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OAS accession Detail for 7700208
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Title: Temperature profiles from XBT casts from the DUANE from Ocean Weather Station H (OWS-H) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1977-02-02 to 1977-02-18 (NCEI Accession 7700208)
Abstract: Bathythermograph data were collected from the DUANE within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station H (3800N 07100W) and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard from 02 February 1977 to 18 February 1977. 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 expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instrument. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles at depths of about 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. Cruise information, position, date, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT data file, in which temperature values are recorded at uniform 5m intervals, the XBT Data File contains temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths are at a minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to record the temperature curve to an acceptable degree of accuracy. On output, however, the user may request temperature values either at inflection points or interpolated to uniform depth increments.
Date received: 19770314
Start date: 19770202
End date: 19770218
Seanames:
West boundary: -72.283333
East boundary: -69.3
North boundary: 39.816667
South boundary: 37.633333
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Submitting institution: United States Coast Guard
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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.

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Contact info:
Agency: US COAST GUARD
PI: N/A
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: GROTON
state: CT
postal: 06340
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19770314
Metadata version: 5
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:25:25+00
Editdate: 2022-08-06 19:01:15+00