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OAS accession Detail for 7101382
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| Title: | Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (XBT) casts from the USS FEARLESS in the North Atlantic Ocean in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 1971-10-03 to 1971-10-27 (NCEI Accession 7101382) |
| Abstract: | XBT data were collected from the USS FEARLESS in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project. Data were collected by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity from 03 October 1971 to 27 October 1971. 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 is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instrument. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles at depths of about 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. Cruise information, position, date, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT data file, in which temperature values are recorded at uniform 5m intervals, the XBT Data File contains temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths are at a minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to record the temperature curve to an acceptable degree of accuracy. On output, however, the user may request temperature values either at inflection points or interpolated to uniform depth increments. |
| Date received: | 19711116 |
| Start date: | 19711003 |
| End date: | 19711027 |
| Seanames: | Alboran Sea, Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin, North Atlantic Ocean, Strait of Gibraltar, Tyrrhenian Sea |
| West boundary: | -78.683333 |
| East boundary: | 13.133333 |
| North boundary: | 40.416667 |
| South boundary: | 30.25 |
| Observation types: | physical, profile |
| Instrument types: | bathythermograph - XBT |
| Datatypes: | DEPTH - OBSERVATION, WATER TEMPERATURE |
| Submitter: | |
| Submitting institution: | US Navy; Ships of Opportunity |
| Collecting institutions: | US Navy; Ships of Opportunity |
| Contributing projects: | FLOOD |
| Platforms: | Fearless (31FS) |
| Number of observations: | 51 |
| 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 |
| Availability date: | 19711116 |
| Metadata version: | 8 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:16:34+00 |
| Editdate: | 2022-08-06 04:18:38+00 |