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Title: Temperature profiles from expendable bathythermograph (XBT) casts from NOAA Ship FAIRWEATHER and other PLATFORMS in the North Pacific Ocean in support of the Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) and Other Platforms from 1982-09-16 to 1982-12-07 (NCEI Accession 8300004)
Abstract: XBT data were collected from NOAA Ship FAIRWEATHER and other PLATFORMS in support of the Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS). Data were collected by the US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service - Seattle from 16 September 1982 to 07 December 1982. 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: 19821221
Start date: 19820916
End date: 19821207
Seanames: Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Ionian Sea, Ligurian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Tyrrhenian Sea
West boundary: -156.45
East boundary: 34.5
North boundary: 46.9
South boundary: 10.82
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - XBT
Datatypes: DEPTH - OBSERVATION, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter:
Submitting institution: US Navy; Ships of Opportunity
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service - Seattle, WA, US Navy; Ships of Opportunity
Contributing projects: IGOSS
Platforms: CALLAGHAN (32FJ), Estocin (321E), Fairweather (317W), MISSISSIPPI (327M), MOORE (32M8)
Number of observations: 139
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 dataset 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 DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE - SEATTLE
Address:
address: 7600 SAND POINT WAY, NE
city: SEATTLE
state: WA
postal: 98115
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19821221
Metadata version: 10
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:33:00+00
Editdate: 2023-06-25 23:49:48+00