Temperature profiles from XBT casts from the AMERICAN RIGEL and other platforms as part of the Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment and Prediction (MARMAP) project from 1979-05-08 to 1979-09-23 (NODC Accession 7900296)
Temperature profiles were collected from XBT casts from the AMERICAN RIGEL and other platforms from 08 May 1979 to 23 September 1979. Data were collected by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and other institutions as part of the Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment and Prediction (MARMAP) project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format. Full format description is available from NODC at www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html.
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 records are comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. The XBT data files contain 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. Special instruments permitted measurements to be obtained to 1830 m.
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 records are comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. The XBT data files contain 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. Special instruments permitted measurements to be obtained to 1830 m.
- Cite as: Moore-Mccormack Lines Inc. (2010). Temperature profiles from XBT casts from the AMERICAN RIGEL and other platforms as part of the Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment and Prediction (MARMAP) project from 1979-05-08 to 1979-09-23 (NODC Accession 7900296). Version 1.2. National Oceanographic Data Center, NOAA. Dataset. [access date]
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Dataset Point of Contact | Information Services DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 301-713-3277 NCEI.Info@noaa.gov |
Time Period | 1979-05-08 to 1979-09-23 |
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S: 38.283333
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Dataset Progress Status | Complete - production of the data has been completed |
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Supplemental Information | The publication listed below is related to the data collection and is available from the NOAA Central Library: W. Redwood Wright, 1983 Nantucket Shoals Flux Experiment Data Report 1: Hydrography. Woods Hole, Mass. : U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Center ; Springfield, Va. : Available from the National Technical Information Service, 1983. 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, the NODC reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Points of contact for this data set include: Contact info: Agency: MOORE-MCCORMACK LINES INC. PI: N/A Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: NEW YORK state: NY postal: NOT AVAILABLE country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE - NARRAGANSETT Address: address: 28 TARZWELL DRIVE city: NARRAGANSETT state: RI postal: 02882 country: UNITED STATES |
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