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Temperature profile data collected using BT and XBT casts in a World-wide distribution from NOAA Ship MALCOLM BALDRIGE and other platforms from 1990-06-22 to 1991-08-29 (NCEI Accession 9100184)

Temperature profile data were collected using XBT and BT casts from NOAA Ship MALCOLM BALDRIGE and other platforms in a World-wide distribution from 22 June 1990 to 29 August 1991. Data were collected by the National Ocean Service (NOS) with support from the Deep Freeze project. 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.

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Title Temperature profile data collected using BT and XBT casts in a World-wide distribution from NOAA Ship MALCOLM BALDRIGE and other platforms from 1990-06-22 to 1991-08-29 (NCEI Accession 9100184)
Description Temperature profile data were collected using XBT and BT casts from NOAA Ship MALCOLM BALDRIGE and other platforms in a World-wide distribution from 22 June 1990 to 29 August 1991. Data were collected by the National Ocean Service (NOS) with support from the Deep Freeze project. 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.
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Keywords 9100184 , water depth , WATER TEMPERATURE , bathythermograph - BT , bathythermograph - XBT , physical , profile , CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI , COLUMBUS CANADA , COLUMBUS VICTORIA , COLUMBUS VIRGINIA , COLUMBUS WELLINGTON , FARNELLA , GOLDENSARI INDAH , MICRONESIAN INDEPENDENCE , NOAA Ship Discoverer , NOAA Ship Malcolm Baldrige , NOAA Ship Miller Freeman , PACDUCHESS , PACKING , PACPRINCE , POLYNESIA , ROSEBANK , ROWANBANK , SEA-LAND ACHIEVER , SEA-LAND DEFENDER , SEA-LAND ENTERPRISE , SEA-LAND NAVIGATOR , SEA-LAND PACIFIC , SHIN KASHU MARU , SKAUGRAN , USCGC Polar Sea , US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD , US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD , DEEP FREEZE , Bering Sea , Caribbean Sea , Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia , Coral Sea , Gulf of Alaska , Gulf of Mexico , Indian Ocean , Japan Sea , Malacca Straits , Mediterranean Sea , Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin , Molucca Sea , Mozambique Channel , North Atlantic Ocean , North Pacific Ocean , Philippine Sea , Ross Sea , South Atlantic Ocean , South China Sea (Nan Hai) , South Pacific Ocean , Southern Ocean , Tasman Sea , oceanography , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , DOC/NOAA/NOS > National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE , BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS , XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs , Ships , CHEVRON MISSISSIPPI (call sign: WXBR, ICES code: 32CM) , COLUMBUS CANADA (ICES code: 06CD) , COLUMBUS VICTORIA (ICES code: 06CV) , COLUMBUS VIRGINIA (ICES code: 06CT) , COLUMBUS WELLINGTON (ICES code: 06CW) , DISCOVERER (ICES code: 31DS) , FARNELLA (ICES code: 74AE) , GOLDENSARI INDAH (call sign: 9VVB, ICES code: SIGI) , MICRONESIAN INDEPENDANCE (ICES code: PAAA) , MILLER FREEMAN (call sign: WTDM, ICES code: 31FN, 1974-) , Malcolm Baldrige (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 33MW, 1988-1996) , PACDUCHESS (ICES code: 32D7) , PACKING (ICES code: 54AK) , PACPRINCE (ICES code: 54BW) , POLAR SEA (call sign: NRUO, ICES code: 32L9, 1977-) , POLYNESIA (ICES code: 54PA) , ROSEBANK (call sign: J8FO, ICES code: SVRB) , ROWANBANK (call sign: J8FN, ICES code: SVRA) , SEA-LAND ACHIEVER (call sign: WPKD, ICES code: 323Q) , SEA-LAND DEFENDER (call sign: KGJB, ICES code: 320F) , SEA-LAND ENTERPRISE (call sign: KRGB, ICES code: 320N) , SEA-LAND NAVIGATOR (call sign: WPGK, ICES code: 3280, 1988-2000) , SEA-LAND PACIFIC (call sign: WSRL, ICES code: 328Q) , SHIN KASHU MARU (ICES code: 49CC) , SKAUGRAN (ICES code: 58SC) , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN , OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN , OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN , OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA , OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA , OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF JAPAN , OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN , OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA AND EASTERN ARCHIPELAGIC SEAS , OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA , OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN , OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > ROSS SEA , environment , oceans
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