Temperature profile data collected using XBTs from the DANT and other platforms from the Pacific Ocean during the International Decade of Ocean Exploration / North Pacific Experiment (IDOE/NORPAX) project, 1975-02-06 to 1975-07-28 (NCEI Accession 7700894)

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Temperature, depth, and other data were collected using bathythermograph (BT/XBT) casts from DANT and other platforms in the Pacific Ocean from February 6, 1975 to July 28, 1975. Data were submitted by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity as part of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration / North Pacific Experiment (IDOE/NORPAX) project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format. The UBT 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.

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7700894 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile DANT PRESIDENT HARRISON PRESIDENT MCKINLEY PRESIDENT MONROE PRESIDENT TAFT PRESIDENT VAN BUREN American President Lines US Navy Ships of Opportunity US Navy Ships of Opportunity INTERNATIONAL DECADE OF OCEAN EXPLORATION / North Pacific Experiment (IDOE/NORPAX) Bering Sea North Pacific Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce IDOE > International Decade of Ocean Exploration EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs DANT (ICES code: 32DT) PRESIDENT HARRISON (ICES code: 32H7) PRESIDENT MCKINLEY (ICES code: 32PM) PRESIDENT MONROE (ICES code: 32JR) PRESIDENT TAFT (ICES code: 32P5) PRESIDENT VAN BUREN (ICES code: 32PV) OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA

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describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nodc:7700894
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	-122.8,32.85,141.45,54.5
temporal	1975-02-06T00:00:00+00:00/1975-07-28T00:00:00+00:00

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