Temperature profiles from XBT casts from the FORAGER and other platforms as part of the Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment and Prediction (MARMAP) project from 14 February 1981 to 05 January 1983 (NODC Accession 8300035)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2015
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 8300035; water depth; WATER TEMPERATURE; bathythermograph - BT; bathythermograph - XBT; physical; profile; ALBATROSS IV; DELAWARE II; EDGAR M. QUEENY; FORAGER; SHIRLEY S; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Northeast Fisheries Science Center; Narragansett Laboratory; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Northeast Fisheries Science Center; Woods Hole Laboratory; Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment and Prediction (MARMAP); Bay of Fundy; Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary; Gulf of Mexico; North Atlantic Ocean; Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary; oceanography; North Atlantic
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Temperature profiles were collected from XBT casts from the FORAGER and other platforms from 14 February 1981 to 05 January 1983. Data were collected by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) as part of the Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment and Prediction (MARMAP) project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format. Full format description is available from NODC at www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html. The UBT 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 records are comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. The XBT data files contain 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. Special instruments permitted measurements to be obtained to 1830 m.