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OAS accession Detail for 7300795
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Title: Temperature profiles from XBT casts from the DUANE from Ocean Weather Station C (OWS-C) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1973-05-17 to 1973-05-31 (NCEI Accession 7300795)
Abstract: Bathythermograph data were collected from the DUANE within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station C (5245N 03530W) and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard from 17 May 1973 to 31 May 1973. The platform was equipped and staffed to observe weather and sea conditions. 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) instrument. 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.
Date received: 19730619
Start date: 19730517
End date: 19730531
Seanames: North Atlantic Ocean
West boundary: -47.466667
East boundary: -32.966667
North boundary: 52.866667
South boundary: 48.416667
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bathythermograph - XBT
Datatypes: water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter:
Submitting institution: United States Coast Guard
Collecting institutions: United States Coast Guard
Contributing projects: OCEAN WEATHER STATION
Platforms: Duane (31DU)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: Note: Preliminary 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).

To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Metadata were updated in July of 2007.

Points of contact for this data set include:
Contact info:
Agency: US COAST GUARD
PI: N/A
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: GROTON
state: CT
postal: 06340
Availability date: 19730619
Metadata version: 5
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:19:03+00
Editdate: 2022-08-06 05:30:29+00