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OAS accession Detail for 8900202
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| Title: | Temperature profile and water depth data collected from KNOX and other platforms using BT and XBT casts in the North/South Pacific Ocean from 1975-06-19 to 1979-10-16 (NCEI Accession 8900202) |
| Abstract: | Temperature profile and water depth data were collected using BT and XBT casts from KNOX and other platforms in the North and South Pacific Ocean. Data were collected from 19 June 1975 to 16 October 1979 by the Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (FNOC). 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: | 19890801 |
| Start date: | 19750619 |
| End date: | 19791016 |
| Seanames: | Aegean Sea, Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, Bering Sea, Black Sea, Caribbean Sea, Coral Sea, East China Sea (Tung Hai), Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea), Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Ionian Sea, Japan Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin, Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Norwegian Sea, Persian Gulf (Gulf of Iran), Philippine Sea, Red Sea, Solomon Sea, South China Sea (Nan Hai), South Pacific Ocean, Sulu Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, Yellow Sea (Hwang Hai) |
| West boundary: | 117.06 |
| East boundary: | 61.92 |
| North boundary: | 67.18 |
| South boundary: | -37.38 |
| Observation types: | physical, profile |
| Instrument types: | bathythermograph - BT, bathythermograph - XBT |
| Datatypes: | water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE |
| Submitter: | Tommos, G.H. Kris |
| Submitting institution: | US Navy; Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center |
| Collecting institutions: | US Navy; Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center |
| Contributing projects: | |
| Platforms: | ARNI FRIDRIKSSON (46AN), BAGLEY (32BA), BJARNI SAEMUNDSSON (46BS), BLANDY (31YD), BRONSTEIN (31ZF), CHICAGO (31QZ), C. V. RICKETTS (31X3), DOWNES (318D), FARRAGUT (31QQ), FURMAN (31FU), GLOMAR CHALLENGER (3177), GRAY (318G), Higbee (31QH), JOAN MARIE (32JM), John S. McCain (31II), KITTY HAWK (32KH), KNOX (3166), Mahan (31JI), MCCLOY (31YM), NORWALK (31NL), Orleck (31OK), PACBARONESS (32B8), PACDUCHESS (32D7), PACMERCHANT (323P), PACSTAR (324T), PAUL (318E), R. E. PEARY (3194), SAMPSON (31NM), SARATOGA (32SR), SELLERS (31LE), Southerland (31UE), TRUXTUN (31XX), TYPHOON (32TY) |
| 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; FLEET NUMERICAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTER PI: N/A Address: address: 345 KOLB AVE. city: MONTEREY state: CA postal: 93940 country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19890801 |
| Metadata version: | 5 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:40:55+00 |
| Editdate: | 2023-02-14 01:10:01+00 |