Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS NIMBLE and Other Platforms from Ocean Weather Station C (OWS-C) in the North Pacific Ocean in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 03 November 1957 to 23 June 1968 (NODC Accession 6900934)

• Format: Dataset
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• 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; 6900934; DEPTH - OBSERVATION; WATER TEMPERATURE; bathythermograph - MBT; physical; profile; DELAWARE; DISCOVERY II; DOLPHIN; FORSTER; HUMBOLDT; J. R. PERRY; TANNER; USCGC MENDOTA; USCGC WINONA; USS CONFLICT; USS FALGOUT; USS FEARLESS; USS NIMBLE; USS PERSISTENT; USS PINNACLE; USS REAPER; VALOR; National Institute of Oceanography - Uk; United States Coast Guard; US Navy; Naval Oceanographic Office; US Navy; Ships of Opportunity; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD); OCEAN WEATHER STATION; UNKNOWN; Aegean Sea; East China Sea (Tung Hai); Ionian Sea; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin; North Atlantic Ocean; North Pacific Ocean; Philippine Sea; South China Sea (Nan Hai); Tyrrhenian Sea; oceanography; Pacific; Pinnacle; North Atlantic
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MBT data were collected from the USS NIMBLE and Other Platforms within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station C (5245N 03530W) and in transit in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project. Data were collected by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity and other institutions from 03 November 1957 to 23 June 1968. Platforms were equipped and staffed to observe weather and sea conditions. 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 file 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.