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Temperature profile data collected using XBTs from the ALSTER EXPRESS and other platforms from the Pacific Ocean during the International Decade of Ocean Exploration / North Pacific Experiment (IDOE/NORPAX) project, 1980-01-15 to 1982-12-31 (NCEI Accession 8500054)

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Temperature profile data were collected using bathythermograph (BT/XBT) casts from ALSTER EXPRESS and other platforms in the Pacific Ocean from January 15, 1980 to December 31, 1982. Data were submitted by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity as part of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration / North Pacific Experiment (IDOE/NORPAX) project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format.

The UBT 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.

Dataset Citation

Cite as: Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2003). Temperature profile data collected using XBTs from the ALSTER EXPRESS and other platforms from the Pacific Ocean during the International Decade of Ocean Exploration / North Pacific Experiment (IDOE/NORPAX) project, 1980-01-15 to 1982-12-31 (NCEI Accession 8500054). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/8500054. Accessed [date].

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gov.noaa.nodc:8500054

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Distribution Formats	C116 File Specification: NODC Bathythermograph Output Format (XBT) C125 File Specification: NODC Bathythermograph Format XBT Selected Depths (SBT)
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Time Period	1980-01-15 to 1982-12-31
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates	West: 119.73 East: -87.5 South: -20 North: 58.27
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Associated Resources	US National Oceanographic Data Center (2023). NODC Standard Product: Documentation for NODC Standard File Formats and Related Codes, 1960 - 1996 (NCEI Accession 0189890). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890 documentation

Publication Dates	publication: 2003-10-24 revision: 2023-02-10
Data Presentation Form	Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status	Complete - production of the data has been completed Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency	As needed - NCEI Accession 8500054 was revised and a new version of the archival package was published. Updates to existing archival packages may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. The latest version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession. Please see journal.txt in the /about directory for additional details on changes made.
Supplemental Information	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 data set include: Contact info: Agency: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY PI: N/A Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: LA JOLLA state: CA postal: 92093-0955 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: US NAVY; SHIPS OF OPPORTUNITY Address: address: 4640 JEWEL ST., 204 city: SAN DIEGO state: CA postal: 92109-31331 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER Address:
Purpose	This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
Use Limitations	accessLevel: Public Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives.

Dataset Citation	Cite as: Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2003). Temperature profile data collected using XBTs from the ALSTER EXPRESS and other platforms from the Pacific Ocean during the International Decade of Ocean Exploration / North Pacific Experiment (IDOE/NORPAX) project, 1980-01-15 to 1982-12-31 (NCEI Accession 8500054). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/8500054. Accessed [date].
Cited Authors	Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Contributors	US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) US Navy; Ships of Opportunity Unknown - France University of California San Diego; Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
Resource Providers	University of California San Diego; Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
Publishers	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Theme keywords	NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS water depth WATER TEMPERATURE NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS physical profile WMO_CategoryCode oceanography Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE
Data Center keywords	NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS University of California San Diego; Scripps Institution of Oceanography Unknown - France US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center US Navy; Ships of Opportunity NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS University of California San Diego; Scripps Institution of Oceanography Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Platform keywords	NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS ALASKA MARU ALSTER EXPRESS AMERICA MARU AMERICAN VETERAN ASIA MARU AUSTRAL LIGHTNING AUSTRAL MOON AUSTRAL RAINBOW BUNKER HILL BUNPUKU MARU CHEVRON ARIZONA CHEVRON CALIFORNIA CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI DAPHNE ELBE EXPRESS EURO FREIGHTER GLORIOUS ACE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE HAKONE MARU HAKUSAN MARU HARUNA MARU HIEI MARU HIKAWA MARU HIRA MARU HOTAKA MARU JAPAN ACE KASHU MARU MARCONA EXPORTER MOSEL EXPRESS PACIFIC ARROW PACIFIC SUNSHINE PRESIDENT FILLMORE PRESIDENT MCKINLEY PRESIDENT VAN BUREN QUEENS WAY BRIDGE SEATRAIN CHESAPEAKE SEATRAIN INDEPENDENCE SEATRAIN LEXINGTON SEATRAIN ORISKANY SEATRAIN TRENTON SEATRAIN YORKTOWN SHIN KASHU MARU UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF FRANCE UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF JAPAN UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED STATES WESER EXPRESS YAMASHIN MARU ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes ALASKA MARU (ICES code: 49BG) ALSTER EXPRESS (ICES code: 06AB) AMERICA MARU (ICES code: 49M8) AMERICAN VETERAN (call sign: WEZT, ICES code: 32QP) ASIA MARU (ICES code: 49B2) AUSTRAL LIGHTNING (ICES code: 323L) AUSTRAL MOON (ICES code: 32UM) AUSTRAL RAINBOW (call sign: WEZP, ICES code: 32UR) BUNKER HILL (ICES code: 74BX) BUNPUKU MARU (ICES code: 49BA) CHEVRON ARIZONA (call sign: KGBE, ICES code: 32QI) CHEVRON CALIFORNIA (ICES code: 32CC) CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI (call sign: WXBR, ICES code: 32CM) DAPHNE (ICES code: SIDA) ELBE EXPRESS (ICES code: 06E3) EURO FREIGHTER (ICES code: 74EC) GLORIOUS ACE (call sign: JJFS, ICES code: 49BQ) GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE (ICES code: 49GG) HAKONE MARU (ICES code: 49H8) HAKUSAN MARU (ICES code: 49NK) HARUNA MARU (ICES code: 49H9) HIEI MARU (ICES code: 49HV) HIKAWA MARU (ICES code: 49BI) HIRA MARU (ICES code: 49BJ) HOTAKA MARU (ICES code: 49BK) JAPAN ACE (ICES code: 49JP) KASHU MARU (ICES code: 49CB) MARCONA EXPORTER (ICES code: 32EX) MOSEL EXPRESS (ICES code: 06MX) PACIFIC ARROW (ICES code: 32F6) PACIFIC SUNSHINE (ICES code: 32IJ) PRESIDENT FILLMORE (ICES code: 32F3) PRESIDENT MCKINLEY (ICES code: 32PM) PRESIDENT VAN BUREN (ICES code: 32PV) QUEENS WAY BRIDGE (ICES code: 32QN) SEATRAIN CHESAPEAKE (ICES code: 54SC) SEATRAIN INDEPENDENCE (ICES code: 54SI) SEATRAIN LEXINGTON (ICES code: 32QJ) SEATRAIN ORISKANY (ICES code: 54SO) SEATRAIN TRENTON (ICES code: SIST) SEATRAIN YORKTOWN (ICES code: 54SY) SHIN KASHU MARU (ICES code: 49CC) WESER EXPRESS (ICES code: 06WD) YAMASHIN MARU (ICES code: 49YR)
Instrument keywords	NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs
Place keywords	NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Bering Sea East China Sea (Tung Hai) Gulf of Alaska North Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea Sea of Okhotsk South China Sea (Nan Hai) South Pacific Ocean Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF OKHOTSK OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > EAST CHINA SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA
Project keywords	NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS INTERNATIONAL DECADE OF OCEAN EXPLORATION / North Pacific Experiment (IDOE/NORPAX) Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords IDOE > International Decade of Ocean Exploration
Keywords	NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 8500054

Use Constraints	Cite as: Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2003). Temperature profile data collected using XBTs from the ALSTER EXPRESS and other platforms from the Pacific Ocean during the International Decade of Ocean Exploration / North Pacific Experiment (IDOE/NORPAX) project, 1980-01-15 to 1982-12-31 (NCEI Accession 8500054). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/8500054. Accessed [date].
Access Constraints	Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
Fees	In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. However, fees may apply for custom orders, data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media.

Lineage information for: dataset
Processing Steps	2003-10-24T17:35:06Z - NCEI Accession 8500054 v1.1 was published. 2023-02-10T21:25:26Z - NCEI Accession 8500054 was revised and v1.2 was published. Rationale: Additional metadata files were received or created for this dataset. These updates were copied into the about/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession.
Output Datasets	NCEI Accession 8500054 v1.1 NCEI Accession 8500054 v1.1 (download) published 2003-10-24T17:35:06Z NCEI Accession 8500054 v1.2 NCEI Accession 8500054 v1.2 (download) published 2023-02-10T21:25:26Z

Lineage information for: dataset

Processing Steps

2003-10-24T17:35:06Z - NCEI Accession 8500054 v1.1 was published.
2023-02-10T21:25:26Z - NCEI Accession 8500054 was revised and v1.2 was published.
Rationale: Additional metadata files were received or created for this dataset. These updates were copied into the about/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession.

Output Datasets

NCEI Accession 8500054 v1.1
- NCEI Accession 8500054 v1.1 (download)
  published 2003-10-24T17:35:06Z

NCEI Accession 8500054 v1.2
- NCEI Accession 8500054 v1.2 (download)
  published 2023-02-10T21:25:26Z

Lineage information for: repository
Processing Steps	2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.

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Processing Steps

2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.

Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument	bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT
Platform	ALASKA MARU ALSTER EXPRESS AMERICA MARU AMERICAN VETERAN ASIA MARU AUSTRAL LIGHTNING AUSTRAL MOON AUSTRAL RAINBOW BUNKER HILL BUNPUKU MARU CHEVRON ARIZONA CHEVRON CALIFORNIA CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI DAPHNE ELBE EXPRESS EURO FREIGHTER GLORIOUS ACE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE HAKONE MARU HAKUSAN MARU HARUNA MARU HIEI MARU HIKAWA MARU HIRA MARU HOTAKA MARU JAPAN ACE KASHU MARU MARCONA EXPORTER MOSEL EXPRESS PACIFIC ARROW PACIFIC SUNSHINE PRESIDENT FILLMORE PRESIDENT MCKINLEY PRESIDENT VAN BUREN QUEENS WAY BRIDGE SEATRAIN CHESAPEAKE SEATRAIN INDEPENDENCE SEATRAIN LEXINGTON SEATRAIN ORISKANY SEATRAIN TRENTON SEATRAIN YORKTOWN SHIN KASHU MARU UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF FRANCE UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF JAPAN UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED STATES WESER EXPRESS YAMASHIN MARU

Acquisition Information (collection)

Instrument

bathythermograph - BT
bathythermograph - XBT

Platform

ALASKA MARU
ALSTER EXPRESS
AMERICA MARU
AMERICAN VETERAN
ASIA MARU
AUSTRAL LIGHTNING
AUSTRAL MOON
AUSTRAL RAINBOW
BUNKER HILL
BUNPUKU MARU
CHEVRON ARIZONA
CHEVRON CALIFORNIA
CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI
DAPHNE
ELBE EXPRESS
EURO FREIGHTER
GLORIOUS ACE
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
HAKONE MARU
HAKUSAN MARU
HARUNA MARU
HIEI MARU
HIKAWA MARU
HIRA MARU
HOTAKA MARU
JAPAN ACE
KASHU MARU
MARCONA EXPORTER
MOSEL EXPRESS
PACIFIC ARROW
PACIFIC SUNSHINE
PRESIDENT FILLMORE
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY
PRESIDENT VAN BUREN
QUEENS WAY BRIDGE
SEATRAIN CHESAPEAKE
SEATRAIN INDEPENDENCE
SEATRAIN LEXINGTON
SEATRAIN ORISKANY
SEATRAIN TRENTON
SEATRAIN YORKTOWN
SHIN KASHU MARU
UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF FRANCE
UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF JAPAN
UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED STATES
WESER EXPRESS
YAMASHIN MARU

Last Modified: 2025-03-31T20:36:54Z
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Temperature profile data collected using XBTs from the ALSTER EXPRESS and other platforms from the Pacific Ocean during the International Decade of Ocean Exploration / North Pacific Experiment (IDOE/NORPAX) project, 1980-01-15 to 1982-12-31 (NCEI Accession 8500054)

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