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Title: Temperature, depth, and other data were collected using bathythermograph(s) casts from the SEATRAIN PRINCETON from the Pacific Ocean in part of the Thermal Structure Monitoring Program in the Pacific (TRANSPAC) from 07 April 1977 to 16 April 1977 (NODC Accession No. - 8100120)
Abstract: Temperature, depth, and other data were collected using bathythermograph
(BT/XBT) casts from SEATRAIN PRINCETON in the Pacific Ocean from April
7, 1977 to April 16, 1977. Data were submitted by Scripps Institution of
Oceanography in part of the Thermal Structure Monitoring Program in the
Pacific (TRANSPAC). The file format is in C116 (NODC Standard Format
Ocean Temperature Profile (C116/C118) Data from Expendable
Bathythermographs (XBT)) and it can be found in https://intra.nodc.noaa.
gov/Information/Teams/apd_info/md_improvement_project2004/MULDARS_FGDCs/
C116-C118.txt.

These two data types (C116 and C118) contained 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.
Date received: 19810128
Start date: 19770407
End date: 19770416
Seanames: North Pacific Ocean
West boundary: 142.2
East boundary: -129.2
North boundary: 42.4
South boundary: 34.9
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - BT, bathythermograph - XBT
Datatypes: TEMPERATURE - WATER, water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter:
Submitting institution: University of California - San Diego; Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Collecting institutions: University of California - San Diego; Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Contributing projects: TRANSPAC
Platforms: SEATRAIN PRINCETON (06PI)
Number of observations:
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, the NODC reviews metadata for all
accessions on an ongoing basis.


Points of contact for this data set include:
Contact info:
Agency: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
PI: N/A
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: LA JOLLA
state: CA
postal: 92093-0955
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19810128
Metadata version: 1
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:30:45+00
Editdate: 2006-12-04 20:04:19+00