gov.noaa.nodc:8300079 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 2026-02-05T20:46:37Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Bathythermograph (XBT) data from ALCALA GALIANO, AMERICAN EXPLORER, and others in the Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, and others from 1974-09-17 to 1979-02-01 (NCEI Accession 8300079) 2003-10-24 publication 2023-02-09 revision 1983 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:8300079 NCEI Archive Management System 8300079 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 Unknown - Spain resourceProvider US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) website Institution web page information contributor US Navy Ships of Opportunity contributor United States Coast Guard (USCG) contributor Unknown - Spain contributor Unknown - USA contributor American Tuna Boat Association contributor Unknown - Spain author tableDigital This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT) data from ALCALA GALIANO, AMERICAN EXPLORER, CATALUNA, CHERYL MARIE, CORNUCOPIA, FURMAN, GLOMAR CHALLENGER, JINITA, KING, KOREAN FIR, KOREAN PRIDE, MARSHFIELD, MAUMEE, PACBARON, PACDUCHESS, PACMERCHANT, PACSTAR, THREE JACKS, USCGC NORTHWIND, USS BROOKE, USS Decatur, USS Higbee, USS JOUETT, USS King, USS LEAHY, USS MOINESTER, USS MOOSBRUGGER, USS Mahan, USS Radford, and USS SOUTH CAROLINA in the Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, Baltic Sea, Bay of Bengal, Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, East China Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Japan Sea, Laccadive Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Philippine Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Skagerrak, South Atlantic Ocean, and South China Sea from 1974-09-17 to 1979-02-01. 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. 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 8300079 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. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession. 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:8300079 Preview graphic PNG 8300079 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 1983-06-28 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 ALCALA GALIANO AMERICAN EXPLORER CATALUNA CHERYL MARIE CORNUCOPIA FURMAN GLOMAR CHALLENGER JINITA KING KOREAN FIR KOREAN PRIDE MARSHFIELD MAUMEE PACBARON PACDUCHESS PACMERCHANT PACSTAR THREE JACKS USCGC NORTHWIND USS BROOKE USS Decatur USS Higbee USS JOUETT USS King USS LEAHY USS Mahan USS MOINESTER USS MOOSBRUGGER USS Radford USS SOUTH CAROLINA platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS American Tuna Boat Association United States Coast Guard Unknown - Spain Unknown - USA US National Oceanographic Data Center US Navy Ships of Opportunity dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Unknown - Spain dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS DEEP-SEA DRILLING project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Aegean Sea Alboran Sea Arabian Sea Balearic (Iberian) Sea Baltic Sea Bay of Bengal Bering Sea Caribbean Sea East China Sea (Tung Hai) Gulf of Mexico Ionian Sea Japan Sea Laccadive Sea Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean North Sea Norwegian Sea Philippine Sea Sea of Okhotsk Skagerrak South Atlantic Ocean South China Sea (Nan Hai) Strait of Gibraltar 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 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. 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 EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science 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 BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument 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 A. W. RADFORD (ICES code: 31F9) ALCALA GALIANO (ICES code: 29LG) AMERICAN EXPLORER (ICES code: 3196) BROOKE (ICES code: 314B) CATALUNA (ICES code: 29CA) CHERYL MARIE (ICES code: 32CY) CORNUCOPIA (ICES code: 32ZV) DECATUR (ICES code: 311D) FURMAN (ICES code: 31FU) GLOMAR CHALLENGER (ICES code: 3177) HIGBEE (ICES code: 31QH) J. KING (ICES code: 31KG) JINITA (ICES code: 32JI) JOUETT (ICES code: 31UQ) KING (ICES code: 31K6) KOREAN FIR (ICES code: 322F) KOREAN PRIDE (ICES code: 322P) LEAHY (ICES code: 31L1) MAHAN (ICES code: 31JI) MARSHFIELD (ICES code: 32MF) MAUMEE (ICES code: 32MU) MOINESTER (ICES code: 32MN) MOOSBRUGGER (ICES code: 325B) NORTHWIND (call sign: NRFJ, ICES code: 31NW, 1945-1989) PACBARON (ICES code: 32B7) PACDUCHESS (ICES code: 32D7) PACMERCHANT (ICES code: 323P) PACSTAR (ICES code: 324T) SOUTH CAROLINA (ICES code: 32SC) THREE JACKS (ICES code: 32ZU) 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 > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORWEGIAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > BAY OF BENGAL OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF JAPAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF OKHOTSK OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > EAST CHINA SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA 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. 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 accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Unknown - Spain (2003). Bathythermograph (XBT) data from ALCALA GALIANO, AMERICAN EXPLORER, and others in the Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, and others from 1974-09-17 to 1979-02-01 (NCEI Accession 8300079). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/8300079. Accessed [date]. Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. 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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - BT BathyThermograph bathythermograph - XBT bathythermograph - XBT eXpendable BathyThermograph ALCALA GALIANO USS JARVIS AMERICAN EXPLORER AMERICAN EXPLORER CATALUNA CATALUNA CHERYL MARIE (TUNA BOAT) CORNUCOPIA (TUNA BOAT) FURMAN FURMAN GLOMAR CHALLENGER GLOMAR CHALLENGER JINITA (TUNA BOAT) KING KING KOREAN FIR KOREAN FIR KOREAN PRIDE KOREAN PRIDE MARSHFIELD MARSHFIELD MAUMEE MAUMEE PACBARON PACBARON PACDUCHESS PACDUCHESS PACMERCHANT PACMERCHANT PACSTAR PACSTAR THREE JACKS (TUNA BOAT) USCGC NORTHWIND Hull Classification: WAGB-282. Commissioned on 28 July 1945 and was decommissioned on 20 January 1989. Updated FY2019 USS BROOKE USS BROOKE USS Decatur DD-936; commissioned 1956; decommissioned 1965; USS Higbee (DD-806) USS JOUETT USS JOUETT USS King DL-19/DLG-10/DDG-41; Admiral Ernest Joseph King; commissioned 1960; decommissioned 1991; USS LEAHY USS LEAHY USS Mahan DLG-11/DDG-42; commissioned 1960; decommissioned 1993; USS MOINESTER USS MOINESTER USS MOOSBRUGGER USS MOOSBRUGGER USS Radford DD-446;DDE-446; commissioned 1942; decommissioned 1946; recommissioned 1949; decommissioned 1969;NOT the USS Arthur W. Radford, DD-968; USS SOUTH CAROLINA USS SOUTH CAROLINA