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OAS accession Detail for 8300004, meta_version: 1. Current meta_version is: 10
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| Title: | Temperature profiles from expendable bathythermograph (XBT) casts from the NOAA ship FAIRWEATHER and other PLATFORMS in the North Pacific Ocean in support of the Intergrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) and Other Platforms from 16 September 1982 to 07 December 1982 (NODC Accession 8300004) |
| Abstract: | XBT data were collected from the 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. Full format description is available from NODC at www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html.
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 |
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| West boundary: | -156.5 |
| East boundary: | 34.5 |
| North boundary: | 46.9 |
| South boundary: | 10.8 |
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| Submitting institution: | US Navy; Ships of Opportunity |
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| 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, the NODC reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Metadata were updated in August of 2007. 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 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: | 1 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:33:00+00 |
| Editdate: | 2007-08-16 17:32:51+00 |