Datasets / Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS WHIPPOORWILL in the South China Sea in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 20 August 1966 to 25 August 1966 (NODC Accession 6600389)

Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS WHIPPOORWILL in the South China Sea in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 20 August 1966 to 25 August 1966 (NODC Accession 6600389)

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Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Issued about 9 years ago

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Type of release
ongoing release of a series of related datasets

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Not Applicable

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Description

MBT data were collected from the USS WHIPPOORWILL in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project. Data were collected in the South China Sea US Navy; Ships of Opportunity from 20 August 1966 to 25 August 1966. 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. Full format description is available from NODC at www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/bt.html. The UBT file 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.

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