gov.noaa.nodc:8900166 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 2026-02-05T20:57:45Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Bathythermograph (XBT) data from ARNI FRIDRIKSSON, BESKYTTEREN, and others in the Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, and others from 1975-05-01 to 1989-04-27 (NCEI Accession 8900166) 2003-10-24 publication 2023-02-13 revision 1989 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:8900166 NCEI Archive Management System 8900166 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/Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (FNOC) resourceProvider US Navy/Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (FNOC) contributor US Navy/Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center author tableDigital This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT) data from ARNI FRIDRIKSSON, BESKYTTEREN, BJARNI SAEMUNDSSON, CAROL VIRGINIA, FURMAN, GLOMAR CHALLENGER, HVIDBJORNEN, LUSTY, MARSHFIELD, PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, USCGC Acushnet, USCGC Campbell, USNS De Steiguer, USS BELKNAP, USS Bunker Hill, USS Coontz, USS Dupont, USS GRIDLEY, USS H. E. HOLT, USS Higbee, USS J. DANIELS, USS J. INGRAM, USS MISSISSIPPI, USS R. E. BYRD, USS REEVES, USS SELLERS, and USS WHIPPLE in the Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, Davis Strait, East China Sea, Greenland Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean, Japan Sea, Laccadive Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Philippine Sea, Red Sea, Skagerrak, South China Sea, and South Pacific Ocean from 1975-05-01 to 1989-04-27. 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 8900166 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:8900166 Preview graphic PNG 8900166 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 1989-06-05 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 ARNI FRIDRIKSSON BESKYTTEREN BJARNI SAEMUNDSSON CAROL VIRGINIA FURMAN GLOMAR CHALLENGER HVIDBJORNEN LUSTY MARSHFIELD PRESIDENT EISENHOWER USCGC Acushnet USCGC Campbell USNS De Steiguer USS BELKNAP USS Bunker Hill USS Coontz USS Dupont USS GRIDLEY USS H. E. HOLT USS Higbee USS J. DANIELS USS J. INGRAM USS MISSISSIPPI USS R. E. BYRD USS REEVES USS SELLERS USS WHIPPLE platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS US Navy/Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US Navy/Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Aegean Sea Alboran Sea Arabian Sea Bay of Bengal Bering Sea Caribbean Sea Davis Strait East China Sea (Tung Hai) Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea) Gulf of Aden Gulf of Oman Indian Ocean Ionian Sea Japan Sea Labrador Sea Laccadive Sea Malacca Straits Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean North Sea Norwegian Sea Philippine Sea Red Sea Skagerrak South China Sea (Nan Hai) South Pacific Ocean Strait of Gibraltar Tyrrhenian Sea 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 DOD/USNAVY/FNMOC > Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, U.S. Navy, U. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian ACUSHNET (ICES code: 31AU) ARNI FRIDRIKSSON (call sign: TFJA, ICES code: 46AN, 1967-2001) BELKNAP (ICES code: 311N) BESKYTTEREN (call sign: OUEK, ICES code: 26BE) Bjarni Sæmundsson (call sign: TFEA, ICES code: 46BS, 1971-2025) Bunker Hill (ICES code: 32J8) CAMPBELL (ICES code: 31CM) CAROL VIRGINIA (ICES code: 32LK) COONTZ (ICES code: 31OZ) DE STEIGUER (ICES code: 315D) DUPONT (ICES code: 31D7) FURMAN (ICES code: 31FU) GLOMAR CHALLENGER (ICES code: 3177) GRIDLEY (ICES code: 31X8) H. E. HOLT (ICES code: 317Q) HIGBEE (ICES code: 31QH) HVIDBJORNEN (ICES code: 26HV) J. DANIELS (ICES code: 31DJ) J. INGRAM (ICES code: 31IG) LUSTY (ICES code: 32L3) MARSHFIELD (ICES code: 32MF) MISSISSIPPI (ICES code: 327M) PRESIDENT EISENHOWER (ICES code: 32QX) R. E. 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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: US Navy/Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (2003). Bathythermograph (XBT) data from ARNI FRIDRIKSSON, BESKYTTEREN, and others in the Alboran Sea, Arabian Sea, and others from 1975-05-01 to 1989-04-27 (NCEI Accession 8900166). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/8900166. 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. 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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 108.05 97.47 -3.43 70.85 1975-05-01 1989-04-27 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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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - BT BathyThermograph bathythermograph - XBT bathythermograph - XBT eXpendable BathyThermograph ARNI FRIDRIKSSON ICES request for the vessel ARNI FRIDRIKSSON from ICELAND. NOTE: Use 46AN for data collected 1967 through 2001-09-04 from ARNI FRIDRIKSSON from ICELAND with call sign TFJA. Use 46AS for data collected after 1999 from ARNI FRIDRIKSSON from ICELAND with call sign TFNA. Do not use 46FR for any data collected from ARNI FRIDRIKSSON from ICELAND. Name : ARNI FRIDRIKSSON Flag : ICELAND - IS (ISO Country Code) Call Sign : TFJA IMO : 6710358 Commissioned Date : 1967 Decommissioned Date : 2001-09-04 Built : 1967 Notes : Registration number 1055 Lloyds URL : http://www.seasearcher.com/lmiu/vessels/overview.htm?vesselID=344721 Multiple Hull Info 46FR - ARNI FRIDRIKSSON General Comments: The old Arni Fridriksson (IMO 6710358 ) was decommissioned (taken off the Icelandic register) 04-SEP-2001 after having been sold to the Faeroe Islands. Confirmed by NOAA on 2014-02-04. BESKYTTEREN BESKYTTEREN BJARNI SAEMUNDSSON Flag: Iceland Vessel Type: Research CAROL VIRGINIA (TUNA BOAT) FURMAN FURMAN GLOMAR CHALLENGER GLOMAR CHALLENGER HVIDBJORNEN HVIDBJORNEN LUSTY (TUNA BOAT) MARSHFIELD MARSHFIELD PRESIDENT EISENHOWER PRESIDENT EISENHOWER USCGC Acushnet Hull Classification: WMEC-167. Commissioned on 05 February 1944 as USS SHACKLE and was decommissioned on 29 June 1944. Re-commissioned on 23 August 1946 as USCGC ACUSHNET and the current status is active. USCGC Campbell Hull Classification: WHEC-32. Commissioned on 16 June 1936 and was decommissioned on 01 April 1982. USNS De Steiguer T-AGOR-12 USS BELKNAP USS BELKNAP USS Bunker Hill CG-52 USS Coontz DL-9/DLG-9/DDG-40; commissioned 1960; decommissioned 1989; USS Dupont DD-941; commissioned 1957; decommissioned 1983; USS GRIDLEY USS GRIDLEY USS H. E. HOLT USS H. E. HOLT USS Higbee (DD-806) USS J. DANIELS USS J. DANIELS USS J. INGRAM USS J. INGRAM USS MISSISSIPPI USS MISSISSIPPI USS R. E. BYRD USS R. E. BYRD USS REEVES USS REEVES USS SELLERS USS SELLERS USS WHIPPLE USS WHIPPLE