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Title: Temperature profiles from expendable bathythermograph (XBT) casts from the ANTON DOHRN II and Other Platforms in the North Atlantic Ocean in support of the Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) from 1976-07-30 to 1978-05-23 (NCEI Accession 7800533)
Abstract: XBT data were collected from the ANTON DOHRN II and Other Platforms in support of the Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS). Data were collected by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and other institutions from 30 July 1976 to 23 May 1978. 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: 19780706
Start date: 19760730
End date: 19780523
Seanames:
West boundary: -75.95
East boundary: -63.4
North boundary: 44.75
South boundary: 35.23
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Submitting institution: Unknown - Germany (Includes Pre-Reunification Federal Republic Germany)
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Number of observations: 3150
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; 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 DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE - WOODS HOLE
Address:
address: 166 WATER STREET
city: WOODS HOLE
state: MA
postal: 02543
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
Address:
Contact info:
Agency: USSR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE; YAKUTSK BRANCH
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: ALMA-ALTA
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: KAZAKHSTAN
Contact info:
Agency: ATLANTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FISHING ECONOMY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: KALININGRAD
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: RUSSIA
Availability date: 19780706
Metadata version: 9
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:27:41+00
Editdate: 2022-09-12 21:01:01+00