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Bathythermograph (XBT) data from AMERICAN DRACO, BJARNI SAEMUNDSSON, and others in the Alboran Sea, Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, and others from 1972-10-27 to 1980-05-31 (NCEI Accession 8300029)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 07:30 AM | Dataset Last Updated: February 09, 2023 at 12:00 AM
This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT) data from AMERICAN DRACO, BJARNI SAEMUNDSSON, BROSTROM, C. J. MARIA, COLUMBIA, COLUMBUS TASMANIA, DUTTON, FURMAN, GLOMAR CHALLENGER, GLOMAR EXPLORER, LUCKY STRIKE, MARSHFIELD, MOHAWK, NEPTUNE, NOAA Ship David Starr Jordan, NOAA Ship Rainier, NOAA Ship Townsend Cromwell, PACBARON, PACDUCHESS, PACDUKE, PACMERCHANT, PACSTAR, THERESA ANN, TYPHOON, USS BAGLEY, USS BARBEY, USS BARNEY, USS BLAKELY, USS CAPODANNO, USS Fearless, USS Forest Sherman, USS GLOVER, USS H. B. WILSON, USS Higbee, USS KITTY HAWK, USS LEAHY, USS Long Beach, USS MERRILL, USS MISPILLION, USS Mahan, USS Morton, USS O'CALLAHAN, USS P. F. FOSTER, USS PARSONS, USS SAMPLE, USS SARATOGA, USS SOUTH CAROLINA, USS STERETT, USS WORDEN, and USS William H. Standley in the Alboran Sea, Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Bering Sea, Bismarck Sea, Caribbean Sea, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Greenland Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean, Japan Sea, Laccadive Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Norwegian Sea, Philippine Sea, Red Sea, Solomon Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea, South Pacific Ocean, and Tasman Sea from 1972-10-27 to 1980-05-31. 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 1972-10-27T00:00:00+00:00/1980-05-31T00:00:00+00:00
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title Bathythermograph (XBT) data from AMERICAN DRACO, BJARNI SAEMUNDSSON, and others in the Alboran Sea, Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, and others from 1972-10-27 to 1980-05-31 (NCEI Accession 8300029)

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