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Title: Water temperature profile data from XBT casts in the Atlantic Ocean and adjoining waters as part of the High Resolution XBT Network from 10 Oct 2002 to 22 Sept 2012 (NODC Accession 0111678)
Abstract:
Date received: 20130802
Start date: 20021010
End date: 20120922
Seanames: Ligurian Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, Tyrrhenian Sea
West boundary: -62.004
East boundary: 18.119
North boundary: 63.404
South boundary: -57.535
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - XBT
Datatypes: DEPTH - BOTTOM, DYNAMIC HEIGHT, HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE, Potential temperature (theta), SALINITY, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Baringer, Dr. Molly O.
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Contributing projects: GTSPP, SEAS, SOOP
Platforms: Almirante Saboia (14AH), EXCELSIOR (48EX), Greenhalgh (14GR), Marion Dufresne (35MV), NUKA ARCTICA (26NA), REYKJAFOSS (AGRY), Roger Revelle (33RR), Ronald H. Brown (33RO)
Number of observations: 806
Supplementary information: The last nine casts (133 - 141) for cruise ID AX250308 contain inaccurate longitude values. However, they match up with the cruise tracks in the cruise report if the sign is switched to a positive value.

Cruise Report Link:
http://cdiac.ornl.gov/ftp/oceans/CLIVAR/A12_35MF20080207/35MF20080207_Cruise_Report.pdf
Availability date:
Metadata version: 3
Keydate: 2013-08-02 18:03:54+00
Editdate: 2014-02-24 21:31:09+00