Bathythermograph (XBT) data from ALLEGHENY, ALMEIDA CARVALHO, and others in the Alboran Sea, Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, and others from 1966-04-12 to 1974-10-16 (NCEI Accession 7500662)

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This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT) data from ALLEGHENY, ALMEIDA CARVALHO, AMERICAN ALTAIR, AMERICAN BAY, AMERICAN RESERVIST, AMERICAN VEGA, GERONIMO, GLOMAR EXPLORER, HMAS Perth, HMAS Swan, HMAS Vampire, J. K. TAUSSIG, J. WILLIS, MARCONA PATHFINDER, MARCONA PROSPECTOR, MOHAWK, S. JORGE, UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED STATES, USS ALBANY, USS Ault, USS BENNINGTON, USS BERKELEY, USS BRADLEY, USS BRUMBY, USS BUCK, USS Bridget, USS C. H. SPERRY, USS Dahlgren, USS E. MCDONNELL, USS EVERSOLE, USS Everett F. Larson, USS FOX, USS Forest Sherman, USS Frank E. Evans, USS GARCIA, USS GLOVER, USS HEPBURN, USS HORNE, USS Hartley, USS INGRAHAM, USS J. P. KENNEDY JR., USS J. W. THOMASON, USS James E. Kyes, USS KEARSARGE, USS KNOX, USS Kenneth D. Bailey, USS Laffey, USS Lester, USS Lofberg, USS Lynde McCormick, USS M. W. WOOD, USS MCCLOY, USS Massey, USS Norfolk, USS O'HARE, USS PUTNAM, USS RAMSEY, USS REEVES, USS Rich, USS Robert K. Huntington, USS Samuel B. Roberts, USS TRUXTUN, USS VESOLE, USS VOGE, USS VREELAND, USS WALDRON, USS WALKE, USS WALLER, USS WHIPPLE, USS Wainwright, USS Wallace L. Lind, USS William C. Lawe, USS Wiltsie, USS ZELLARS, VAN VOORHIS, and VICTORIA in the Alboran Sea, Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Arabian Sea, Baltic Sea, Barents Sea, Bay of Bengal, Bismarck Sea, Black Sea, Caribbean Sea, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Coral Sea, East China Sea, English Channel, Great Australian Bight, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Thailand, Indian Ocean, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland, Irish Sea and St. George's Channel, Japan Sea, Kattegat, The Sound, Storebælt, Lillebælt, Laccadive Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Philippine Sea, Red Sea, Sea of Marmara, Seto Naikai, Skagerrak, Solomon Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea, South Pacific Ocean, and Tasman Sea from 1966-04-12 to 1974-10-16. 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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spatial	90.52,-53.55,92.13,76.0
temporal	1966-04-12T00:00:00+00:00/1974-10-16T00:00:00+00:00
title	Bathythermograph (XBT) data from ALLEGHENY, ALMEIDA CARVALHO, and others in the Alboran Sea, Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, and others from 1966-04-12 to 1974-10-16 (NCEI Accession 7500662)

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