Bathythermograph and other data from CLYDE-OWS A, HECLA and other platforms from 1949-06-10 to 1976-10-15 (NCEI Accession 7601931)

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This dataset consists of British bathythermograph data collected between 1949 and 1976. The data have been digitized and processed by NODC to the NODC Bathythermograph XBT (C116) and NODC Mechanical Bathythermograph (MBT/C128) formats. The data type C116 contained 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. 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. The C128 format is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using the mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument. The maximum depth of MBT observations is approximately 285 m. Therefore, MBT data are useful only in studying the thermal structure of the upper layers of the ocean. Cruise information, date, position, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Temperature data in this file are recorded at uniform 5 m depth intervals.

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7601931 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - MBT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile CIROLANA CLYDE- OWS K CLYDE-OWS A CLYDE-OWS I CLYDE-OWS J CLYDE-OWS LIMA ENDURANCE FIXED STATIONS OF UNITED KINGDOM HMS Dalrymple HMS Hecate HMS Hecla HMS Hydra OWEN OWS A OWS D OWS I OWS J UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED KINGDOM VIDAL United Kingdom Hydrographic Office United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Aegean Sea Alboran Sea Arabian Sea Arafura Sea Bali Sea Banda Sea Barents Sea Bay of Biscay (Golfe de Gascogne) Bismarck Sea Caribbean Sea Coral Sea English Channel (La Manche) Gulf of Aden Gulf of Oman Gulf of Suez Indian Ocean Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Ionian Sea Jawa (Java) Sea Ligurian Sea Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin Mozambique Channel North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean North Sea Norwegian Sea Persian Gulf (Gulf of Iran), Strait of Hormuz Philippine Sea Red Sea Sawu Sea South Atlantic Ocean South China Sea (Nan Hai) South Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean Strait of Gibraltar Timor Sea Tyrrhenian Sea oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS MBT > Mechanical Bathythermographs XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS > FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS Ships CIROLANA (call sign: GNAM, ICES code: 74CZ, 1970-2003) DALRYMPLE (ICES code: 74DL, -1966) ENDURANCE (ICES code: 74ED, 1967-1991) HECATE (ICES code: 74HC, 1965-1990) HECLA (ICES code: 74HA, 1964-1997) HYDRA (call sign: GRGE, ICES code: 74HY, 1966-1986) OWEN (ICES code: 74OW, 1949-1965) VIDAL (ICES code: 74VI, 1954-1971) OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BARENTS SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORWEGIAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA > PERSIAN GULF OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > RED SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA AND EASTERN ARCHIPELAGIC SEAS OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

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describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nodc:7601931
issued	2002-11-19T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language	[]
references	[ "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890" ]
rights	otherRestrictions
spatial	-176.5,-65.0,-74.62,74.78
temporal	1949-06-10T00:00:00+00:00/1976-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

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