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Title: Delayed XBT data collected by Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP), dates range from 3/27/1996 - 11/28/1999 (NODC Accession 0000155)
Abstract: Temperature profiles were collected from High Density XBT AX07 lines from Ships TOLUCA, TMM MORELOS, and MITLA from the North Atlantic Oceans from 27 March 1996 to 28 November 1999. Data were collected by the Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) in support of the Global Temperature-Salinity Pilot Project (GTSPP), and the SOT SOOP.
Date received: 20000525
Start date: 19960327
End date: 19991128
Seanames: North Atlantic Ocean
West boundary: -80.032
East boundary: -5.308
North boundary: 36.037
South boundary: 25.763
Observation types: physical, profile, time series
Instrument types: bathythermograph - XBT
Datatypes: 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, SOOP, WOCE
Platforms: MITLA (57MT), TMM MORELOS (64ML), TOLUCA (PATL)
Number of observations: 799
Supplementary information: The high density XBT data for 1996, 1998 and 1999 were ftp's from AOML's public anonymous ftp site, ftp.aoml.noaa.gov.

Each "Cruise" is kept in a directory labelled
"MMMYY" where MMM=month and YY=year (eg. May 1996 = may96)

The files are in SEAS format.
The file names are:
ax7MMYY.XXX
where MM=integer month
YY=year-1900
XXX=XBT number.

Further information can be found from AOML's web site at
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/hdenxbt/
Availability date:
Metadata version: 6
Keydate: 2001-04-16 04:00:00+00
Editdate: 2011-09-09 19:27:46+00