WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from VAN SPEYK, VAN NES and other platforms from 1969-01-10 to 1970-08-07 (NCEI Accession 7200384)

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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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7200384 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - MBT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile AMSTERDAM DE ZEVEN PROVINCIEN EVERTSEN FRIESLAND HOLLAND M. S. SNELLIUS NOORD BRABANT POOLSTER TJERK HIDDES VAN GALEN VAN NES VAN SPEYK VOS Royal Netherlands Meteorlogical Institute Royal Netherlands Navy Royal Netherlands Meteorlogical Institute Alboran Sea Balearic (Iberian) Sea Bay of Bengal Bismarck Sea Caribbean Sea Coral Sea East China Sea (Tung Hai) English Channel (La Manche) Gulf of Thailand Indian Ocean Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Japan Sea Jawa (Java) Sea Malacca Straits Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean North Sea Norwegian Sea Philippine Sea Skagerrak Solomon 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 NL/KNMI > Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, Netherlands EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS MBT > Mechanical Bathythermographs XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs AMSTERDAM (call sign: HQDU2, ICES code: 64AM) DE ZEVEN PROVINCIEN (ICES code: 64ZR) EVERTSEN (ICES code: 64EV) FRIESLAND (ICES code: 64FR) HOLLAND (ICES code: 64HO) M. S. SNELLIUS (ICES code: 64SN) NOORD BRABANT (ICES code: 64NB) POOLSTER (ICES code: 64PL) TJERK HIDDES (ICES code: 64TH) VAN GALEN (ICES code: 64GA) VAN NES (ICES code: 64VN) VAN SPEYK (ICES code: 64VS) VOS (ICES code: 64VO) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA 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 > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORWEGIAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN 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:7200384
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	-151.37,-43.77,-145.67,68.5
temporal	1969-01-10T00:00:00+00:00/1970-08-07T00:00:00+00:00

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