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OAS accession Detail for 9100063
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| Title: | WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from MICRONESIAN COMMERCE, POLYNESIA and other platforms from 1990-06-08 to 1991-01-14 (NCEI Accession 9100063) |
| Abstract: | Water depth and temperature data was collected from multiple ships such as MICRONESIAN INDEPENDENCE, MICRONESIAN COMMERCE, LARS MAERSK, MCKINNEY MAERSK, MOANA PACIFIC, CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI, SEA-LAND TRADER, SEA-LAND ENTERPRISE, SHIN KASHU MARU, POLYNESIA, and ASIAN PROGRESS. The data was collected from June 8, 1990 to January 14, 1991. The originator's bathythermograph (XBT) data was submitted in a diskette by Dr. Norman Hall of Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), La Jolla, CA. The data containing 585 observations has been converted and is now available on line in C116 file format of NODC. 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: | 19910318 |
| Start date: | 19900608 |
| End date: | 19910114 |
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| West boundary: | 123.47 |
| East boundary: | -17.22 |
| North boundary: | 58.72 |
| South boundary: | -17.4 |
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| Submitting institution: | University of California San Diego; Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
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| Number of observations: | 521 |
| 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 dataset include: Contact info: Agency: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY PI: N/A Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: LA JOLLA state: CA postal: 92093-0955 country: UNITED STATES In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number. |
| Availability date: | 19910318 |
| Metadata version: | 11 |
| Keydate: | 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00 |
| Editdate: | 2024-10-18 15:59:53+00 |