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Title: Delayed XBT data assembled for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) and processed 2000-05-29 - 2000-06-04 (NCEI Accession 0000163)
Abstract: This dataset represents data collected from the Shipboard Environmental (data) Acquisition System (SEAS), a program developed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide accurate meteorological and oceanographic data in real time from ships at sea through the use of satellite data transmission techniques. The system transmits data through either the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) or the International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT C) satellites to NOAA for use in weather, climatological and ocean models. NOAA is actively participating in an international effort to increase the number of subsurface temperature observations in support of global oceanographic and climate studies. NOAA's Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) program, SEAS, currently supports about 80 Voluntary Observing Ships (VOS). SEAS XBT data are archived by the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) on a weekly basis.
Date received: 20000525
Start date: 19800104
End date: 20000414
Seanames: Bering Sea, East China Sea (Tung Hai), Gulf of Alaska, Japan Sea, New York Bight, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea, South China Sea (Nan Hai), South Pacific Ocean
West boundary: 115.4
East boundary: -69.99
North boundary: 58.57
South boundary: -43.19
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - XBT
Datatypes: DEPTH - SENSOR, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Wilburn, Anne-Marie
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD
Contributing projects: SEAS
Platforms: ARGENTINA STAR (BHAR), CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI (32CM), COLUMBUS FLORIDA (06CH), HORIZON ENTERPRISE (33HO), McArthur (31M4), McArthur II (33MH), NACRE (PANA), OLEANDER (32OD), POLYNESIA (54PA), SAGA SPRAY (58SG), SEALAND EXPRESS (33SD), SEA-LAND NAVIGATOR (3280), SEA-LAND PACIFIC (328Q), SEA-LAND TRADER (32Q7), SKAUBORD (58SB), TAI HE (76TA), TUI PACIFIC (CYTP), WESTWARD BELINDA (BHWB)
Number of observations: 2234
Supplementary information: These data are processed and incorporated into the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) database.

NCEI has determined that the call sign for the platform "OLEANDER" as documented in the data files is incorrect. The data files document the call sign as "PJJU" whilst NCEI has determined the correct call sign is "V7SX3".

In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number.
Availability date:
Metadata version: 13
Keydate: 2001-04-16 04:00:00+00
Editdate: 2023-10-16 21:42:06+00