Temperature profile and water depth data collected from BT and XBT casts in the North Atlantic Ocean from OLEANDER and other platforms from 1985-01-18 to 1985-12-17 (NCEI Accession 8600199)

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Temperature profile and water depth data were collected using BT and XBT casts from the OLEANDER and other platforms in the North Atlantic Ocean. Data were collected from 18 January 1985 to 17 December 1985 by National marine Fisheries Service; Narragansett Bay Laboratory with support from the Ships Of Opportunity Program (SOOP). 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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8600199 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile EDGAR M. QUEENY OLEANDER YANKEE CLIPPER NMFS/NEFSC/Narragansett Lab NMFS/NEFSC/Narragansett Lab GULF OF MEXICO NOAA/NMFS SHIP OF OPPORTUNITY (SOOP) Gulf of Mexico New York Bight North Atlantic Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC > Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs Ships EDGAR M. QUEENY (ICES code: 32NY) OLEANDER (call sign: PJJU, ICES code: 32OD) YANKEE CLIPPER (ICES code: 32YA) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO

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describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nodc:8600199
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	-65.53,24.45,-90.83,43.27
temporal	1985-01-18T00:00:00+00:00/1985-12-17T00:00:00+00:00

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