Datensätze / Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS VIREO in the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 02 April 1965 to 15 May 1965 (NODC Accessi


Temperature profiles from mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) casts from the USS VIREO in the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project from 02 April 1965 to 15 May 1965 (NODC Accessi

Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

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Summary

Art der Freigabe
ongoing release of a series of related datasets

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Creative Commons CCZero

Bestätigung
automatisiert zertifiziert

Description

MBT data were collected from the USS VIREO in support of the Fleet Observations of Oceanographic Data (FLOOD) project. Data were collected in the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea by US Navy; Ships of Opportunity from 02 April 1965 to 15 May 1965. 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.