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  ds542.0 Detailed Metadata

Overview
Dataset Citation:
U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration [Ocean Climate Laboratory], 1987: NODC Oceanographic Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT). Dataset ds542.0 published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, available online at http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds542.0/.
Types of data:
  • Platform Observations
 Data formats:
  • NODC BT
Data contributors:
  • DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/OCL > Ocean Climate Laboratory, National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Total volume:  310.445 Mbytes

Summary for Platform Observations in NODC BT Format
Observing PlatformObservation Type
  • Data Types
Average Frequency of Data
(varies by individual platform ID and data type)		Temporal/Geographical Coverage
(each dot represents a 3° box containing one or more observations)
Roving ShipUnderwater
  • Expendable bathythermograph data at inflection points (may include one or more of the following)
    • Water temperature (deg C)
    • Depth (m)
  • 1 to 2 per hour
  • 1 to 20 per day
  • 1 to 6 per week
  • 1 to 4 per month
  • 1 to 10 per year
1965-07-28 to 1993-06-04

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