Oceanographic XBT Data Device Location for Joint USGS Cruise 03008 and NOAA RB0303

• Main Authors: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2004
• Subjects: USGS; CMGP; NOAA; Expendable Bathythermograph; XBT; Sippican MK-12 XBT; ocean temperature; locations; point shapefile; USGS Cruise 03008; NOAA Cruise RB0303; oceans; location; North America; North Atlantic Ocean; Puerto Rico; US Possessions; US Caribbean Island; Atlantic Ocean; Caribbean Sea; Puerto Rico Trench; U.S. Geological Survey; Coastal and Marine Geology Program; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/1f215fbb-da8b-4abd-95c5-b13778553bc5

"The Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) has been used by oceanographers for many years to obtain information on the temperature structure of the ocean to depths of up to 1500 meters. The XBT... is a probe which is dropped from a ship and measures the temperature as it falls through the water. Tw...