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Title: Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS ALACRITY and Other Platforms in the North Pacific Ocean and other locations in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 1961-03-16 to 1968-02-05 (NCEI Accession 6900577)
Abstract: MBT data were collected from the USS ALACRITY and Other Platforms in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project. Data were collected by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity and other institutions from 16 March 1961 to 05 February 1968. Platforms were 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.
Date received: 19690701
Start date: 19610316
End date: 19680205
Seanames:
West boundary: 140.25
East boundary: -47.633333
North boundary: 59.383333
South boundary: 17.516667
Observation types:
Instrument types:
Datatypes:
Submitter:
Submitting institution: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Collecting institutions:
Contributing projects:
Platforms:
Number of observations: 1586
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 July of 2007.

Points of contact for this data set include:
Contact info:
Agency: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE
PI: N/A
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: WOODS HOLE
state: MA
postal: 02543
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: US NAVY; SHIPS OF OPPORTUNITY
Address:
address: 4640 JEWEL ST., 204
city: SAN DIEGO
state: CA
postal: 92109-31331
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: US COAST GUARD
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: GROTON
state: CT
postal: 06340
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: US NAVY; NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE
Address:
address: 1002 BALCH BOULEVARD
city: STENNIS SPACE CENTER, BAY ST. LOUIS
state: MS
postal: 39522
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON - SEATTLE
Address:
address: MARINE SCIENCES BUILDING
city: SEATTLE
state: WA
postal: 98195
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE - WASHINGTON DC
PI: 196
Address:
address: 1335 EAST WEST HIGHWAY
city: SILVER SPRING
state: MD
postal: 20910
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: DUKE UNIVERSITY
PI: 170
Address:
address: BOX 6665 COLLEGE STATION
city: BEAUFORT
state: NC
postal: 27708
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE - SEATTLE
Address:
address: 7600 SAND POINT WAY
city: SEATTLE
state: WA
postal: 98115
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19690701
Metadata version: 9
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:30:44+00
Editdate: 2022-08-06 02:27:10+00