PI: 174
Address:
address: MARINE SCIENCES BUILDING
city: SEATTLE
state: WA
postal: 98195
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19730420
Metadata version: 8
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:18:45+00
Editdate: 2022-08-06 05:20:26+00