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Title: Real-Time XBT data assembled by US NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) and submitted 2018-02-19 to 2018-02-25 (NCEI Accession 0170825)
Abstract: These data represent data collected from the Shipboard Environmental (data) Acquisition System (SEAS), a program developed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide accurate meteorological and oceanographic data in real time from ships at sea through the use of satellite data transmission techniques. The system transmits data through either the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) or the International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT C) satellites to NOAA for use in weather, climatological and ocean models. NOAA is actively participating in an international effort to increase the number of subsurface temperature observations in support of global oceanographic and climate studies. NOAA's Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) program, SEAS, currently supports about 80 Voluntary Observing Ships (VOS). SEAS XBT data are archived by the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) on a weekly basis.
Date received: 20180225
Start date: 20170612
End date: 20180225
Seanames: Caribbean Sea, Coastal Waters of Florida, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Strait of Gibraltar
West boundary: 139.715
East boundary: 19.166
North boundary: 40.67
South boundary: -35.494
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - XBT
Datatypes: DEPTH - SENSOR, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Chinn, Paul
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Contributing projects: SEAS
Platforms: Almirante Saboia (14AH), Apa (14AP), Cap Pasado (AGST), CMA CGM AMBER (74XO), Global Leader (BHPI), HORIZON ENTERPRISE (33HO), Maersk Lome (MHYZ), Maersk Vilnius (SIMV), Tranquil Ace (CISE), Undarum (CYFX)
Number of observations: 1239
Supplementary information: These data are processed and incorporated into the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) database.

NCEI has determined that the name of the platform "NDCC Alte. Saboia" as documented in the data files is incorrect. The data files document the platform name as "NDCC Alte. Saboia" whilst NCEI has determined the correct platform name is "Almirante Saboia".
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Metadata version: 3
Keydate: 2018-02-26 13:47:22+00
Editdate: 2024-08-27 13:44:49+00