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Title: Temperature profiles from MBT casts from the CHAUTAUQUA and other platforms from Ocean Weather Station N (OWS-N) in the North Pacific Ocean from 1963-11-19 to 1968-07-18 (NCEI Accession 6900791)
Abstract: Bathythermograph data were collected from the CHAUTAUQUA and other platforms within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station N (3000N 14000W) and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard and Ships of US NAVY; Ships of Opportunity from 19 November 1963 to 18 July 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.

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: 19690901
Start date: 19631119
End date: 19680718
Seanames: North Pacific Ocean, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
West boundary: 163.4
East boundary: -120
North boundary: 50.7
South boundary: 23.666667
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - MBT
Datatypes: water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter:
Submitting institution: US Navy; Ships of Opportunity
Collecting institutions: United States Coast Guard, US Navy; Ships of Opportunity
Contributing projects: OCEAN WEATHER STATION
Platforms: Chautauqua (31CQ), Interpreter (31I9), PONTCHARTRAIN (31PW)
Number of observations:
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: 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
Contact info:

Agency: US COAST GUARD
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: GROTON
state: CT
postal: 06340
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19690901
Metadata version: 6
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:31:02+00
Editdate: 2022-08-06 02:40:09+00