Temperature profile data collected using BT and XBT casts in the North/South Atlantic Ocean and North/South Pacific Ocean from the NOAA Ship MALCOLM BALDRIDGE and other platforms from 22 July 1991 to 03 September 1992 (NODC Accession 9300011)

• 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; 9300011; water depth; WATER TEMPERATURE; bathythermograph - BT; bathythermograph - XBT; physical; profile; AMERICA STAR; CHAPMAN; CHEVRON CALIFORNIA; CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI; COLUMBUS OHIO; COLUMBUS VICTORIA; COLUMBUS VIRGINIA; COLUMBUS WELLINGTON; GOLDENSARI INDAH; HORIZON NAVIGATOR; MALCOLM BALDRIGE; MCARTHUR; MICRONESIAN COMMERCE; MICRONESIAN INDEPENDANCE; MOANA WAVE; NEDLLOYD MADRAS; NEDLLOYD MANILA; NEDLLOYD VAN NOORT; OLYMPIA; PACDUCHESS; PACKING; PACPRINCE; POLYNESIA; ROSEBANK; SEA-LAND ACHIEVER; SEA-LAND DEFENDER; SEA-LAND ENTERPRISE; SEA-LAND PACIFIC; SEA-LAND TRADER; SEDCO/BP 471; SHIN KASHU MARU; SKAUBRYN; SKAUGRAN; TAI HE; VIDAL; W. E RICKER; WHITING; US DOC; NOAA; NOS - Rockville, MD; UNKNOWN; North Atlantic Ocean; North Pacific Ocean; South Atlantic Ocean; South Pacific Ocean; oceanography; McArthur; Pacific; North Atlantic
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Temperature profile data were collected using XBT and BT casts from the NOAA Ship MALCOLM BALDRIDGE and other platforms in the North/South Atlantic Ocean and North/South Pacific Ocean from 22 July 1991 to 03 September 1992. Data were collected by the National Ocean Service (NOS). 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.