xbt

Data Object XBT_SFX_PS

contact PIs:

name	title
Dr Ken O. Buesseler	Principal Investigator

Dataset description

SOFeX Polar Star XBT temperature profiles

Acquisition description

Methodology: none contributed with data

Related information:
    Two plots of temperature from transects through the patch, were also
    contributed: EW transect and NS transect

DMO note:  The final day in the SOFeX study area was 21 February 2002
    after which the ship headed to Valparaiso, Chile.  The XBT data has not been 
    processed or quality controlled, and contains both test profiles away from the 
    SOFEX site and bad drops. The early part of the Valparaiso transect is included.

Processing description

Change history: YYMMDD
    070305: XBT data file contributed by Ken Buesseler (WHOI)
            added to OCB by Cyndy Chandler (cchandler@whoi.edu)

Field Names List

Parameter	Description	Units
cast	cast number
date	date sampling began (GMT) reported as YYYYMMDD
time	time sampling began (GMT) reported as hhmm
lon	longitude, negative denotes West	decimal degrees
lat	latitude, negative denotes South	decimal degrees
depth_xbt	depth reported by XBT	meters
temp_xbt	temperature of the seawater, from XBT	degrees Celsius

Platforms List

USCGC Polar Star PS02_2002

Instruments List

Expendable Bathythermograph/Expendable Sound Velocimeter:
XBT

This document is created from the content of the BCO-DMO metadata database. 2009-11-22 09:12:30

info app: /home/ocb/dbase v.090827 CLC
Data URL: http://ocb.whoi.edu/jg/serv/OCB/SOFeX/Polar_Star/xbt.