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OAS accession Detail for 8400072
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| Title: | WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from GLOMAR CHALLENGER, SEALIFT PACIFIC and other platforms in the NW Atlantic from 1975-08-11 to 1980-05-27 (NCEI Accession 8400072) |
| 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: | 19760630 |
| Start date: | 19750811 |
| End date: | 19800527 |
| Seanames: | Aegean Sea, Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, Balearic (Iberian) Sea, Bay of Bengal, Caribbean Sea, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Coral Sea, East China Sea (Tung Hai), Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean, Ionian Sea, Laccadive Sea, Malacca Straits, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin, Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Philippine Sea, Red Sea, Skagerrak, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea (Nan Hai), South Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea |
| West boundary: | -98.9 |
| East boundary: | -109.52 |
| North boundary: | 65.6 |
| South boundary: | -40.88 |
| 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: | National Science Foundation, Unknown - New Zealand, US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center, US Navy Naval Oceanographic Office, US Navy; Ships of Opportunity |
| Contributing projects: | |
| Platforms: | AGERHOLM (31GQ), AMERICAN BAY (31M5), AMERICAN EXPLORER (3196), ARCO JUNEAU (32JU), BAGLEY (32BA), BREWTON (3193), Campbell (31CM), CHICAGO (31QZ), COOK (31K4), D. B. BEARY (319Y), De Steiguer (315D), ENTERPRISE (32E3), GLOMAR CHALLENGER (3177), GRAY (318G), H. B. WILSON (31IX), J. DANIELS (31DJ), J. INGRAM (31IG), JOUETT (31UQ), KIRK (3197), L. MARGARET (32N2), MARSHFIELD (32MF), MEYERKORD (316E), MOINESTER (32MN), Mullinnix (31XM), OCEANUS (32OC), PHARRIS (32PR), PIONEER MELLENIUM FALCON (325P), SEALIFT PACIFIC (32D1), SHOSHONE (31OO), SOUTH CAROLINA (32SC), TARANAKI (61TA), Turner Joy (31Y8), VICTORIA (31VC), WHIPPLE (317H), William H. Standley (31XS) |
| 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. 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: 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 NAVY; NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE Address: address: 1002 BALCH BOULEVARD city: STENNIS SPACE CENTER, BAY ST. LOUIS state: MS postal: 39522 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Address: address: 4201 WILSON BLVD city: ARLINGTON state: VA postal: 22230 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER Address: |
| Availability date: | 19880630 |
| Metadata version: | 7 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:34:20+00 |
| Editdate: | 2023-02-10 04:17:13+00 |