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Temperature profile data from XBT casts from COLUMBUS WELLINGTON and Other Platforms from 1970-05-16 to 1983-02-08 (NCEI Accession 8300028)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 07:30 AM | Dataset Last Updated: February 09, 2023 at 12:00 AM
This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT) data from C. J. ELIZABETH, COLUMBUS WELLINGTON, DEEP SIX, EASTWARD, FURMAN, GINA KAREN, JINITA, MARIETTA, MARSHFIELD, NOAA Ship Miller Freeman, PAN PACIFIC, R/V THOMAS G. THOMPSON, SEALIFT PACIFIC, SEEADLER, SHOSHONE, USS ANCHORAGE, USS BREWTON, USS BRONSTEIN, USS CALLAGHAN, USS Edson, USS FANNING, USS GARCIA, USS GOLDSBOROUGH, USS GRIDLEY, USS J. INGRAM, USS John S. McCain, USS KIRK, USS Mullinnix, USS O'CALLAHAN, USS R. E. PEARY, and VICTORIA in the Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Caribbean Sea, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of California, Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean, Laccadive Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Philippine Sea, Red Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea, South Pacific Ocean, and Tasman Sea from 1970-05-16 to 1983-02-08. 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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8300028 water depth WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT physical profile C. J. ELIZABETH

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title Temperature profile data from XBT casts from COLUMBUS WELLINGTON and Other Platforms from 1970-05-16 to 1983-02-08 (NCEI Accession 8300028)

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