Ocean station, selected depth bathythermograph (SBT) data from AGS NO 1, AGS NO 2, and others in the East China Sea, Indian Ocean, and others from 1963-11-27 to 1982-06-05 (NCEI Accession 8300131)

This dataset includes ocean station, selected depth bathythermograph (SBT) data from AGS NO 1, AGS NO 2, AGS NO 3, AGS NO 4, AGS NO 5, AMAGI MARU, ASAMA MARU, ASHU MARU, ASHU MARU NO 2, AZUMA MARU, CHIBA-MARU NO. 2, CHISHIO MARU, CHOFU MARU, EBISU MARU NO. 1, F/V Kagoshima Maru, FUJI, FUKUI MARU, FUTAMI, GENKAI MARU, HAKUSAN MARU, HAYACHINE MARU, HAYASUI MARU, HAYATE, HEIAN-MARU, HIDEHIKO, HIROTA MARU, HISHO, HOKKO MARU, ITSUKI MARU, IWAKI-MARU, KAGAMI MARU, KAIHO-MARU, KAIYO-MARU, KII MARU, KITAKAMI-MARU, KIYO, KOFU MARU, KOMAHASHI, KORYO NO. 5, KOSHIJI MARU, KOTAKA MARU, KOYO-MARU, KUROKAMI-MARU, KUROSHIO MARU, KUSHI MARU, KYOEI MARU, MIKURA, MISAGO, MITO MARU, MIYAKO MARU, MIZUHO MARU, MOGAMI-MARU, MYOJIN MARU, NANAO-MARU, OJIKA, OKAYAMA MARU, OTOMARI, REISUI MARU, RYOFU MARU, SADO, SASAGAKE MARU, SATSUMA, SATSUNAN, SEIFU MARU, SENSHU MARU, SHIMANE MARU, SHINANO, SHINHAYABUSA MARU, SHINNAN-MARU, SHINTAJIMA MARU, SHIRATORI MARU, SHONAN MARU, SHOYO, SHOYO MARU, SHUMPU MARU, SHUNYO MARU, SOYO-MARU, SURUGA MARU, TACHIBANA MARU, TAKO MARU, TAKUYO, TAMAJIMA MARU, TANKAI-MARU, TANSHU MARU, TATEYAMA-MARU, TENYO, TOKIWA MARU, TOKUSHIMA MARU, TONAN-MARU, TOO MARU, TOSA, TOTTORI-MARU, TSUKUSHI, TSURU MARU, UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF JAPAN, USS Forest Sherman, WAKATAKA MARU, YAHIKO, YOKO-MARU, YOSHU MARU, YUSHIO MARU, ZUIHO, and ZUOI MARU in the East China Sea, Indian Ocean, Japan Sea, Laccadive Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Philippine Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Seto Naikai, South China Sea, South Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Yellow Sea from 1963-11-27 to 1982-06-05.

Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Ocean Station (C100) and Selected Depth Bathythermograph (SBT) (C125) formats.

The Oceanographic Station Data (C100) format contains physical-chemical oceanographic data recorded at discrete depth levels. Most of the observations were made using multi-bottle Nansen casts or other types of water samplers. A small amount (about 5 percent) were obtained using electronic CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) or STD (salinity-temperature-depth) recorders. The CTD/STD data were reported to NODC at depth levels equivalent to Nansen cast data, however, and have been processed and stored the same as the Nansen data. Cruise information (e.g., ship, country, institution), position, date, and time, and reported for each station. The principal measured parameters and temperature and salinity, but dissolved oxygen, phosphate, total phosphorus, silicate, nitrate, nitrite, and pH may be reported. Meteorological conditions at the time of the cast (e.g., air temperature and pressure, wind, waves) may also be reported, as well as auxiliary data such as water color (Forel-Ule scale), water transparency (Secchi disk depth), and depth to bottom. Values of density (sigma-t) sound velocity, and dynamic depth anomaly are computed from measured parameters. Each station contains the measurements taken at the observed depth levels, but also includes data values interpolated to a set of standard depth levels.

The UBT (C125) format contains temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Cruise information, position, date and time were reported for each observation. The data records are comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. Depths are selected by the originator - usually at standard horizons or some fixed interval. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of either 450 or 760 m. Special instruments permitted measurements to be obtained to 1830 m.

Tags: oceanography
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