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OAS accession Detail for 8000562
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| Title: | Temperature profile data collected using XBTs from NOAA Ship RESEARCHER from the Atlantic Ocean during the International Decade of Ocean Exploration / combination of USSR POLYGON project and US MODE (IDOE/POLYMODE) project, 1976-03-09 to 1976-05-01 (NCEI Accession 8000562) |
| Abstract: | Temperature profile data were collected using bathythermograph (BT/XBT) casts from NOAA Ship RESEARCHER in the Pacific Ocean from March 9, 1976 to May 1, 1976. Data were submitted by Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory - Miami, FL (AOML) 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. 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: | 19801218 |
| Start date: | 19760309 |
| End date: | 19760501 |
| Seanames: | North Atlantic Ocean |
| West boundary: | -77.92 |
| East boundary: | -65.82 |
| North boundary: | 31.18 |
| South boundary: | 25.55 |
| Observation types: | physical, profile |
| Instrument types: | bathythermograph - BT, bathythermograph - XBT |
| Datatypes: | water depth, 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: | IDOE/POLYMODE |
| Platforms: | Researcher (3175) |
| 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, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. 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: | 19801218 |
| Metadata version: | 8 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:30:29+00 |
| Editdate: | 2022-10-19 13:29:12+00 |