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OAS accession Detail for 7800094
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| Title: | Temperature profiles from expendable bathythermograph (XBT) casts from the VIRGINIA KEY in the Gulf of Mexico in support of the Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) project from 1977-11-18 to 1977-12-01 (NCEI Accession 7800094) |
| Abstract: | XBT data were collected from the VIRGINIA KEY in support of the Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) project. Data were collected by the Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) from 18 November 1977 to 01 December 1977. 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: | 19780223 |
| Start date: | 19771118 |
| End date: | 19771201 |
| Seanames: | Gulf of Mexico |
| West boundary: | -88 |
| East boundary: | -88 |
| North boundary: | 29 |
| South boundary: | 29 |
| Observation types: | physical, profile |
| Instrument types: | bathythermograph - XBT |
| Datatypes: | DEPTH - OBSERVATION, WATER TEMPERATURE |
| Submitter: | |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |
| Collecting institutions: | US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |
| Contributing projects: | IGOSS |
| Platforms: | VIRGINIA KEY (3186) |
| Number of observations: | 18 |
| 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. Points of contact for this data set include: Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY; ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY - MIAMI FL PI: N/A Address: address: 4301 RICKENBACKER CAUSEWAY city: MIAMI state: FL postal: 33149-1026 country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19780223 |
| Metadata version: | 7 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:26:48+00 |
| Editdate: | 2022-09-10 19:13:52+00 |