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OAS accession Detail for 7300488, meta_version: 3. Current meta_version is: 8
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| Title: | Temperature profiles from XBT casts from the MINNETONKA and other platforms as part of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration (IDOE) from 02 August 1971 to 11 April 1973 (NODC Accession No. - 7300488) |
| Abstract: | Temperature profiles were collected from XBT casts from the MINNETONKA and other platforms from 02 August 1971 to 11 April 1973. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the University of Washington (UW) as part of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration (IDOE) and other projects. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format. Full BT descriptions are available at www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html.
The UBT format contains temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Cruise information, position, date and time were reported for each observation. The data records are comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. The XBT data files contain temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths were recorded at the minimum number of points (''inflection points'') required to accurately define the temperature curve. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of either 450 or 760 m. Special instruments permit measurements to 1830 m. |
| Date received: | 19710910 |
| Start date: | 19710802 |
| End date: | 19730411 |
| Seanames: | |
| West boundary: | -140.1 |
| East boundary: | -120.1 |
| North boundary: | 33.4 |
| South boundary: | 29.1 |
| Observation types: | physical, profile, time series |
| Instrument types: | bathythermograph - BT, bathythermograph - XBT |
| Datatypes: | TEMPERATURE - WATER, water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE |
| Submitter: | |
| Submitting institution: | United States Coast Guard |
| Collecting institutions: | United States Coast Guard, University of Washington |
| Contributing projects: | IDOE, OCEAN WEATHER STATION |
| Platforms: | FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES (317F), Minnetonka (31MN) |
| Number of observations: | |
| Supplementary information: | Note: 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). Principal Investigator (PI) and organization contact information accurately represents all available information from the legacy database at the time that this description was created. However, proper attribution of a PI to a specific institution or the role (submitting or collecting) taken by an institution may not be correct due to inexact mapping between fields in the legacy database and the CSDGM. Due to this uncertainty, the contact information was initially recorded in the Supplemental Information element of the CSDGM description. To develop more accurate metadata, the NODC reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Points of contact for this data set include: Contact info: Agency: US COAST GUARD PI: N/A Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: GROTON state: CT postal: 06340 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON - SEATTLE PI: 174 Address: address: MARINE SCIENCES BUILDING city: SEATTLE state: WA postal: 98195 country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19730420 |
| Metadata version: | 3 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:18:45+00 |
| Editdate: | 2006-12-20 14:48:39+00 |