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Title: Temperature profile and water depth data collected from BAINBRIDGE using BT and XBT casts in the North Pacific Ocean from 1975-07-03 to 1977-10-31 (NCEI Accession 8900230)
Abstract: Temperature profile and water depth data were collected using BT and XBT casts from the BAINBRIDGE in the North Pacific Ocean and TOGA Area - Pacific Ocean. Data were collected from 03 July 1975 to 31 October 1977 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: 19890616
Start date: 19750703
End date: 19771031
Seanames: Aegean Sea, Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, Balearic (or Iberian) Sea, Bay of Bengal, Bering Sea, East China Sea (Tung Hai), English Channel, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean, Ionian Sea, Japan Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin, Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin, New York Bight, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, North Sea, Persian Gulf (Gulf of Iran), Philippine Sea, Red Sea, South China Sea (Nan Hai), South Pacific Ocean, Tyrrhenian Sea
West boundary: 86.17
East boundary: 66.5
North boundary: 54.25
South boundary: -9.2
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: AMERICAN RESERVIST (312M), Bainbridge (311B), Baussell (316B), BIDDLE (31QD), BRONSTEIN (31ZF), Chase (31E1), Decatur (311D), DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (3261), FANNING (319E), FARRAGUT (31QQ), FURMAN (31FU), Gallatin (313L), GLOMAR CHALLENGER (3177), GRIDLEY (31X8), Hawkins (31QF), Higbee (31QH), J. INGRAM (31IG), John S. McCain (31II), JOUETT (31UQ), J. P. KENNEDY JR. (31JY), LOCKWOOD (3173), MARSHFIELD (32MF), PHILIPPINE MAIL (316P), PRESIDENT KENNEDY (32PK), R. E. PEARY (3194), SAMPLE (31LS), SEMMES (31EM), Somers (316S), SOUTH CAROLINA (32SC), WHIPPLE (317H), William C. Lawe (31X9), 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; FLEET NUMERICAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTER
PI: N/A
Address:
address: 345 KOLB AVE.
city: MONTEREY
state: CA
postal: 93940
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19890906
Metadata version: 4
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:41:02+00
Editdate: 2023-02-14 03:04:38+00