WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from USCGC UNIMAK, USS ROBERT A. OWENS and other platforms from 1964-05-01 to 1973-12-16 (NCEI Accession 7300000)

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Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (XBT) (C116), Bathythermograph (MBT) (C128) formats. 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. The C128 format is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using the mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument. The maximum depth of MBT observations is approximately 285 m. Therefore, MBT data are useful only in studying the thermal structure of the upper layers of the ocean. Cruise information, date, position, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Temperature data in this file are recorded at uniform 5 m depth intervals.

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7300000 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - MBT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile FUJI UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF CANADA UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF NEW ZEALAND USCGC Unimak USS Coontz USS D. B. BEARY USS KNOX USS PARSONS USS PATTERSON USS Robert A. Owens Bedford Institute of Oceanography Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Arctic Unit Japanese Hydrographic Office New Zealand Oceanographic Institute United States Coast Guard US Navy Ships of Opportunity Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Arctic Unit Alboran Sea Bay of Biscay (Golfe de Gascogne) Caribbean Sea Celebes Sea (Sulawesi Sea and Mindanao Sea) East China Sea (Tung Hai) English Channel (La Manche) Indian Ocean Ionian Sea Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin New York Bight North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea South Atlantic Ocean South China Sea (Nan Hai) South Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean Tasman Sea oceanography CA/DFO/BIO > Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans, Canada 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 COONTZ (ICES code: 31OZ) D. B. BEARY (ICES code: 319Y) FUJI (ICES code: 49HZ) KNOX (ICES code: 3166) PARSONS (ICES code: 31XP) PATTERSON (ICES code: 3169) R. A. OWENS (ICES code: 311O) UNIMAK (ICES code: 31UM) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN 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 OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

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describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nodc:7300000
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	-117.3,-67.15,-80.03,50.33
temporal	1964-05-01T00:00:00+00:00/1973-12-16T00:00:00+00:00

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