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OAS accession Detail for 8000152
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| Title: | Temperature profile collected using bottle casts and other instruments from the METEOR and other platforms in the North Atlantic Ocean and other locations from 1962-06-03 to 1980-11-20 (NCEI Accession 8000152) |
| Abstract: | Surface Temperature and Salinity data were submitted by BNDO. The data were submitted to BNDO by France, USA, Brazil, Mexico and W. Germany. The data were collected from June 3, 1962 to November 20, 1980 in the Atlantic ocean by various ships. The ocean station data has been processed by NODC to its current data storage format. The formats used to record the originators data submitted to NODC are the April 1977 BNDO format entitled "Le format 'Hydrologie Classique' Au BNDO" which is included in the documentation. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (MBT) (C128), Bathythermograph (XBT) (C116), and Bathythermograph XBT Selected Depths (SBT) (C125) 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 UBT (C125) 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. Depths are selected by the originator - usually at standard horizons or some fixed interval. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of either 450 or 760 m. Special instruments permitted measurements to be obtained to 1830 m. 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: | 19801220 |
| Start date: | 19620603 |
| End date: | 19801120 |
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| West boundary: | -123.83 |
| East boundary: | 56.98 |
| North boundary: | 42 |
| South boundary: | -10.14 |
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| Submitting institution: | Unknown - Germany (Limited To Pre-Reunification German Democratic Republic) |
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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: 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; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER Address: Contact info: Agency: US COAST GUARD Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: GROTON state: CT postal: 06340 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: CENT NAT. POUR L'EXPLOIT DES OC. PI: 360 Address: address: BOITE POSTALE 337 city: BREST state: NOT AVAILABLE postal: 29.273 country: FRANCE Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER Address: Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER Address: Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER Address: Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER Address: Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER Address: In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number. |
| Availability date: | 19900328 |
| Metadata version: | 7 |
| Keydate: | 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00 |
| Editdate: | 2022-10-07 07:40:30+00 |