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Title: Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS FIRM in the North Pacific Ocean in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 1968-03-12 to 1968-11-27 (NCEI Accession 6900089)
Abstract: MBT data were collected from the USS FIRM in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project. Data were collected by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity from 12 March 1968 to 27 November 1968. 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: 19690204
Start date: 19680312
End date: 19681127
Seanames:
West boundary: 108.266667
East boundary: -119
North boundary: 33.333333
South boundary: 9.133333
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Submitter:
Submitting institution: US Navy; Ships of Opportunity
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Number of observations: 532
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.

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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: 19690204
Metadata version: 7
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:29:45+00
Editdate: 2020-04-06 00:39:10+00