Temperature profile data collected using XBTs from the LEXA MAERSK and other platforms from the Pacific Ocean during the Thermal Structure Monitoring Program in the Pacific (TRANSPAC) project, 11 December 1987 to 05 September 1988 (NODC Accession 8800267)

• 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; 8800267; water depth; WATER TEMPERATURE; bathythermograph - BT; bathythermograph - XBT; physical; profile; ALASKA MARU; AMERICA MARU; CHEVRON CALIFORNIA; CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI; HAKONE MARU; HIDAKA MARU; HIKAWA II; HIYOSHI MARU; HYUGA-MARU; JAPAN TUNA NO. 2; LARS MAERSK; LEXA MAERSK; MCKINNEY MAERSK; MT. CABRITE; SANTA LUCIA; SEA-LAND TRADER; SEAL ISLAND; TOKYO MARU; YAMASHIN MARU; University of California - San Diego; Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Thermal Structure Monitoring Program in the Pacific (TRANSPAC); North Pacific Ocean; oceanography; Pacific; Scripps; Alaska; Seal Island
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Temperature profile data were collected using bathythermograph (BT/XBT) casts from LEXA MAERSK and other platforms in the Pacific Ocean from December 11, 1987 to September 5, 1988. Data were submitted by Scripps Institution of Oceanography as part of the Thermal Structure Monitoring Program in the Pacific (TRANSPAC) project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format. Full BT descriptions are available at http://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 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.