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OAS accession Detail for 6400825
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| Title: | Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS ENERGY in the South China Sea in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 1964-09-04 to 1964-09-30 (NCEI Accession 6400825) |
| Abstract: | MBT data were collected from the USS ENGAGE in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project. Data were collected by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity from 04 September 1964 to 30 September 1964. 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 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: | 19700801 |
| Start date: | 19640904 |
| End date: | 19640930 |
| Seanames: | South China Sea (Nan Hai) |
| West boundary: | 109.4 |
| East boundary: | 119.3 |
| North boundary: | 16.1 |
| South boundary: | 13.9 |
| 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: | Engage (31NG) |
| Number of observations: | 15 |
| 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 dataset 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: | 19700801 |
| Metadata version: | 6 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:26:15+00 |
| Editdate: | 2022-10-05 18:17:44+00 |