Temperature profile and water depth data collected from BAINBRIDGE using BT and XBT casts in the North Pacific Ocean from 1976-06-28 to 1989-08-31 (NCEI Accession 8900257)

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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 28 June 1976 to 31 August 1989 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.

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8900257 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile AMERICAN EXPLORER CHICAGO NORWALK PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT USNS De Steiguer USS Bainbridge USS Baussell USS BRONSTEIN USS BROOKE USS COCHRANE USS FARRAGUT USS GLOVER USS GRIDLEY USS Hawkins USS Higbee USS J. DANIELS USS J. INGRAM USS J. L. BROWN USS John S. McCain USS King USS Lawrence USS MISSISSIPPI USS Radford USS REASONER USS SEMMES USS STERETT USS TALBOT USS Thomas S. Gates USS Towers USS TRUXTUN USS WADDELL USS Wainwright USS WORDEN US Navy/Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center US Navy/Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center Adriatic Sea Aegean Sea Alboran Sea Arabian Sea Balearic (Iberian) Sea Bay of Biscay (Golfe de Gascogne) Bering Sea Black Sea Caribbean Sea East China Sea (Tung Hai) Gulf of Aden Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Oman Gulf of Thailand Indian Ocean Ionian Sea Japan Sea Ligurian Sea Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin New York Bight North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Persian Gulf (Gulf of Iran), Strait of Hormuz Philippine Sea Red Sea Sea of Marmara South China Sea (Nan Hai) Strait of Gibraltar Sulu Sea Tyrrhenian Sea oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOD/USNAVY/FNMOC > Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, U.S. Navy, U. S. Department of Defense EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs A. W. RADFORD (ICES code: 31F9) AMERICAN EXPLORER (ICES code: 3196) BAINBRIDGE (ICES code: 311B) BAUSSELL (ICES code: 316B) BRONSTEIN (ICES code: 31ZF) BROOKE (ICES code: 314B) CHICAGO (ICES code: 31QZ) COCHRANE (ICES code: 314C) DE STEIGUER (ICES code: 315D) FARRAGUT (ICES code: 31QQ) GLOVER (ICES code: 31VJ) GRIDLEY (ICES code: 31X8) HAWKINS (ICES code: 31QF) HIGBEE (ICES code: 31QH) J. DANIELS (ICES code: 31DJ) J. INGRAM (ICES code: 31IG) J. KING (ICES code: 31KG) J. L. BROWN (ICES code: 32BJ) John S. MCCAIN (call sign: NBXY, ICES code: 31II, 1953-1978) LAWRENCE (ICES code: 31UW) MISSISSIPPI (ICES code: 327M) NORWALK (ICES code: 31NL) PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT (ICES code: 32XF) REASONER (ICES code: 318R) SEMMES (ICES code: 31EM) STERETT (ICES code: 31ZQ) TALBOT (ICES code: 31TL) TOWERS (ICES code: 31T2) TRUXTUN (ICES code: 31XX) Thomas S. Gates (ICES code: 3271) WADDELL (ICES code: 31XL) WAINWRIGHT (ICES code: 31WG) WORDEN (ICES code: 31WN) CONTINENT > ASIA > WESTERN ASIA > BLACK SEA CONTINENT > EUROPE > EASTERN EUROPE > BLACK SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA > ADRIATIC SEA 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 > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF JAPAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > EAST CHINA SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA AND EASTERN ARCHIPELAGIC SEAS OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA

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describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nodc:8900257
issued	2003-10-24T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language	[]
references	[ "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890" ]
rights	otherRestrictions
spatial	72.43,-31.17,96.15,54.0
temporal	1976-06-28T00:00:00+00:00/1989-08-31T00:00:00+00:00

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