gov.noaa.nodc:8700254 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-07-02T19:08:12Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Bathythermograph (XBT) data from FALSTRIA, NOAA Ship Chapman, and others in the Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, and others from 1987-01-08 to 1987-07-01 (NCEI Accession 8700254) 2002-11-19 publication 2023-02-12 revision 1987 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:8700254 NCEI Archive Management System 8700254 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher US Navy Ships of Opportunity resourceProvider US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Norfolk, VA contributor US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Seattle, WA contributor NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) website Institution web page information contributor NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Pascagoula Laboratory https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Pascagoula Laboratory website Institution web page information contributor US Navy Ships of Opportunity contributor US Navy Ships of Opportunity author tableDigital Temperature profile data were collected using XBT and BT casts from NOAA Ship RESEARCHER and other platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and Northwest Atlantic Ocean from 08 January 1987 to 01 July 1987. Data were collected by the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) Miami, Florida and other institutions with support from the Equatorial Pacific Ocean Climate Studies (EPOCS) and SubTropical Atlantic Climate Studies (STACS) projects. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format. The UBT file format is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles at depths of about 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. Cruise information, position, date, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT data file, in which temperature values are recorded at uniform 5m intervals, the XBT Data File contains temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths are at a minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to record the temperature curve to an acceptable degree of accuracy. On output, however, the user may request temperature values either at inflection points or interpolated to uniform depth increments. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded NCEI Accession 8700254 was revised and a new version of the archival package was published. Updates to existing archival packages may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. The latest version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. 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Please see journal.txt in the /about directory for additional details on changes made. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:8700254 Preview graphic PNG 8700254 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 1987-06-10 publication water depth WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS physical profile theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS FALSTRIA NOAA Ship Chapman NOAA Ship DAVIDSON NOAA Ship Miller Freeman NOAA Ship Researcher NOAA Ship Whiting platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Pascagoula Laboratory US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Norfolk, VA US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Seattle, WA US Navy Ships of Opportunity dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US Navy Ships of Opportunity dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN CLIMATE STUDIES (EPOCS) SUBTROPICAL ATLANTIC CLIMATE STUDY (STACS) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Bering Sea Caribbean Sea Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia Gulf of Alaska Gulf of Mexico Kattegat, The Sound, Storebælt, Lillebælt North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean South Pacific Ocean place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS > National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/OAR/AOML > Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Ships platform Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian CHAPMAN (call sign: WTED, ICES code: 32YN, 1980-1998) DAVIDSON (ICES code: 32D2) FALSTRIA (ICES code: 26FB) MILLER FREEMAN (call sign: WTDM, ICES code: 31FN, 1974-) Researcher (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 3175, 1970-1987) WHITING (call sign: WTEW, ICES code: 31WH, 1963-2003) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > BALTIC SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890. 2023-01-19 publication NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0189890 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890 HTTPS https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890 documentation information US National Oceanographic Data Center https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) publisher documentDigital crossReference collection eng; USA utf8 environment oceans -166.53 11.86 -8.22 58.25 1987-01-08 1987-07-01 Note: Metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). 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Points of contact for this dataset include: Contact info: Agency: US NAVY; SHIPS OF OPPORTUNITY PI: N/A Address: address: 4640 JEWEL ST., 204 city: SAN DIEGO state: CA postal: 92109-31331 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY; ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY - MIAMI FL Address: address: 4301 RICKENBACKER CAUSEWAY city: MIAMI state: FL postal: 33149-1026 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE - PASCAGOULA Address: address: 3209 FREDERICK STREET, P.O DRAWER city: PASCAGOULA state: MI postal: 39567 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE - NORFOLK Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: NORFOLK state: VA postal: NOT AVAILABLE country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE - SEATTLE Address: address: 7600 SAND POINT WAY, NE city: SEATTLE state: WA postal: 98115 country: UNITED STATES In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. 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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - BT BathyThermograph bathythermograph - XBT bathythermograph - XBT eXpendable BathyThermograph FALSTRIA FALSTRIA NOAA Ship Chapman Name: NOAAS Chapman (R 446) Namesake: Wilbert McLeod "Wib" Chapman (1910-1970), American fisheries scientist Builder: Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Company, Mobile, Alabama Cost: $3,100,000 (USD) Launched: December 1979 Acquired: May 1980 (delivery) Commissioned: 11 July 1980 Decommissioned: 2 June 1998 Homeport: Pascagoula, Mississippi Identification: IMO number: 7907051 MMSI number: 306082000 Callsign: WTED Fate: Donated to University of Puerto Rico Purchased by Substation Curaçao 2008 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOAAS_Chapman_(R_446)] NOAA Ship DAVIDSON Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Research Vessel (Hydrographic) DOB: 1967 IMO: 6613914 History: Decommissioned as NOAA Ship DAVIDSON in 1997 and given to private sector. NOAA Ship Miller Freeman Updated information from ICES for the vessel MILLER FREEMAN from UNITED STATES(US). Name : MILLER FREEMAN Country(s) : UNITED STATES(US) (ISO Country Code) Platform Class : 31 Research vessel Call Sign : WTDM IMO : 6621636 Pennant : R223 Title : NOAA Ship Commissioned Date : 1974 Built : 1967-05 Notes : Data from 1975-1985 at ICES Information Sources: - http://www.marinetraffic.com/dk/ais/details/ships/-6621636?lang=en - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOAAS_Miller_Freeman_%28R_223%29 NOAA Ship Researcher Title: NOAA Ship Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Research Vessel (Oceanographic) DOB: 1968 IMO: 6901907 Decommissioned as NOAA Ship RESEARCHER: March 1, 1988 NOAA Ship Whiting Name: NOAAS Whiting (S 329) Namesake: Previous name retained Acquired: Transferred from U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 3 October 1970 Decommissioned: 2 May 2003 Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia Identification: IMO number: 6601973 Radio call sign WTEW Fate: Transferred to Mexican Navy 28 April 2005 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOAAS_Whiting_(S_329)]