Temperature profile data collected using BT and XBT casts from NOAA Ship RESEARCHER and other platforms in the Bering Sea and other Sea areas from 1987-02-25 to 1987-07-27 (NCEI Accession 8700280)

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Temperature profile data were collected using XBT and BT casts from NOAA Ship RESEARCHER and other platforms in the Bering Sea and other Sea areas from 25 February 1987 to 27 July 1987. Data were collected by the National Ocean Service (NOS) with support from the Equatorial Pacific Ocean Climate Studies (EPOCS) project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format. The UBT file format is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles at depths of about 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. Cruise information, position, date, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT data file, in which temperature values are recorded at uniform 5m intervals, the XBT Data File contains temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths are at a minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to record the temperature curve to an acceptable degree of accuracy. On output, however, the user may request temperature values either at inflection points or interpolated to uniform depth increments.

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8700280 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile NOAA Ship Ferrel NOAA Ship Miller Freeman NOAA Ship Oceanographer NOAA Ship Researcher US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Miami, FL US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Norfolk, VA US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Seattle, WA US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Miami, FL EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN CLIMATE STUDIES (EPOCS) Bering Sea Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia Gulf of Alaska Gulf of Mexico North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean South Pacific Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS > National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce EPOCS > Equatorial Pacific Ocean Climate Studies EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs Ships FERREL (call sign: WTEZ, ICES code: 318L, 1968-2002) MILLER FREEMAN (call sign: WTDM, ICES code: 31FN, 1974-) OCEANOGRAPHER (ICES code: 31OC) Researcher (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 3175, 1970-1987) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN

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describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nodc:8700280
issued	2003-10-24T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language	[]
references	[ "https://library.oarcloud.noaa.gov/noaa_documents.lib/OAR/PMEL/TM_ERL_PMEL/TM_ERL_PMEL_97.pdf", "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890" ]
rights	otherRestrictions
spatial	-68.37,-17.48,178.72,58.95
temporal	1987-02-25T00:00:00+00:00/1987-07-27T00:00:00+00:00

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