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Title: Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS ESTEEM in the Eastern China Sea in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 23 June 1969 to 23 August 1969 (NODC Accession 6900795)
Abstract: MBT data were collected from the USS ESTEEM in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project. Data were collected by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity from 23 June 1969 to 23 August 1969. 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: 19700101
Start date: 19690623
End date: 19690823
Seanames: East China Sea (Tung Hai), Japan Sea, North Pacific Ocean, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Philippine Sea
West boundary: 108.6
East boundary: -160.2
North boundary: 34.9
South boundary: 10.7
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: Esteem (31Z4)
Number of observations: 61
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 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: 19700101
Metadata version: 4
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:31:03+00
Editdate: 2011-09-20 11:50:55+00