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Bathythermograph (XBT) data from HMAS Derwent, HMAS Flinders, and others in the Bismarck Sea, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, and others from 1976-02-09 to 1976-08-05 (NCEI Accession 7601608)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 07:19 AM | Dataset Last Updated: September 04, 2022 at 12:00 AM
This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT) data from HMAS Derwent, HMAS Flinders, HMAS Moresby, HMAS Parramatta, HMAS Stuart, HMAS Swan, HMAS Torrens, HMAS Vampire, and HMAS Yarra in the Bismarck Sea, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Great Australian Bight, Indian Ocean, Japan Sea, North Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea, Solomon Sea, South China Sea, South Pacific Ocean, and Tasman Sea from 1976-02-09 to 1976-08-05. 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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title Bathythermograph (XBT) data from HMAS Derwent, HMAS Flinders, and others in the Bismarck Sea, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, and others from 1976-02-09 to 1976-08-05 (NCEI Accession 7601608)

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