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OAS accession Detail for 8300130, meta_version: 7. Current meta_version is: 7
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| Title: | WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from CENTURY, SPRIGHTLY and other platforms from 1930-11-29 to 1980-10-28 (NCEI Accession 8300130) |
| Abstract: | Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (MBT) (C128), Bathythermograph (XBT) (C116), and Bathythermograph XBT Selected Depths (SBT) (C125) formats. 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. The UBT (C125) 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. Depths are selected by the originator - usually at standard horizons or some fixed interval. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of either 450 or 760 m. Special instruments permitted measurements to be obtained to 1830 m. The C128 format is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using the mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument. The maximum depth of MBT observations is approximately 285 m. Therefore, MBT data are useful only in studying the thermal structure of the upper layers of the ocean. Cruise information, date, position, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Temperature data in this file are recorded at uniform 5 m depth intervals. |
| Date received: | 19840203 |
| Start date: | 19301129 |
| End date: | 19801028 |
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| West boundary: | 58.95 |
| East boundary: | -158.7 |
| North boundary: | 30 |
| South boundary: | -53.7 |
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| Submitting institution: | Australian Oceanographic Data Centre |
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| 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. To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Points of contact for this data set include: Contact info: Agency: AUSTRALIAN OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER PI: N/A Address: address: WYLDE STREET city: POTTS POINT state: NEW SOUTH WALES postal: 2011 country: AUSTRALIA Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER Address: Contact info: Agency: UNIVERSITY OF LONDON; QUEEN MARY COLLEGE Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: WHITSTABLE state: NOT AVAILABLE postal: NOT AVAILABLE country: UNITED KINGDOM |
| Availability date: | 19840203 |
| Metadata version: | 7 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:33:46+00 |
| Editdate: | 2023-02-09 17:32:08+00 |