WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from SYDNEY, HOBART and other platforms in the SE Pacific, NW Pacific and other waters from 1978-04-08 to 1985-08-20 (NCEI Accession 8600026)

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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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8600026 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile CAPE PILLAR HMAS Adelaide HMAS Brisbane HMAS Canberra HMAS Diamantina HMAS Hobart HMAS Jervis Bay HMAS Parramatta HMAS Perth HMAS Stuart HMAS Swan HMAS Sydney HMAS Torrens HMAS Vampire HMAS Yarra Royal Australian Navy Royal Australian Navy Andaman Sea or Burma Sea Arabian Sea Arafura Sea Bali Sea Banda Sea Bass Strait Bay of Bengal Bismarck Sea Celebes Sea (Sulawesi Sea and Mindanao Sea) Coral Sea East China Sea (Tung Hai) Flores Sea Great Australian Bight Gulf of Thailand Indian Ocean Japan Sea Jawa (Java) Sea Laccadive Sea Malacca Straits Mozambique Channel North Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea Selat Makasar (Makasar Strait) Solomon Sea South China Sea (Nan Hai) South Pacific Ocean Sulu Sea Tasman Sea Timor 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 XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs Ships ADELAIDE (call sign: VKLA, ICES code: 09AD, 1980-2008) BRISBANE (call sign: VKLC, ICES code: 09BS, 1967-2001) CANBERRA (call sign: VKCN, ICES code: 09CA, 1981-2005) CAPE PILLAR (ICES code: 09CP) DIAMANTINA (call sign: VMFB, ICES code: 09DM, 1945-1980) HOBART (call sign: VKLB, ICES code: 09HO, 1965-2000) JERVIS BAY (call sign: VKCW, ICES code: 09JC, 1977-1994) PARRAMATTA (ICES code: 09PA, 1961-1991) PERTH (call sign: VKPT, ICES code: 09PE, 1965-1999) STUART (ICES code: 09ST, 1963-1991) SWAN (call sign: VJMK, ICES code: 09SW, 1970-1996) SYDNEY (call sign: VKML, ICES code: 09SH, 1983-) TORRENS (call sign: VLNB, ICES code: 09TR, 1971-1998) VAMPIRE (call sign: VKMC, ICES code: 09VA, 1959-1986) YARRA (call sign: VJZJ / VKYJ, ICES code: 09YA, 1961-1985) OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > BAY OF BENGAL OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN 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 OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA

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describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nodc:8600026
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	-117.27,-45.87,39.78,47.13
temporal	1978-04-08T00:00:00+00:00/1985-08-20T00:00:00+00:00

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