Bathythermograph (MBT) data from DOLPHIN, HIDALGO, and others in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and North Atlantic Ocean from 1962-05-09 to 1969-05-06 (NCEI Accession 6900760)
This dataset includes bathythermograph (MBT) data from DOLPHIN, HIDALGO, L/S AMBROSE, L/S BARNEGAT, L/S BOSTON, L/S CHESAPEAKE, L/S DELAWARE, L/S FIVE FATHOM BANK, L/S NANTUCKET, L/S PORTLAND, and USNS CHAIN in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and North Atlantic Ocean from 1962-05-09 to 1969-05-06.
Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (MBT) (C128) format.
The C128 format is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using the mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument. The maximum depth of MBT observations is approximately 285 m. Therefore, MBT data are useful only in studying the thermal structure of the upper layers of the ocean. Cruise information, date, position, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Temperature data in this file are recorded at uniform 5 m depth intervals.
Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (MBT) (C128) format.
The C128 format is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using the mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument. The maximum depth of MBT observations is approximately 285 m. Therefore, MBT data are useful only in studying the thermal structure of the upper layers of the ocean. Cruise information, date, position, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Temperature data in this file are recorded at uniform 5 m depth intervals.
Dataset Citation
- Cite as: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (2003). Bathythermograph (MBT) data from DOLPHIN, HIDALGO, and others in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and North Atlantic Ocean from 1962-05-09 to 1969-05-06 (NCEI Accession 6900760). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/6900760. Accessed [date].
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| Time Period | 1962-05-09 to 1969-05-06 |
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West: -90.75
East: -62.72
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North: 43.52
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| Supplemental Information | The publication listed below is related to the data collection and is available from the NOAA Central Library: Oceanographic observations along the east coast of the United States, January-December, 1969. Washington, D.C. : United States Coast Guard, Oceanographic Unit, 1971. Note: Metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). Principal Investigator (PI) and organization contact information accurately represents all available information from the legacy database at the time that this description was created. However, proper attribution of a PI to a specific institution or the role (submitting or collecting) taken by an institution may not be correct due to inexact mapping between fields in the legacy database and the CSDGM. Due to this uncertainty, the contact information was initially recorded in the Supplemental Information element of the CSDGM description. To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Points of contact for this dataset include: Contact info: Agency: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE PI: N/A Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: WOODS HOLE state: MA postal: 02543 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: US COAST GUARD Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: GROTON state: CT postal: 06340 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE - WASHINGTON DC PI: 196 Address: address: 1335 EAST WEST HIGHWAY city: SILVER SPRING state: MD postal: 20910 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: COLLEGE STATION state: TX postal: 77843-3146 country: UNITED STATES |
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