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Bathythermograph (MBT), ocean station data from ABSECON, CASCO, and others in the Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Bay of Bengal, and others from 1966-02-19 to 1968-12-17 (NCEI Accession 6800000)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: May 06, 2026 at 04:00 AM | Dataset Last Updated: August 19, 2022 at 12:00 AM
This dataset includes bathythermograph (MBT), ocean station data from ABSECON, CASCO, CASTLE ROCK, COOK INLET, EASTWARD, ESCANABA, F. V. HUNT, FUJI, HUMBOLDT, LYNCH, NOAA Ship Surveyor, OSHORO MARU, SAN PABLO, SHIKMONA, UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF CANADA, USCGC Burton Island, USCGC Chautauqua, USCGC Evergreen, USCGC Glacier, USCGC Hamilton, USCGC NORTHWIND, USCGC PONTCHARTRAIN, USCGC Rockaway, USCGC SPENCER, USCGC Taney, USCGC WACHUSETT, USCGC WINNEBAGO, USNS CHAIN, USNS James M. Gilliss, USNS Silas Bent, USS BLUE, and VAUBAN in the Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Bay of Bengal, Bay of Fundy, Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, Japan Sea, Laccadive Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea, South Pacific Ocean, and Southern Ocean from 1966-02-19 to 1968-12-17. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (MBT) (C128) and Ocean Station (C100) formats. The Oceanographic Station Data (C100) format contains physical-chemical oceanographic data recorded at discrete depth levels. Most of the observations were made using multi-bottle Nansen casts or other types of water samplers. A small amount (about 5 percent) were obtained using electronic CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) or STD (salinity-temperature-depth) recorders. The CTD/STD data were reported to NODC at depth levels equivalent to Nansen cast data, however, and have been processed and stored the same as the Nansen data. Cruise information (e.g., ship, country, institution), position, date, and time, and reported for each station. The principal measured parameters and temperature and salinity, but dissolved oxygen, phosphate, total phosphorus, silicate, nitrate, nitrite, and pH may be reported. Meteorological conditions at the time of the cast (e.g., air temperature and pressure, wind, waves) may also be reported, as well as auxiliary data such as water color (Forel-Ule scale), water transparency (Secchi disk depth), and depth to bottom. Values of density (sigma-t) sound velocity, and dynamic depth anomaly are computed from measured parameters. Each station contains the measurements taken at the observed depth levels, but also includes data values interpolated to a set of standard depth levels. 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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  "AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB",
  "AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB",
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  "cloud amount/frequency",
  "cloud type",
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  "North Pacific Ocean",
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modified 2022-08-19T00:00:00.000+00:00
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temporal 2015-06-01T00:00:00+00:00/2016-05-01T00:00:00+00:00
title Bathythermograph (MBT), ocean station data from ABSECON, CASCO, and others in the Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Bay of Bengal, and others from 1966-02-19 to 1968-12-17 (NCEI Accession 6800000)

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