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Title: WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from FURMAN, USS DECATUR and other platforms from 1974-09-17 to 1979-02-01 (NCEI Accession 8300079)
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: 19830628
Start date: 19740917
End date: 19790201
Seanames: Aegean Sea, Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, Balearic (Iberian) Sea, Baltic Sea, Bay of Bengal, Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, East China Sea (Tung Hai), Gulf of Mexico, Ionian Sea, Japan Sea, Laccadive Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin, Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Philippine Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Skagerrak, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea (Nan Hai), Strait of Gibraltar
West boundary: 61.8
East boundary: 29.3
North boundary: 72.83
South boundary: -4.37
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - BT, bathythermograph - XBT
Datatypes: water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter:
Submitting institution: Unknown - Spain
Collecting institutions: American Tuna Boat Association, United States Coast Guard, Unknown - Spain, Unknown - USA, US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center, US Navy; Ships of Opportunity
Contributing projects: DEEP-SEA DRILLING
Platforms: ALCALA GALIANO (29LG), AMERICAN EXPLORER (3196), BROOKE (314B), CATALUNA (29CA), CHERYL MARIE (32CY), CORNUCOPIA (32ZV), Decatur (311D), FURMAN (31FU), GLOMAR CHALLENGER (3177), Higbee (31QH), JINITA (32JI), JOUETT (31UQ), KING (31K6), King (31KG), KOREAN FIR (322F), KOREAN PRIDE (322P), LEAHY (31L1), Mahan (31JI), MARSHFIELD (32MF), MAUMEE (32MU), MOINESTER (32MN), MOOSBRUGGER (325B), NORTHWIND (31NW), PACBARON (32B7), PACDUCHESS (32D7), PACMERCHANT (323P), PACSTAR (324T), Radford (31F9), SOUTH CAROLINA (32SC), THREE JACKS (32ZU)
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 DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
PI: N/A
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: NOT AVAILABLE
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
Address:
Contact info:
Agency: US NAVY; SHIPS OF OPPORTUNITY
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: AMERICAN TUNA BOAT ASSOCIATION
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: NOT AVAILABLE
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19830628
Metadata version: 7
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:33:22+00
Editdate: 2023-02-09 14:53:44+00