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Title: Temperature profiles from expendable bathythermograph (XBT) casts from the KNORR in the North Atlantic Ocean in support of the Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) from 1970-07-22 to 1975-01-28 (NCEI Accession 7500207)
Abstract: XBT data were collected from the KNORR in support of the Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS). Data were collected by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) from 22 July 1970 to 28 January 1975. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format.

The UBT file format is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles at depths of about 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. Cruise information, position, date, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT data file, in which temperature values are recorded at uniform 5m intervals, the XBT Data File contains temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths are at a minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to record the temperature curve to an acceptable degree of accuracy. On output, however, the user may request temperature values either at inflection points or interpolated to uniform depth increments.
Date received: 19750402
Start date: 19700722
End date: 19750128
Seanames:
West boundary: -72.05
East boundary: -68.8
North boundary: 40.6
South boundary: 36.75
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Submitting institution: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Number of observations: 202
Supplementary information: Note: Preliminary 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).

To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Metadata were updated in August of 2007.

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Contact info:
Agency: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE
PI: N/A
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: WOODS HOLE
state: MA
postal: 02543
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19750402
Metadata version: 8
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:21:02+00
Editdate: 2022-08-30 04:31:25+00