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Title: Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS PINNACLE in the Mediterranean Sea in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 1963-06-03 to 1963-06-09 (NCEI Accession 6300511)
Abstract: MBT data were collected from the USS PINNACLE in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project. Data were collected by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity from 03 June 1963 to 09 June 1963. 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 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.

Data has been been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (MBT) (C128) format.

The C128 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: 19700902
Start date: 19630603
End date: 19630609
Seanames: Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
West boundary: 11.9
East boundary: 22.1
North boundary: 37.5
South boundary: 35.6
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - MBT
Datatypes: DEPTH - OBSERVATION, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter:
Submitting institution: US Navy; Ships of Opportunity
Collecting institutions: US Navy; Ships of Opportunity
Contributing projects: FLOOD
Platforms: Pinnacle (31P3)
Number of observations: 2
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 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: 19700902
Metadata version: 5
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:25:03+00
Editdate: 2022-08-10 19:36:25+00