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Bathythermograph (MBT) data from OWEN in the Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, and others from 1952-04-09 to 1965-07-03 (NCEI Accession 7600017)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 07:08 AM | Dataset Last Updated: September 01, 2022 at 12:00 AM
This dataset includes bathythermograph (MBT) data from OWEN in the Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Guinea, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Suez, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Red Sea, and South Atlantic Ocean from 1952-04-09 to 1965-07-03. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (MBT) (C128) format. The C128 format is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using the mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument. The maximum depth of MBT observations is approximately 285 m. Therefore, MBT data are useful only in studying the thermal structure of the upper layers of the ocean. Cruise information, date, position, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Temperature data in this file are recorded at uniform 5 m depth intervals.

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