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Title: Temperature profiles from expendable bathythermograph (XBT) casts from the ALAMINOS in the Caribbean Sea in support of the Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) and the Cooperative Investigations of the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CIGAR) from 1971-02-18 to 1971-05-15 (NCEI Accession 7600801)
Abstract: XBT data were collected from the ALAMINOS in support of the Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) and the Cooperative Investigations of the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CIGAR). Data were collected by Texas A&M University (TAMU) from 18 February 1971 to 15 May 1971. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format.

The UBT file format is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles at depths of about 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. Cruise information, position, date, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT data file, in which temperature values are recorded at uniform 5m intervals, the XBT Data File contains temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths are at a minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to record the temperature curve to an acceptable degree of accuracy. On output, however, the user may request temperature values either at inflection points or interpolated to uniform depth increments.
Date received: 19760407
Start date: 19710218
End date: 19710515
Seanames:
West boundary: -93.42
East boundary: -67.12
North boundary: 27.93
South boundary: 10.97
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Submitting institution: Texas A&M University; College Station
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Number of observations: 54
Supplementary information: Note: Preliminary 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).

To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Metadata were updated in August of 2007.

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Contact info:
Agency: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
PI: N/A
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: COLLEGE STATION
state: TX
postal: 77843-3146
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19760407
Metadata version: 9
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:23:27+00
Editdate: 2022-09-03 12:15:47+00