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Title: WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from SKRIM, CARRILLO and other platforms from 1985-01-21 to 1987-09-21 (NCEI Accession 8800111)
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: 19880423
Start date: 19850121
End date: 19870921
Seanames: East China Sea (Tung Hai), North Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea, South China Sea (Nan Hai), South Pacific Ocean
West boundary: 105.82
East boundary: -70.38
North boundary: 35.73
South boundary: -32.99
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - BT, bathythermograph - XBT
Datatypes: water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter:
Submitting institution: Hydrographic Oceanographic Service
Collecting institutions: Hydrographic Oceanographic Service, Instituto Del Mar Del Peru - Callao, Mexican Navy, Peruvian Government, Peruvian Navy
Contributing projects:
Platforms: ALEJERO HUMBOLDT (65AH), BUCCANEER (28AA), CARRILLO (65AA), GONZALEZ ORTEGA (57GA), GUILLERMO PRIETO (57GP), ISLA FLOREANA (28AB), SKRIM (54AQ), UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF MEXICO (5799)
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: HYDROGRAPHIC OCEANOGRAPHIC SERVICE
PI: N/A
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: GUAYAQUIL
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: ECUADOR
Contact info:
Agency: MEXICAN NAVY
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: NOT AVAILABLE
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: MEXICO
Contact info:
Agency: PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: NOT AVAILABLE
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: PERU
Contact info:
Agency: PERUVIAN NAVY
Address:
address: GAMARRA 500 CHUCUITO
city: CALLEO
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: PERU
Contact info:
Agency: INSTITUTE DEL MAR DEL PERU
Address:
address: ESQUINA GAMARRA Y VALLE - CALLAO
city: LIMA
state: APARTADO 3734
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: PERU
Availability date: 19880423
Metadata version: 7
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:39:01+00
Editdate: 2023-02-13 10:22:52+00