Temperature profile data collected using BT and XBT casts in the North/South Atlantic Ocean and North/South Pacific Ocean from NOAA Ship RESEARCHER and other platforms from 20 May 1987 to 19 April 1992 (NODC Accession 9200105)

• 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; 9200105; water depth; WATER TEMPERATURE; bathythermograph - BT; bathythermograph - XBT; physical; profile; ALBATROSS IV; BOGASARI LIMA; COLUMBUS VICTORIA; COLUMBUS VIRGINIA; COLUMBUS WELLINGTON; DISCOVERER; FARNELLA; GOLDENSARI INDAH; HORIZON NAVIGATOR; JOHN V. VICKERS; MALCOLM BALDRIGE; MELBOURNE STAR; MICRONESIAN INDEPENDANCE; MT. MITCHELL; NEDLLOYD MANILA; NEDLLOYD VAN NOORT; OCEANOGRAPHER; POLYNESIA; RESEARCHER; ROSEBANK; ROWANBANK; SEA WOLF; SEA-LAND ACHIEVER; SEA-LAND DEFENDER; SEA-LAND ENTERPRISE; SEA-LAND TRADER; SEALIFT ATLANTIC; SEDCO/BP 471; SHIN KASHU MARU; STAR HONG KONG; SURVEYOR; TAI HE; WHITING; US DOC; NOAA; NOS - Rockville, MD; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN CLIMATE STUDIES (EPOCS); SUBTROPICAL ATLANTIC CLIMATE STUDY (STACS); UNKNOWN; North Atlantic Ocean; North Pacific Ocean; South Atlantic Ocean; South Pacific Ocean; oceanography; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN; Pacific; North Atlantic
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Temperature profile data were collected using XBT and BT casts from the NOAA Ship RESEARCHER and other platforms in the North/South Atlantic Ocean and North/South Pacific Ocean from 20 May 1987 to 19 April 1992. Data were collected by the National Ocean Service (NOS) with support from 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. 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 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.