Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS EDMONDS and Other Platforms in the North Pacific Ocean in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 20 April 1962 to 02 November 1968 (NODC Accession 6900288)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2013
• 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; 6900288; DEPTH - OBSERVATION; WATER TEMPERATURE; bathythermograph - MBT; physical; profile; ASTERION; BRANNON; DALE; DIACHENKO; ENDURANCE; EPPERSON; EVANS; EVERSOLE; FORSTER; SWAN; USS BRIDGET; USS DURANT; USS EDMONDS; USS EDSON; USS EMBATTLE; USS ENERGY; USS ENGAGE; USS ESTEEM; USS EXCEL; USS FECHTELER; USS FINCH; USS FLETCHER; USS FRANK E. EVANS; USS RICHARD B. ANDERSON; USS THEODORE E. CHANDLER; University of Southern California; Hancock Foundation; US Navy; Ships of Opportunity; Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD); UNKNOWN; Bering Sea; East China Sea (Tung Hai); Gulf of Thailand; North Pacific Ocean; Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary; Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument; Philippine Sea; Sea of Japan; Sea of Okhotsk; South China Sea (Nan Hai); Sulu Sea; oceanography; Okhotsk; Pacific; Theodore; Chandler; Finch
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MBT data were collected from the USS EDMONDS and Other Platforms in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project. Data were collected by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity and other institutions from 20 April 1962 to 02 November 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.