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Title: Temperature profile data from XBT casts from the ATLANTIS II and other platforms from the North Atlantic Ocean as part of the Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment and Prediction (MARMAP), WARM CORE RINGS, and other projects from 1978-04-22 to 1982-10-15 (NCEI Accession 8200237)
Abstract: Temperature profiles and other data were collected from XBT casts from ATLANTIS II and other platforms in the Atlantic Ocean from 22 April 1978 to 15 October 1982. Data were collected by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and other institutions as part of the as part of the Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment and Prediction (MARMAP), WARM CORE RINGS, and other projects. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format.

The UBT 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. 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: 19821004
Start date: 19780422
End date: 19821015
Seanames: New York Bight, North Atlantic Ocean
West boundary: -76.7
East boundary: -68.95
North boundary: 41.67
South boundary: 30.33
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - BT, bathythermograph - XBT
Datatypes: water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter:
Submitting institution: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Collecting institutions: Brookhaven National Laboratory, US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Northeast Fisheries Science Center; Narragansett Laboratory, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Contributing projects: IDOE/POLYMODE, MARMAP, NEMP, WARM CORE RINGS
Platforms: ATLANTIS II (31AN), Mt. Mitchell (31M7), OCEANUS (32OC), OLEANDER (32OD)
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.

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Points of contact for this data set include:
Contact info:
Agency: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE
PI: N/A
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: WOODS HOLE
state: MA
postal: 02543
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE - NARRAGANSETT
Address:
address: 28 TARZWELL DRIVE
city: NARRAGANSETT
state: RI
postal: 02882
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
PI: 521
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: UPTON
state: NY
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19821215
Metadata version: 13
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:32:53+00
Editdate: 2023-02-09 03:18:32+00