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Water temperature and salinity profile data from bottle and bathythermograph (BT) casts in the Global Ocean from multiple ships and institutions prior to 1961 (NCEI Accession 6000000)

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Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (MBT) (C128) format.

The C128 format is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using the mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument. The maximum depth of MBT observations is approximately 285 m. Therefore, MBT data are useful only in studying the thermal structure of the upper layers of the ocean. Cruise information, date, position, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Temperature data in this file are recorded at uniform 5 m depth intervals.
  • Cite as: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2003). Water temperature and salinity profile data from bottle and bathythermograph (BT) casts in the Global Ocean from multiple ships and institutions prior to 1961 (NCEI Accession 6000000). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/6000000. Accessed [date].
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Distribution Formats
  • C100
    • File Specification: NODC Ocean Station Format
  • C128
    • File Specification: NODC Bathythermograph Output Format (MBT)
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Time Period 1902-08-09 to 1960-12-12
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: 103.22
East: 102.88
South: -78.55
North: 89.55
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • Explorations of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer "Bache" in the western Atlantic, January-March, 1914, under the direction of the United States, Bureau of Fisheries : Oceanography
  • US National Oceanographic Data Center (2023). NODC Standard Product: Documentation for NODC Standard File Formats and Related Codes, 1960 - 1996 (NCEI Accession 0189890). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890.
  • Data record of oceanographic observations and exploratory fishing = Kaiyo chosa gyogyo shiken yoho; Hakodate, Hokkaido: Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, 1957-
  • Data collected by Scripps Institution vessels on EQUAPAC Expedition, August 1956; La Jolla, Calif.: University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1957
  • Oceanographic survey results, Bering Sea area, winter and spring 1955 / Oceanographic Survey Branch, Division of Oceanography; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, 1958
  • Physical and chemical data for Puget Sound and approaches, January-December 1953 / by Clifford A. Barnes and Eugene E. Collias; Seattle, Wash.: University of Washington, Dept. of Oceanography, 1956
  • Physical and chemical data for Puget Sound and approaches, January-December 1954 / by Clifford A. Barnes and Eugene E. Collias; Seattle, Wash.: University of Washington, Dept. of Oceanography, 1956
  • Physical and chemical data for Puget Sound and approaches, October-December 1952 / by Clifford A. Barnes and Eugene E. Collias; Seattle, Wash.: University of Washington, Dept. of Oceanography, 1954
  • Eastern North Pacific offshore physical and chemical data, July-September 1953 / by Robert G. Paquette, Eugene E. Collias, and Cuthbert M. Love; Seattle, Wash.: University of Washington, Dept. of Oceanography, 1954
  • Eastern North Pacific and Gulf of Alaska offshore physical and chemical data, April 1954-January 1955 / by Eugene E. Collias, Cuthbert M. Love and Robert G. Paquette; Seattle, Wash.: University of Washington, Dept. of Oceanography, 1954
  • Lake Washington Ship Canal data / by Eugene E. Collias and Gunter R. Seckel; Seattle, Wash.: University of Washington, Dept. of Oceanography, 1954
  • Northeast Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Alaska physical and chemical data, summer and fall 1955: a preliminary tabulation of oceanographic data collected by vessels of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / compiled by Felix Favorite and Cuthbert M. Love; Seattle, Wash.: University of Washington, Department of Oceanography, 1957
  • Oceanographic data from Crawford cruise ten obtained for the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58 / by F.C. Fuglister; Woods Hole, Mass.: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1957
  • Physical and chemical data, North Pacific Ocean, Brown Bear Cruise 176, July-September 1957 for the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58 / by Richard H. Fleming and staff; Seattle, Wash.: University of Washington, Dept. of Oceanography, 1958
  • Biological, chemical and radiochemical studies of marine plankton / by Bostwick H. Ketchum; Woods Hole, Mass.: Woods hole Oceanographic Institution, 1961
  • Biological, chemical and radiochemical studies of marine plankton (Appendix A & B) / edited by Bostwick H. Ketchum; Woods Hole, Mass.: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1967
  • Oceanographic data obtained in the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea during cruise Vema 14 and Vema 16 / by Saul Friedman; Palisades, N.Y.: Lamont Geological Observatory, 1960
  • Scientific results of cruise VII of the Carnegie during 1928-1929, under command of Captain J.P. Ault. Oceanography / Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism; Washington, D.C.: The Institution, 1944-1946
  • Oceanographic observations in the intertropical region of the world ocean during IGY and IGC / compiled by Luis R.A. Capurro; College Station, Tex.: IGY World Data Center A-Oceanography, Department of Oceanography and Meteorology, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1961
  • The waters of the Gulf of Mexico as observed in 1958 and 1959 / by Hugh J. McLellan; College Station, Tex.: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, Department of Oceanography and Meteorology, 1960
  • Hydrology of New Zealand coastal waters, 1955 / by D.M. Garner; Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand, Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research: R.E. Owen, Govt. Printer, 1961
  • Oceanographic observations, Arctic waters: task force five and six, summer-autumn 1956; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, 1960
  • U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office report on Operation Deepfreeze I; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, 1956
  • North Pacific and Bering Sea oceanography, 1960 and 1961 / by Betty-Ann Morse; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, 1964
  • Preliminary report, Step-1 Expedition, 15 September-14 December 1960. Part 1, Physical and chemical data; La Jolla, Calif.: University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1961
  • Physical and chemical data, Vermilion Sea Expedition, 13 April-29 May 1959; La Jolla, Calif.: University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1960
  • The results of the Japanese oceanographic project for the International Geophysical Year, 1957-8; Tokyo: National Committee for the International Geophysical Year, Science Council of Japan, 1960-1961
  • Data record, Ocean weather station "P", (latitude 50°00ʹN, longitude 145°00ʹW) December 9, 1959 to January 19, 1961 / by S. Tabata... et al. Nanaimo, B.C.: Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Pacific Oceanographic Group, 1961
  • Shellback Expedition, 17 May to 27 August 1952 / Warren S. Wooster; La Jolla, Calif.: University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1952
  • Second oceanographic survey of the Chukchi Sea, 26 July to 28 August 1960: preliminary report of Brown Bear cruise no. 268 / by Richard H. Fleming and staff; Seattle, Wash.: Dept. of Oceanography, University of Washington, 1960
  • Oceanographic survey of the Eastern Chukchi Sea, 1 August to 2 September 1959: Progress report as of 1 December 1959: Brown Bear Cruise no. 236 / by Richard H. Fleming and Staff; Seattle, Wash.: Dept. of Oceanography, University of Washington, 1959
  • Oceanographic observations on the "E.W. Scripps" cruises of 1938-1941 / by H.U. Sverdrup and the staff of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1942-1947
  • Oceanographic cruise report USC & GS Ship Explorer, 1960: Seattle, Washington to Norfolk, Virginia, 2 February-27 April 1960 / by Harris B. Stewart, Jr; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1962
  • Equatorial waters and currents at 150°W in July-August 1952 / by R.B. Montgomery and E.D. Stroup; Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1962
  • Physical and chemical investigations in Bering Sea and portions of the North Pacific Ocean / by Clifford A. Barnes and Thomas G. Thompson; Seattle: University of Washington, 1938
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2003-10-24
  • revision: 2022-08-04
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Supplemental Information
The publication(s) listed below are related to the data collection and are available from the NOAA Central Library:

W. G. Metcalf, 1959 Oceanographic Data from the Caribbean Sea, CRAWFORD Cruise 17, February--March 1958 for the International Geophys. Year. Woods Hole, Mass. : Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1965.

W. G. Metcalf, 1958 Oceanographic Data from Crawford Cruise 16, 1 Oct.-11 Dec. 1957 for the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58. Woods Hole, Mass.: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1958.

F. C. Fuglister, 1957 Oceanographic Data from Crawford Cruise Ten Obtained for the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58. Woods Hole, Mass. : Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1957.

Data record, Ocean weather station "P", (latitude 50 00 N, longitude 145 00 W) December 9, 1959 to January 19, 1961. Nanaimo, B.C. : Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Pacific Oceanographic Group, [1961].

This accession represents an aggregation of a large quantity of data submitted to the NODC during the first year of NODC's existence.
Purpose This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
Use Limitations
  • accessLevel: Public
  • Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives.
Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2003). Water temperature and salinity profile data from bottle and bathythermograph (BT) casts in the Global Ocean from multiple ships and institutions prior to 1961 (NCEI Accession 6000000). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/6000000. Accessed [date].
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Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
Data Center keywords NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2003). Water temperature and salinity profile data from bottle and bathythermograph (BT) casts in the Global Ocean from multiple ships and institutions prior to 1961 (NCEI Accession 6000000). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/6000000. Accessed [date].
Access Constraints
  • Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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Processing Steps
  • 2003-10-24T20:03:06Z - NCEI Accession 6000000 v1.1 was published.
  • 2022-08-04T16:28:46Z - NCEI Accession 6000000 was revised and v1.2 was published.
    Rationale: Additional metadata files were received or created for this dataset. These updates were copied into the about/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession.
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Processing Steps
  • 2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • bathythermograph - BT
  • bathythermograph - MBT
  • bottle
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