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OAS accession Detail for 8700162
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| Title: | Temperature profile and water depth data collected from OCEANUS in the NW Atlantic (limit-40 W) from 1984-03-16 to 1984-03-19 (NCEI Accession 8700162) |
| Abstract: | Temperature profile and water depth data were collected using BT and XBT from the OCEANUS in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Data were collected from 16 March 1984 to 19 March 1984 by the US Geological Survey (USGS) at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (XBT) (C116) format. 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. |
| Date received: | 19870417 |
| Start date: | 19840316 |
| End date: | 19840319 |
| Seanames: | North Atlantic Ocean |
| West boundary: | -70.07 |
| East boundary: | -68.5 |
| North boundary: | 40.5 |
| South boundary: | 39.8 |
| Observation types: | physical, profile |
| Instrument types: | bathythermograph - BT, bathythermograph - XBT |
| Datatypes: | water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE |
| Submitter: | Butman, Dr. Bradford |
| Submitting institution: | US DOI; US Geological Survey; Woods Hole Science Center |
| Collecting institutions: | US DOI; US Geological Survey; Woods Hole Science Center |
| Contributing projects: | |
| Platforms: | OCEANUS (32OC) |
| Number of observations: | 36 |
| Supplementary 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: US DOI; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - WOODS HOLE PI: N/A Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: WOODS HOLE state: MA postal: NOT AVAILABLE country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19870417 |
| Metadata version: | 4 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:37:46+00 |
| Editdate: | 2023-02-12 18:39:22+00 |