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OAS accession Detail for 8900218, meta_version: 4. Current meta_version is: 4
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| Title: | Temperature profile and water depth data collected from ALCALA GALIANO using BT and XBT casts in the North/South Pacific Ocean from 1977-01-29 to 1978-04-08 (NCEI Accession 8900218) |
| Abstract: | Temperature profile and water depth data were collected using BT and XBT casts from the ALCALA GALIANO and other platforms in the North and South Pacific Ocean. Data were collected from 29 January 1977 to 08 April 1978 by the US Navy; 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: | 19890824 |
| Start date: | 19770129 |
| End date: | 19780408 |
| Seanames: | Aegean Sea, Alboran Sea, Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Arabian Sea, Balearic (or Iberian) Sea, Bali Sea, Bay of Bengal, Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, East China Sea (Tung Hai), Great Australian Bight, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean, Ionian Sea, Japan Sea, Laccadive Sea, Ligurian Sea, Malacca Straits, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin, Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin, New York Bight, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea (Nan Hai), South Pacific Ocean, Strait of Gibraltar, Tasman Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea |
| West boundary: | 78.27 |
| East boundary: | 60.5 |
| North boundary: | 55.5 |
| South boundary: | -43.27 |
| 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: | ALCALA GALIANO (29LG), BADGER (31DQ), BLANDY (31YD), BRONSTEIN (31ZF), CARON (32W4), CHICAGO (31QZ), Dallas (31DG), Damato (31D8), ENTERPRISE (32E3), FURMAN (31FU), GLOMAR CHALLENGER (3177), GOLDEN BEAR (32GB), GOLDSBOROUGH (31XG), GRAY (318G), Higbee (31QH), J. A. FURER (313J), J. STRAUSS (31JS), KITTY HAWK (32KH), MARSHFIELD (32MF), MOINESTER (32MN), PEORIA (328G), PHARRIS (32PR), Potomac (32FX), PRESIDENT KENNEDY (32PK), ROYALTY I (325R), SAMPSON (31NM), SARATOGA (32SZ), SPRUANCE (32R6), STEIN (3189) |
| 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: | 19890824 |
| Metadata version: | 4 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:40:59+00 |
| Editdate: | 2023-02-14 01:45:59+00 |