Temperature profile data from XBT casts from the WASHINGTON STANDARD and other platforms as part of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration (IDOE) from 1968-10-18 to 1972-10-18 (NCEI Accession 7300888)

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Temperature profile data were collected from XBT casts from the WASHINGTON STANDARD and other platforms from 18 October 1968 to 18 October 1972. Data were collected by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) as part of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration (IDOE). 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 records are comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. The XBT data files contain 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. Special instruments permit measurements to be obtained to 1830 m.

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7300888 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile AMERICAN ARGO AMERICAN TRADE ARIZONA STANDARD CALIFORNIAN CHEVRON CALIFORNIA HAWAII STANDARD HAWAIIAN ENTERPRISE IDAHO IDAHO STANDARD J. H. MACGAREGILL MARIPOSA MICHIGAN MONTEREY NEVADA STANDARD OREGON STANDARD PRESIDENT CLEVELAND SANTA CRUZ WASHINGTON STANDARD NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center International Decade of Ocean Exploration (IDOE) Caribbean Sea East China Sea (Tung Hai) Gulf of Alaska Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Philippine Sea South Atlantic Ocean South China Sea (Nan Hai) South Pacific Ocean Tasman Sea oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC > Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 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 AMERICAN ARGO (ICES code: 318K, 1983-1985) AMERICAN TRADE (ICES code: 3183) ARIZONA STANDARD (ICES code: 314Z) CALIFORNIAN (ICES code: 31C1) CHEVRON CALIFORNIA (ICES code: 32CC) HAWAII STANDARD (ICES code: 32HS) HAWAIIAN ENTERPRISE (ICES code: 32HE) IDAHO (call sign: 3EZK8, ICES code: 32ID) IDAHO STANDARD (ICES code: 32IS) J. H. MACGAREGILL (ICES code: 32MA) MARIPOSA (call sign: KFCP, ICES code: 32MD) MICHIGAN (ICES code: 32MI) MONTEREY (ICES code: 32MO) NEVADA STANDARD (ICES code: 32NS) OREGON STANDARD (ICES code: 32OS) PRESIDENT CLEVELAND (ICES code: 32PC) SANTA CRUZ (ICES code: 3184) WASHINGTON STANDARD (ICES code: 3139) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > EAST CHINA SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA

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describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nodc:7300888
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	-34.333333,-35.45,110.616667,58.683333
temporal	1968-10-18T00:00:00+00:00/1972-10-18T00:00:00+00:00

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