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Bathythermograph (XBT) data from AMERICAN BAY, CIUDAD DE SALAMANCA, and others in the Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, and others from 1969-01-02 to 1982-11-28 (NCEI Accession 8600304)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 07:38 AM | Dataset Last Updated: February 12, 2023 at 12:00 AM
This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT) data from AMERICAN BAY, CIUDAD DE SALAMANCA, GLOMAR CHALLENGER, MARSHFIELD, MEONIA, NOAA Ship George B. Kelez, NOAA Ship Surveyor, SEALIFT PACIFIC, TRACER, USNS Silas Bent, USS BROWNSON, USS COOK, USS Dahlgren, USS Dupont, USS King, USS MCCLOY, USS Mahan, USS NICHOLSON, USS PARSONS, USS R. L. WILSON, USS STORMES, USS Southerland, USS TRUETT, USS TURNER, USS VESOLE, USS WEDDERBURN, VILLA DE MADRID, and YUKON in the Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Biscay, Black Sea, Caribbean Sea, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Indian Ocean, Japan Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea, Red Sea, South China Sea, and South Pacific Ocean from 1969-01-02 to 1982-11-28. 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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title Bathythermograph (XBT) data from AMERICAN BAY, CIUDAD DE SALAMANCA, and others in the Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, and others from 1969-01-02 to 1982-11-28 (NCEI Accession 8600304)

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