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Title: Real-Time XBT data assembled by US NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) and processed 2021-05-24 - 2021-05-30 (NCEI Accession 0279090)
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: 20220517
Start date: 20210524
End date: 20210531
Seanames: North Atlantic Ocean
West boundary: -117.251
East boundary: -7.79
North boundary: 40.558
South boundary: 0.813
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - XBT
Datatypes: DEPTH - SENSOR, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Bringas, Francis
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Contributing projects: SEAS
Platforms: ANL Warrnambool (54UT), Bremen Express (065U), CHICAGO EXPRESS (060Q), Maersk Vilnius (SIMV), Maersk Visby (SIVY), Okeanos Explorer (334A)
Number of observations: 143
Supplementary information: These data are processed and incorporated into the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) database.

NCEI has determined that the name of the platform "Chicago Exoress" as documented in the data files is incorrect. The data files document the platform name as "Chicago Exoress" whilst NCEI has determined the correct platform name is "CHICAGO EXPRESS".
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Metadata version: 1
Keydate: 2023-06-13 20:10:36+00
Editdate: 2023-06-13 20:11:19+00