Temperature profile data collected using XBT and BT casts from the NOAA Ship RESEARCHER and VIRGINIA KEY in the North Atlantic Ocean from 06 October 1976 to 08 December 1981 (NODC Accession 8200063)

• 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; 8200063; water depth; WATER TEMPERATURE; bathythermograph - BT; bathythermograph - XBT; physical; profile; RESEARCHER; VIRGINIA KEY; US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory; North Atlantic Ocean; oceanography; North Atlantic
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Temperature profile data were collected using XBT and BT casts from the NOAA Ship RESEARCHER and VIRGINIA KEY in the North Atlantic Ocean from 06 October 1976 to 08 December 1981. Data were collected by the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) in Miami, Florida. 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.