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OAS accession Detail for 5900073, meta_version: 1. Current meta_version is: 7
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| Title: | Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS OBSERVER in the North Atlantic Ocean in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 15 June 1959 to 15 July 1959 (NODC Accession 5900073) |
| Abstract: | MBT data were collected from the USS OBSERVER in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project. Data were collected by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity from 15 June 1959 to 15 July 1959. 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. Full format description is available from NODC at www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html.
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: | 19700901 |
| Start date: | 19590615 |
| End date: | 19590715 |
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| West boundary: | -78.8 |
| East boundary: | -53.4 |
| North boundary: | 45.3 |
| South boundary: | 32.8 |
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| Submitting institution: | US Navy; Ships of Opportunity |
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| Number of observations: | 30 |
| 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, the NODC reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Metadata were updated in August of 2007. Points of contact for this data set include: Contact info: Agency: US NAVY; SHIPS OF OPPORTUNITY PI: N/A Address: address: 4640 JEWEL ST., 204 city: SAN DIEGO state: CA postal: 92109-31331 country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19700901 |
| Metadata version: | 1 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:23:11+00 |
| Editdate: | 2007-08-06 17:22:49+00 |