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OAS accession Detail for 7700404
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| Title: | Temperature profiles from expendable bathythermograph (XBT) casts from NOAA Ship Researcher and Other Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico in support of the Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) and the Outer Continental Shelf - South Texas projects from 1975-08-19 to 1976-08-25 (NCEI Accession 7700404) |
| Abstract: | XBT data were collected from NOAA Ship Researcher, NOAA Ship MALCOLM BALDRIGE and other platforms in support of the Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) and the Outer Continental Shelf - South Texas projects. Data were collected by the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) from 19 August 1975 to 25 August 1976. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format. The UBT file format is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. 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: | 19770525 |
| Start date: | 19750819 |
| End date: | 19760825 |
| Seanames: | Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean |
| West boundary: | -89.78 |
| East boundary: | -79.82 |
| North boundary: | 28.7 |
| South boundary: | 21.47 |
| Observation types: | physical, profile |
| Instrument types: | bathythermograph - XBT |
| Datatypes: | DEPTH - OBSERVATION, WATER TEMPERATURE |
| Submitter: | |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |
| Collecting institutions: | US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |
| Contributing projects: | IGOSS, OCS-SOUTH TEXAS |
| Platforms: | Researcher (3175), VIRGINIA KEY (3186), WESTWARD (3195) |
| Number of observations: | 294 |
| 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 August of 2007. Points of contact for this data set include: Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY; ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC METEROLOGICAL LABORATORY - MIAMI FL PI: N/A Address: address: 4301 RICKENBACKER CAUSEWAY city: MIAMI state: FL postal: 33149-1026 country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19770525 |
| Metadata version: | 13 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:25:44+00 |
| Editdate: | 2022-09-09 12:09:49+00 |