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Title: Temperature profiles from XBT casts from the DECATUR and other platforms as part of the Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment and Prediction (MARMAP) project from 1969-08-30 to 1983-03-31 (NCEI Accession 8300047)
Abstract: Temperature profiles were collected from XBT casts from the DECATUR and other platforms from 30 August 1969 to 31 March 1983. Data were collected by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and other institutions as part of the Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment and Prediction (MARMAP) project. 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. The XBT data files contain 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. Special instruments permitted measurements to be obtained to 1830 m.
Date received: 19830325
Start date: 19690830
End date: 19830331
Seanames: Aegean Sea, Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, Balearic (or Iberian) Sea, Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea), Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Mexico, Ionian Sea, Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin, Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin, North Atlantic Ocean, North Greenland Sea, North Pacific Ocean, Norwegian Sea, Persian Gulf (Gulf of Iran), Tyrrhenian Sea
West boundary: 148.5
East boundary: 67.766667
North boundary: 68.35
South boundary: 9.35
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: Unknown - Iceland, US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center, US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Northeast Fisheries Science Center; Narragansett Laboratory, US Navy; Ships of Opportunity
Contributing projects: MARMAP, TTO
Platforms: ARNI FRIDRIKSSON (46AN), Barry (31Y2), BELKNAP (311N), BIDDLE (31QD), BLANDY (31YD), Damato (31D8), Decatur (311D), DUTTON (31DT), ENDEAVOR (32EV), FLATLEY (32F7), FURMAN (31FU), GLOMAR CHALLENGER (3177), J. A. FURER (313J), JOAN MARIE (32JM), LARINDA (32ZQ), Mahan (31JI), MANGOE (32ZR), MOORE (32M8), PACBARONESS (32B8), Researcher (3175), SARATOGA (32SZ), Sherman (311H)
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: 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 MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE - NARRAGANSETT
Address:
address: 28 TARZWELL DRIVE
city: NARRAGANSETT
state: RI
postal: 02882
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
Address:
Availability date: 19830325
Metadata version: 13
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:33:11+00
Editdate: 2022-08-07 11:34:18+00