XBT and CTD pairs dataset Version 1

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
• Subjects: XBT; Expendable Bathythermograph; CTD; XBT Fall rate; XBT Temperature bias; Climate change processes; Climate change science; EARTH SCIENCES; Physical oceanography; Oceanography; Antarc*; Antarctic; Australian Antarctic Division
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4225/08/52AE99A4663B1; https://researchdata.edu.au/xbt-ctd-pairs-version-1/444338; https://data.csiro.au/collection/csiro:7833; http://hdl.handle.net/102.100.100/13797?index=1

The XBT/CTD pairs dataset (Version 1) is the dataset used to calculate the historical XBT fall rate and temperature corrections presented in Cowley, R., Wijffels, S., Cheng, L., Boyer, T., and Kizu, S. (2013). Biases in Expendable Bathythermograph Data: A New View Based on Historical Side-by-Side Comparisons. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 30, 1195–1225, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00127.1. \nhttp://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00127.1\n\n4,115 pairs from 114 datasets were used to derive the fall rate and temperature corrections. Each dataset contains the scientifically quality controlled version and (where available) the originator's data. The XBT/CTD pairs are identified in the document 'XBT_CTDpairs_metadata_V1.csv'.\nNote that future versions of the XBT/CTD pairs database may supersede this version. Please check more recent versions for updates to individual datasets.\nLineage: Data is sourced from the World Ocean Database, NOAA, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH), Hamburg, Germany, Australian Antarctic Division.\nOriginal and raw data files are included where available. Quality controlled datasets follow the procedure of Bailey, R., Gronell, A., Phillips, H., Tanner, E., and Meyers, G. (1994). Quality control cookbook for XBT data, Version 1.1. CSIRO Marine Laboratories Reports, 221.\nQuality controlled data is in the 'MQNC' format used at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research. The MQNC format is described in the document 'XBT_CTDpairs_descriptionV1.pdf'.\nNote that future versions of the XBT/CTD pairs database may supersede this version. Please check more recent versions for updates to individual datasets.