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Title: Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the MCCULLOCH from Ocean Weather Station B (OWS-B) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1966-11-17 to 1966-12-16 (NODC Accession 6600269)
Abstract: Bathythermograph data were collected from the MCCULLOCH within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station B (56305N 05100W) and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard from 17 November 1966 to 16 December 1966. 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: 19691126
Start date: 19661117
End date: 19661216
Seanames: Labrador Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
West boundary: -70.666667
East boundary: -50.166667
North boundary: 56.716667
South boundary: 39.05
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - MBT
Datatypes: water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter:
Submitting institution: United States Coast Guard
Collecting institutions: United States Coast Guard
Contributing projects: OCEAN WEATHER STATION
Platforms: MCCULLOCH (31ML)
Number of observations: 63
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 July of 2007.

Points of contact for this data set include:
Contact info:
Agency: US COAST GUARD
PI: N/A
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: GROTON
state: CT
postal: 06340
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19691126
Metadata version: 3
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:27:36+00
Editdate: 2016-11-18 13:11:40+00