WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from HECLA, HECATE and other platforms from 1965-07-16 to 1979-03-15 (NCEI Accession 7900345)

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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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7900345 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - MBT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile CIROLANA CLYDE-OWS LIMA ENDURANCE HERALD HMS Hecate HMS Hecla HMS Hydra OWS L PROTECTOR UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED KINGDOM United Kingdom Hydrographic Office United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Alboran Sea Arabian Sea Balearic (Iberian) Sea Bristol Channel English Channel (La Manche) Gulf of Aden Gulf of Guinea Gulf of Oman Gulf of Suez Indian Ocean Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Ionian Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin North Atlantic Ocean North Sea Persian Gulf (Gulf of Iran), Strait of Hormuz Red Sea South Atlantic Ocean Southern Ocean Strait of Gibraltar Tyrrhenian Sea oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS MBT > Mechanical Bathythermographs XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs Ships CIROLANA (call sign: GNAM, ICES code: 74CZ, 1970-2003) ENDURANCE (ICES code: 74ED, 1967-1991) HECATE (ICES code: 74HC, 1965-1990) HECLA (ICES code: 74HA, 1964-1997) HERALD (ICES code: 74HD) HYDRA (call sign: GRGE, ICES code: 74HY, 1966-1986) PROTECTOR (ICES code: 74PO) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > IRISH SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA > PERSIAN GULF OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > RED SEA OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

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describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nodc:7900345
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	71.43,-62.83,-61.9,60.63
temporal	1965-07-16T00:00:00+00:00/1979-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

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