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Title: WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from USCGC GLACIER, USS O'BANNON and other platforms from 1980-11-20 to 1981-04-02 (NCEI Accession 8100498)
Abstract: Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (XBT) (C116) format.

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.
Date received: 19810413
Start date: 19801120
End date: 19810402
Seanames: Adriatic Sea, Alboran Sea, Balearic (or Iberian) Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Ionian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Tyrrhenian Sea
West boundary: 165.15
East boundary: 18.45
North boundary: 58.45
South boundary: -77.35
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - BT, bathythermograph - XBT
Datatypes: water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter:
Submitting institution: US Navy; Ships of Opportunity
Collecting institutions: United States Coast Guard, US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, US Navy; Ships of Opportunity
Contributing projects:
Platforms: Glacier (31GL), J. HANCOCK (32J5), MISSISSIPPI (327M), O'Bannon (31J3), Surveyor (31SU)
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, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis.

Points of contact for this data set include:
Contact info:
Agency: US NAVY; SHIPS OF OPPORTUNITY
PI: N/A
Address:
address: 4640 JEWEL ST., 204
city: SAN DIEGO
state: CA
postal: 92109-31331
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: US COAST GUARD
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: GROTON
state: CT
postal: 06340
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY; PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY
Address:
address: 7600 SAND POINT WAY NE, BLDG 32
city: SEATTLE
state: WA
postal: 98115-0070
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19810413
Metadata version: 7
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:31:27+00
Editdate: 2023-02-07 01:34:44+00