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OAS accession Detail for 8700048
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| Title: | Temperature profile and water depth collected from RESOLUTION using BT and XBT casts in the SW Pacific Ocean from 09 November 1986 to 07 December 1986 (NCEI Accession 8700048) |
| Abstract: | Temperature profile and water depth data were collected using BT and XBT casts in the SW Pacific Ocean from the RESOLUTION. Data were collected from 09 November 1986 to 07 December 1986 by Texas A & M University. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (XBT) (C116) format. The C116/C118 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. Prior to July 1994, XBT data were routinely processed to one of these standard types. XBT data are now processed and loaded directly in to the NODC Ocean Profile Data Base (OPDB). Historic data from these two data types were loaded into the OPDB. |
| Date received: | 19870129 |
| Start date: | 19861109 |
| End date: | 19861207 |
| Seanames: | South Pacific Ocean |
| West boundary: | -86.58 |
| East boundary: | -76.92 |
| North boundary: | -9.03 |
| South boundary: | -13.45 |
| Observation types: | physical, profile |
| Instrument types: | bathythermograph - BT, bathythermograph - XBT |
| Datatypes: | water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE |
| Submitter: | |
| Submitting institution: | Texas A&M University; College Station |
| Collecting institutions: | Texas A&M University; College Station |
| Contributing projects: | |
| Platforms: | SEDCO/BP 471 (54SD) |
| Number of observations: | |
| Supplementary information: | The platform 'Sedco/BP 471' was renamed to 'JOIDES Resolution' in 1996. 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: | 19870129 |
| Metadata version: | 4 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:37:28+00 |
| Editdate: | 2023-02-12 13:14:06+00 |