Temperature profile data collected using BT and XBT casts in the North/South Atlantic Ocean and North/South Pacific Ocean from NOAA Ship MALCOLM BALDRIGE and other platforms from 1991-07-22 to 1992-09-03 (NCEI Accession 9300011)

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Temperature profile data were collected using XBT and BT casts from NOAA Ship MALCOLM BALDRIGE and other platforms in the North/South Atlantic Ocean and North/South Pacific Ocean from 22 July 1991 to 03 September 1992. Data were collected by the National Ocean Service (NOS). 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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9300011 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile AMERICA STAR CCGS W. E Ricker CHEVRON CALIFORNIA CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI COLUMBUS OHIO COLUMBUS VICTORIA COLUMBUS VIRGINIA COLUMBUS WELLINGTON GOLDENSARI INDAH MICRONESIAN COMMERCE MICRONESIAN INDEPENDENCE MOANA WAVE NEDLLOYD MADRAS NEDLLOYD MANILA NEDLLOYD VAN NOORT NOAA Ship Chapman NOAA Ship Malcolm Baldrige NOAA Ship McArthur NOAA Ship Whiting OLYMPIA PACDUCHESS PACKING PACPRINCE POLYNESIA ROSEBANK SEA-LAND ACHIEVER SEA-LAND DEFENDER SEA-LAND ENTERPRISE SEA-LAND NAVIGATOR SEA-LAND PACIFIC SEA-LAND TRADER SEDCO/BP 471 SHIN KASHU MARU SKAUBRYN SKAUGRAN TAI HE VIDAL US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD Bay of Bengal Bering Sea Bismarck Sea Caribbean Sea Celebes Sea (Sulawesi Sea and Mindanao Sea) Coral Sea East China Sea (Tung Hai) Gulf of Alaska Gulf of Mexico Indian Ocean Japan Sea Laccadive Sea Molucca Sea North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea Selat Makasar (Makasar Strait) Solomon Sea South Atlantic Ocean South Pacific Ocean Tasman Sea 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 EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs Ships AMERICA STAR (call sign: C6JZ2, ICES code: BHAJ, 1991-2003) CHAPMAN (ICES code: 32YN) CHEVRON CALIFORNIA (ICES code: 32CC) CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI (call sign: WXBR, ICES code: 32CM) COLUMBUS OHIO (call sign: ELHL6, ICES code: 54CA) COLUMBUS VICTORIA (ICES code: 06CV) COLUMBUS VIRGINIA (ICES code: 06CT) COLUMBUS WELLINGTON (ICES code: 06CW) GOLDENSARI INDAH (call sign: 9VVB, ICES code: SIGI) MCARTHUR (ICES code: 31M4) MICRONESIAN COMMERCE (ICES code: PAAB) MICRONESIAN INDEPENDANCE (ICES code: PAAA) MOANA WAVE (call sign: WUS9293, ICES code: 32MW, 1974-2011) Malcolm Baldrige (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 33MW, 1988-1996) NEDLLOYD MADRAS (call sign: PGDY, ICES code: 64NQ) NEDLLOYD MANILA (call sign: PGDI, ICES code: 64NP) NEDLLOYD VAN NOORT (call sign: PGEC, ICES code: 64NV) OLYMPIA (ICES code: 32OL) PACDUCHESS (ICES code: 32D7) PACKING (ICES code: 54AK) PACPRINCE (ICES code: 54BW) POLYNESIA (ICES code: 54PA) ROSEBANK (call sign: J8FO, ICES code: SVRB) SEA-LAND ACHIEVER (call sign: WPKD, ICES code: 323Q) SEA-LAND DEFENDER (call sign: KGJB, ICES code: 320F) SEA-LAND ENTERPRISE (call sign: KRGB, ICES code: 320N) SEA-LAND NAVIGATOR (call sign: WPGK, ICES code: 3280, 1988-2000) SEA-LAND PACIFIC (call sign: WSRL, ICES code: 328Q) SEA-LAND TRADER (call sign: KIRH, ICES code: 32Q7) SEDCO/BP 471 (call sign: D5BC, ICES code: 54SD, 1985-1996) SHIN KASHU MARU (ICES code: 49CC) SKAUBRYN (call sign: LAJV4EX, ICES code: 58SK) SKAUGRAN (ICES code: 58SC) TAI HE (call sign: BOAB, ICES code: 76TA) VIDAL (ICES code: 74VI, 1954-1971) W. E. RICKER (call sign: CG2965, ICES code: 18RK, 1986-) WHITING (call sign: WTEW, ICES code: 31WH, 1963-2003) 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 > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > BAY OF BENGAL 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 > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF JAPAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > EAST CHINA SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA AND EASTERN ARCHIPELAGIC SEAS

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describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nodc:9300011
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	91.27,-45.5,118.52,59.1
temporal	1991-07-22T00:00:00+00:00/1992-09-03T00:00:00+00:00

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