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    • Glacier Bay oceanography raw data hex files (OC_B)

    Metadata Updated: January 14, 2026

    "HEX" files are the raw output of the Sea-Bird oceanographic CTD profilers. They contain frequencies and voltages output by sensors in a proprietary format set by Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc. These files are not readable by common applications. To work with these data, one typically first processes them using specialized software from Sea-Bird Electronics that converts the raw counts into engineering units, such as degrees C. This processing requires the availability of "CON" calibration files that fully define the sensors on the particular CTD unit, and results in the OC_C deliverable available elsewhere on this site.

    Each file is headed with metadata text. Following this are strings representing hexadecimal values of raw instrument readings; each line containing all sensors in the instrument array. Under the latest protocol OC-2014.1 there are approximately two lines recorded per second.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 14, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date January 14, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI NPS DCAT-US

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 14, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date January 14, 2026
    Publisher National Park Service
    Maintainer
    Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/NPS_DataStore_2257925
    Data First Published 2020-12-10T00:00:00Z
    Data Last Modified 2020-12-10T00:00:00Z
    Category Generic Dataset
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:24
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    Harvest Source Title DOI NPS DCAT-US
    Homepage URL https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2257925
    Old Spatial -138.593582,58.1591148,-135.316727,59.48305
    Program Code 010:118, 010:119
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 1ebd50dba1753586a8453fbf9a77073bce6ef16ddeb649395b057cd519b27baa
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    Temporal 1993-01-01/2020-01-01

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