WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from USS GALLERY in the NW Atlantic from 1991-12-15 to 1991-12-20 (NODC Accession 9200009)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2016
• 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; 9200009; water depth; WATER TEMPERATURE; bathythermograph - BT; bathythermograph - XBT; physical; profile; USS GALLERY; US Navy; Ships of Opportunity; UNKNOWN; NW Atlantic (limit-40 W); oceanography; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE; BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS; XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/{6E732E56-78B2-4A37-A38E-D8D251F0178D}

The data in this accession were collected in NW Atlantic (limit-40 W) from USS GALLERY between December 15, 1991 to December 20, 1991. The real time data of water temperature at varying depth bathythermograph (XBT) was recorded in stripcharts by the US Navy. Eleven stripcharts and radio logs were submitted to NODC. The XBT data from these stripcharts have been digitized and are present in the current NODC data storage system in C116 file format. The data type C116 contained 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. 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.