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OAS accession Detail for 9400049, meta_version: 3. Current meta_version is: 11
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| Title: | Temperature profile data collected using BT and XBT casts in a World-wide distribution from NOAA Ship MALCOLM BALDRIGE and other platforms from 1990-09-07 to 1994-05-29 (NODC Accession 9400049) |
| Abstract: | Temperature profile data were collected using XBT and BT casts from NOAA Ship MALCOLM BALDRIGE and other platforms in a World-wide distribution from 07 September 1990 to 29 May 1994. Data were collected by the national Ocean Service (NOS). Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format. Full format description is available from NODC at www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html. The UBT file format is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles at depths of about 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. Cruise information, position, date, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT data file, in which temperature values are recorded at uniform 5m intervals, the XBT Data File contains temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths are at a minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to record the temperature curve to an acceptable degree of accuracy. On output, however, the user may request temperature values either at inflection points or interpolated to uniform depth increments. |
| Date received: | 19900914 |
| Start date: | 19900907 |
| End date: | 19940529 |
| Seanames: | World-Wide Distribution |
| West boundary: | -180 |
| East boundary: | 176.5 |
| North boundary: | 80.5 |
| South boundary: | -90 |
| Observation types: | physical, profile |
| Instrument types: | bathythermograph - XBT |
| Datatypes: | DEPTH - OBSERVATION, WATER TEMPERATURE |
| Submitter: | |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD |
| Collecting institutions: | US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD |
| Contributing projects: | |
| Platforms: | ACT 3 (74AJ), ANDINO (20AN), BIBI (74B9), BOGASARI LIMA (42BL), Chapman (32YN), CHEVRON CALIFORNIA (32CC), CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI (32CM), COLUMBUS CALIFORNIA (26CC), COLUMBUS OHIO (54CA), COLUMBUS VICTORIA (06CV), COLUMBUS VIRGINIA (06CT), COLUMBUS WELLINGTON (06CW), David Starr Jordan (31JD), Delaware II (316G), Discoverer (31DS), GOLDENSARI INDAH (SIGI), HERMANN WATTENBERG (06YC), INFANTA (PAFN), KARINA BONITA (PAKB), Malcolm Baldrige (33MW), MELBOURNE STAR (74AQ), MICRONESIAN COMMERCE (PAAB), MICRONESIAN INDEPENDENCE (PAAA), MICRONESIAN PRIDE (54MP), Miller Freeman (31FN), MT. CABRITE (54BX), Mt. Mitchell (31M7), MYKEN (58MK), NEDLLOYD VAN NOORT (64NV), OLEANDER (32OD), PACDUCHESS (32D7), PACKING (54AK), Polar Sea (32L9), Polar Star (32PZ), POLYNESIA (54PA), RECIFE (PARC), ROWANBANK (SVRA), SANTA LUCIA (54SL), SEA-LAND ACHIEVER (323Q), SEA-LAND DEFENDER (320F), SEA-LAND ENTERPRISE (320N), SEA-LAND PACIFIC (328Q), SEA-LAND TRADER (32Q7), SEALIFT ATLANTIC (323S), SEA LION (33SA), SEAL ISLAND (58BK), SEA WOLF (320L), SEDCO/BP 471 (54SD), SHIN KASHU MARU (49CC), SKAUBRYN (58SK), STAR DROTTANGER (74SZ), STAR HONG KONG (74SQ), Surveyor (31SU), TABASCO (57TB), TAI HE (76TA), VINA DEL MAR (20AB), Whiting (31WH) |
| 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, the NODC reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Points of contact for this data set include: Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE - ROCKVILLE PI: N/A Address: address: 6001 EXECUTIVE BLVD. city: ROCKVILLE state: MD postal: NOT AVAILABLE country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19930108 |
| Metadata version: | 3 |
| Keydate: | 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00 |
| Editdate: | 2016-09-20 13:28:13+00 |