NODC Standard Format Bathythermograph XBT Selected Depths (SBT/C125) Data (1947-1992) (NCEI Accession 9400120)

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This collection contains temperature, depth and other data collected using bathythermograph (MBT/XBT) casts from numerous platforms in oceans and seas around the world from 1947-08-14 to 1992-01-04. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC Bathythermograph XBT Selected Depths (SBT/C125) format. The SBT format is used for temperature-depth data obtained from mechanical (MBT) and expendable (XBT) bathythermograph instruments. Data in this file were sent to NODC at depths selected by the originator - usually at standard horizons or some fixed interval. The MBT file holds data reported at a 5-meter depth interval, and depths in the XBT file are chosen at significant inflection points of the temperature-depth profile. SBT data can be selected from specific geographic regions or from specified cruises.

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9400120 DEPTH - OBSERVATION WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - MBT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile US National Oceanographic Data Center US National Oceanographic Data Center World-Wide Distribution oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS MBT > Mechanical Bathythermographs XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN

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describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nodc:9400120
issued	2021-01-14T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language	[]
references	[ "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890" ]
rights	otherRestrictions
spatial	180.0,-69.31,-180.0,79.29
temporal	1947-08-14T00:00:00+00:00/1992-01-04T00:00:00+00:00

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