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OAS accession Detail for 9800016
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Title: Delayed XBT data assembled for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) and processed 1998-02-09 - 1998-02-15 (NCEI Accession 9800016)
Abstract: This dataset represents data collected from the Shipboard Environmental (data) Acquisition System (SEAS), a program developed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide accurate meteorological and oceanographic data in real time from ships at sea through the use of satellite data transmission techniques. The system transmits data through either the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) or the International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT C) satellites to NOAA for use in weather, climatological and ocean models. NOAA is actively participating in an international effort to increase the number of subsurface temperature observations in support of global oceanographic and climate studies. NOAA's Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) program, SEAS, currently supports about 80 Voluntary Observing Ships (VOS). SEAS XBT data are archived by the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) on a weekly basis.
Date received: 19980921
Start date: 19930205
End date: 19980131
Seanames: Balearic (or Iberian) Sea, Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, New York Bight, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea (Nan Hai), South Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea
West boundary: 134.75
East boundary: 113.3
North boundary: 64.15
South boundary: -52.36
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - XBT
Datatypes: DEPTH - SENSOR, 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: SEAS
Platforms: ALBERNI DAWN (54BZ), BARBICAN SPIRIT (66BA), BORINGIA (746B), COLUMBUS CALIFORNIA (54CF), COLUMBUS CANADA (54CC), COLUMBUS VICTORIA (54CV), MELBOURNE STAR (BHAQ), MULTIPLE SHIPS OF NORWAY (5890), NEDLLOYD RALEIGH BAY (64RB), NOLIZWE (74NO), OLEANDER (32OD), OLIVIA (54OL), PERU STAR (BHPS), QUEENSLAND STAR (BHAS), SAFMARINE ORANJE (91RN), SEA LION (33SA), SEA WOLF (320L), SKAUBRYN (58SK), Skogafoss (AGSC), TAI HE (76TA), VAIMAMA (BHVA)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: These data are processed and incorporated into the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) database.

NCEI has determined that the call sign for the platform "OLEANDER" as documented in the data files is incorrect. The data files document the call sign as "PJJU" whilst NCEI has determined the correct call sign is "V7SX3".
Availability date: 19981027
Metadata version: 8
Keydate: 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00
Editdate: 2023-10-20 18:41:23+00