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OAS accession Detail for 8500036
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| Title: | WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from ESSO HAWAII, S.A. WATERBERG and S.A. CONSTANTIA from 1982-05-30 to 1983-03-24 (NCEI Accession 8500036) |
| 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: | 19850219 |
| Start date: | 19820530 |
| End date: | 19830324 |
| Seanames: | North Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean |
| West boundary: | -56.48 |
| East boundary: | -1.33 |
| North boundary: | 10 |
| South boundary: | -10 |
| Observation types: | physical, profile |
| Instrument types: | bathythermograph - BT, bathythermograph - XBT |
| Datatypes: | water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE |
| Submitter: | |
| Submitting institution: | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Collecting institutions: | Unknown - South Africa, US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Contributing projects: | SEQUAL/FOCAL |
| Platforms: | ESSO HAWAII (32IU), S.A. CONSTANTIA (91CA), S.A. WATERBERG (91WB) |
| 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: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE PI: N/A Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: WOODS HOLE state: MA postal: 02543 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER Address: |
| Availability date: | 19850219 |
| Metadata version: | 6 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:35:01+00 |
| Editdate: | 2023-02-10 20:34:38+00 |