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Title: Temperature, salinity, nutrients profile data from CALANUS, FUJI, and MORGENTHAU from 1975-11-26 to 1976-09-01 (NCEI Accession 7600000)
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: 19761231
Start date: 19751126
End date: 19760901
Seanames: Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Davis Strait, East China Sea (Tung Hai), Indian Ocean, Malacca Straits, North Atlantic Ocean, Philippine Sea, Southern Ocean
West boundary: -80.03
East boundary: 137.08
North boundary: 63.81
South boundary: -67.57
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, DYNAMIC DEPTH ANOMALY, NITRATE, phosphate, SALINITY, silicate, water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE, WEATHER, WIND DIRECTION
Submitter:
Submitting institution: Unknown - Canada
Collecting institutions: Japanese Hydrographic Office, United States Coast Guard, Unknown - Canada, US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center
Contributing projects:
Platforms: Calanus (18DM), FUJI (49HZ), Morgenthau (314M)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: NOTE: Data are encoded with incorrect platform identifier (18CN) which identifies Canadian platform Calanus II, operating after 1991.

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: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
PI: N/A
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: NOT AVAILABLE
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
Contact info:
Agency: US COAST GUARD
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: GROTON
state: CT
postal: 06340
country: UNITED STATES
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: 19761231
Metadata version: 9
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:22:33+00
Editdate: 2022-10-07 00:52:48+00