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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 processed 2024-01-29 - 2024-02-04 (NCEI Accession 0289342)
Abstract: This dataset represents 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: 20240206
Start date: 20230126
End date: 20240205
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West boundary: -120
East boundary: 55.75
North boundary: 42.828
South boundary: -34.197
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Submitter: Bringas, Francis
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
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Number of observations: 464
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 "NF Graca Aranha" as documented in the data files is incorrect. The data files document the platform name as "NF Graca Aranha" whilst NCEI has determined the correct platform name is "Almirante Graca Aranha".
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Metadata version: 2
Keydate: 2024-02-16 09:45:44+00
Editdate: 2024-02-21 18:32:16+00