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Bathythermograph (XBT) data from CIROLANA, CLYDE-OWS LIMA, and others in the Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, and others from 1965-07-16 to 1979-03-15 (NCEI Accession 7900345)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: May 29, 2026 at 09:59 PM | Dataset Last Updated: September 28, 2022 at 12:00 AM
This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT) data from CIROLANA, CLYDE-OWS LIMA, ENDURANCE, HERALD, HMS Hecate, HMS Hecla, HMS Hydra, OWS L, PROTECTOR, and UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED KINGDOM in the Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, Bristol Channel, English Channel, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Guinea, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Suez, Indian Ocean, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland, Irish Sea and St. George's Channel, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Red Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, and Southern Ocean from 1965-07-16 to 1979-03-15. 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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temporal 1965-07-16T00:00:00+00:00/1979-03-15T00:00:00+00:00
title Bathythermograph (XBT) data from CIROLANA, CLYDE-OWS LIMA, and others in the Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, and others from 1965-07-16 to 1979-03-15 (NCEI Accession 7900345)

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