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OAS accession Detail for 7500000
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| accessions_id: | 7500000 | archive |
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| Title: | Cloud amount/frequency, NITRATE and other data from SARSFIELD, LANG and other platforms from 1925-01-01 to 1975-12-07 (NCEI Accession 7500000) |
| Abstract: | Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (XBT) (C116), Bathythermograph (MBT) (C128) formats. The C116/C118 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 record was comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT Data File, in which temperature values were recorded at uniform 5 m intervals, the XBT data files contained 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. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. Prior to July 1994, XBT data were routinely processed to one of these standard types. XBT data are now processed and loaded directly in to the NODC Ocean Profile Data Base (OPDB). Historic data from these two data types were loaded into the OPDB. The C128 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: | 19751231 |
| Start date: | 19250101 |
| End date: | 19751207 |
| Seanames: | Aegean Sea, Arabian Sea, Balearic (Iberian) Sea, Baltic Sea, Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, East China Sea (Tung Hai), Gulf of Bothnia (Bay of Bothnia and Bothnian Sea), Gulf of Finland, Indian Ocean, Ionian Sea, Japan Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin, Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Norwegian Sea, Philippine Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea (Nan Hai), Southern Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Tyrrhenian Sea |
| West boundary: | 92.6 |
| East boundary: | 60.33 |
| North boundary: | 67.95 |
| South boundary: | -74.93 |
| Observation types: | physical, profile |
| Instrument types: | bathythermograph - BT, bathythermograph - MBT, bathythermograph - XBT, bottle, meteorological sensor, Secchi disk |
| Datatypes: | AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB, AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB, BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, cloud amount/frequency, cloud type, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, DYNAMIC DEPTH ANOMALY, NITRATE, OXYGEN, pH, phosphate, SALINITY, SEA STATE, Secchi depth, SIGMA-T, silicate, SOUND VELOCITY, TOTAL PHOSPHORUS, WATER COLOR, water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE, WAVE HEIGHT, WAVE PERIOD, WEATHER, WIND DIRECTION, WIND FORCE, WIND SPEED, ZOOPLANKTON BIOMASS |
| Submitter: | |
| Submitting institution: | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Collecting institutions: | American President Lines, Japanese Hydrographic Office, Marcona Corporation, United States Coast Guard, Unknown - Finland, US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center, US Navy; Naval Oceanographic Office, US Navy; Office of Naval Research, US Navy; Ships of Opportunity, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Contributing projects: | |
| Platforms: | BADGER (31DQ), Cone (31N8), ESSO KAWASAKI (322E), F. HAMMOND (318A), FUJI (49HZ), H. B. WILSON (31IX), HITCHITI (32HT), HORNE (31HR), Ingham (31IN), Kane (31KN), KIRK (3197), LANG (316L), Luce (31LU), MARCONA PATHFINDER (32MC), MAUMEE (32MU), MEYERKORD (316E), Morgenthau (314M), OREGON MAIL (3148), PARKER (31PK), REASONER (318R), R. E. BYRD (31YR), Rich (31RI), SARSFIELD (31FL), SCHOFIELD (3147), UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF FINLAND (3499), UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED STATES (3199), VICTORIA (31VC) |
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| 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, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Points of contact for this dataset 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; SCIENTIFIC PI: 98 Address: address: 800 N QUINCY STREET city: ARLINGTON state: VA postal: 22203-1906 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: MARCONA CORP. Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: SAN FRANCISCO, CA state: CA postal: NOT AVAILABLE country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: OAKLAND, CA state: CA postal: NOT AVAILABLE country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER Address: Contact info: Agency: JAPANESE HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE Address: address: 5-3-1 TSUKUJI, CHUO-KU city: TOKYO state: NOT AVAILABLE postal: 104 country: JAPAN |
| Availability date: | 19751231 |
| Metadata version: | 8 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:20:47+00 |
| Editdate: | 2022-10-06 21:18:41+00 |