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OAS accession Detail for 8000254, meta_version: 2. Current meta_version is: 7
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| Title: | Temperature profile data collected using XBTs from the OCEANUS from the Atlantic Ocean during the INTERNATIONAL DECADE OF OCEAN EXPLORATION / combination of USSR POLYGON project and US MODE (IDOE/POLYMODE) project , 29 November 1978 - 10 December 1979 (NODC Accession No. - 8000254) |
| Abstract: | Temperature, depth, and other data were collected using bathythermograph (BT/XBT) casts from OCEANUS in the Atlantic Ocean from November 29, 1978 to December 10, 1979. Data were submitted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) as part of the INTERNATIONAL DECADE OF OCEAN EXPLORATION / combination of USSR POLYGON project and US MODE (IDOE/POLYMODE) project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format. Full BT descriptions are available at http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html.
The UBT format contains temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Cruise information, position, date and time were reported for each observation. The data record was comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT Data File, in which temperature values were recorded at uniform 5 m intervals, the XBT data files contained temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths were recorded at the minimum number of points (''inflection points'') required to accurately define the temperature curve. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of either 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. |
| Date received: | 19800506 |
| Start date: | 19781129 |
| End date: | 19791210 |
| Seanames: | North Atlantic Ocean |
| West boundary: | -70.4 |
| East boundary: | -31 |
| North boundary: | 40.1 |
| South boundary: | -7.8 |
| Observation types: | physical, profile |
| Instrument types: | bathythermograph - BT, bathythermograph - XBT |
| Datatypes: | TEMPERATURE - WATER, water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE |
| Submitter: | |
| Submitting institution: | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Collecting institutions: | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Contributing projects: | IDOE/POLYMODE |
| Platforms: | OCEANUS (32OC) |
| Number of observations: | |
| Supplementary information: | Note: 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). Principal Investigator (PI) and organization contact information accurately represents all available information from the legacy database at the time that this description was created. However, proper attribution of a PI to a specific institution or the role (submitting or collecting) taken by an institution may not be correct due to inexact mapping between fields in the legacy database and the CSDGM. Due to this uncertainty, the contact information was initially recorded in the Supplemental Information element of the CSDGM description. To develop more accurate metadata, the NODC reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Points of contact for this data set include: Contact info: Agency: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE PI: N/A Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: WOODS HOLE state: MA postal: 02543 country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19800506 |
| Metadata version: | 2 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:29:48+00 |
| Editdate: | 2006-12-12 22:26:59+00 |