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Bathythermograph (XBT) data from ALCALA GALIANO, AMERICAN BAY, and others in the Alboran Sea, Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, and others from 1968-05-01 to 1977-03-09 (NCEI Accession 7700529)

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This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT) data from ALCALA GALIANO, AMERICAN BAY, ARCO ANCHORAGE, ARCO FAIRBANK, ARCO JUNEAU, CALIFORNIAN, CHEVRON CALIFORNIA, CHEVRON HAWAII, CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI, CHICAGO, COLUMBIA, ENTERPRISE, ESSO AFRICA, FURMAN, GERONIMO, HANNIBAL, HAWAIIAN ENTERPRISE, HAWAIIAN QUEEN, JAPAN MAIL, MARCONA PATHFINDER, MARCONA PROSPECTOR, MARCONA TRANSPORTER, MARSHFIELD, MOHAWK, NORWALK, PRESIDENT MCKINLEY, PRESIDENT TAFT, SANTA MARIA, SEALIFT PACIFIC, SHOSHONE, USCGC Campbell, USCGC Hamilton, USCGC Unimak, USNS SEALIFT ATLANTIC, USS AYLWIN, USS BADGER, USS BASILONE, USS BLAKELY, USS BORIE, USS BREWTON, USS BROOKE, USS BUCHANAN, USS Baussell, USS Bowen, USS COCHRANE, USS CONYNGHAM, USS COOK, USS Coontz, USS D. B. BEARY, USS DALE, USS Edson, USS FARRAGUT, USS GARCIA, USS GRIDLEY, USS HOEL, USS Higbee, USS J. DANIELS, USS KIRK, USS KOELSCH, USS LANG, USS Long Beach, USS Luce, USS MAUNA KEA, USS MCCLOY, USS Mullinnix, USS Norfolk, USS Orleck, USS R. E. BYRD, USS R. E. PEARY, USS REASONER, USS Richard B. Anderson, USS Robert A. Owens, USS Rowan, USS SARSFIELD, USS SELLERS, USS TURNER, USS W. S. SIMS, USS WHIPPLE, USS WORDEN, USS Wainwright, USS Wiltsie, and VICTORIA in the Alboran Sea, Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Davis Strait, East China Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Gulf of Thailand, Indian Ocean, Japan Sea, Laccadive Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Norwegian Sea, Philippine Sea, Seto Naikai, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea, South Pacific Ocean, and Yellow Sea from 1968-05-01 to 1977-03-09. 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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modified 2022-09-09T00:00:00.000+00:00
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spatial 99.27,-33.92,101.0,74.82
temporal 1968-05-01T00:00:00+00:00/1977-03-09T00:00:00+00:00
theme 
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  "geospatial"
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title Bathythermograph (XBT) data from ALCALA GALIANO, AMERICAN BAY, and others in the Alboran Sea, Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, and others from 1968-05-01 to 1977-03-09 (NCEI Accession 7700529)

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