Bathythermograph (XBT aircraft), bathythermograph (XBT) data from AFRICAN COMET, AIRCRAFT, and others in the Alboran Sea, Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, and others from 1969-08-05 to 1975-08-16 (NCEI Accession 7600221)

This dataset includes bathythermograph (XBT aircraft), bathythermograph (XBT) data from AFRICAN COMET, AIRCRAFT, ALEXANDER AGASSIZ, ALMEIDA CARVALHO, AMERICAN RESERVIST, ANNE, M., ANTONIA, C., C. J. ELIZABETH, CALIFORNIAN, CHERYL MARIE, CHEVRON CALIFORNIA, CHEVRON HAWAII, COLUMBUS, DUTTON, G. WILLA, GLOMAR CHALLENGER, GLOMAR EXPLORER, HAWAIIAN, HAWAIIAN ENTERPRISE, HAWAIIAN QUEEN, KATHLEEN, LUCKY STRIKE, M. KERRI, MARCONA PATHFINDER, MARCONA PROSPECTOR, MARCONA TRANSPORTER, MARSHFIELD, MOHAWK, MONTEREY, NEPTUNE, NOAA Ship OREGON, NOAA Ship Rainier, NORWALK, PACIFIC DAWN, PAN PACIFIC, PRESIDENT MCKINLEY, PRESIDENT TAFT, PRESIDENT VAN BUREN, PROUD HERITAGE, R/V Knorr, R/V Melville, R/V ROBERT D. CONRAD, SARATOGA, SEA QUEST, SEALIFT PACIFIC, THERESA ANN, TYPHOON, USCGC Jarvis, USNS BARTLETT, USNS Thomas Washington, USS AINSWORTH, USS ALBANY, USS BLANDY, USS Barry, USS Bigelow, USS CAPODANNO, USS CONNOLE, USS Corry, USS E. A. GREENE, USS E. MCDONNELL, USS GARCIA, USS GRIDLEY, USS H. B. WILSON, USS HEPBURN, USS HULL, USS Hammerberg, USS Harold J. Ellison, USS Harry E. Yarnell, USS JOUETT, USS KIRK, USS MEYERKORD, USS Miller, USS Mullinnix, USS Norfolk, USS OZBOURN, USS R. E. BYRD, USS REASONER, USS Richard E. Kraus, USS SARATOGA, USS Somers, USS WADDELL, VICTORIA, and WYMAN in the Alboran Sea, Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Arabian Sea, Barents Sea, Bay of Bengal, Bering Sea, Bismarck Sea, Caribbean Sea, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Coral Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Thailand, Indian Ocean, Laccadive Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Norwegian Sea, Philippine Sea, Solomon Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea, South Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Tasman Sea from 1969-08-05 to 1975-08-16.

Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (XBT Aircraft) (C118) and Bathythermograph (XBT) (C116) formats.

The C116/C118 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 record was comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT Data File, in which temperature values were recorded at uniform 5 m intervals, the XBT data files contained temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths were recorded at the minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to accurately define the temperature curve. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of either 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. Prior to July 1994, XBT data were routinely processed to one of these standard types. XBT data are now processed and loaded directly in to the NODC Ocean Profile Data Base (OPDB). Historic data from these two data types were loaded into the OPDB.

The C116/C118 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 record was comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT Data File, in which temperature values were recorded at uniform 5 m intervals, the XBT data files contained temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths were recorded at the minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to accurately define the temperature curve. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of either 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. Prior to July 1994, XBT data were routinely processed to one of these standard types. XBT data are now processed and loaded directly in to the NODC Ocean Profile Data Base (OPDB). Historic data from these two data types were loaded into the OPDB.

Tags: oceanography
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce