Instrument: Expendable Bathythermograph - aircraft

Dataset: 
P3axbt
Instrument: 
Expendable Bathythermograph - aircraft
Instrument Short Name: aXBT
Community Standard Description
(http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/132/)
Instrument Description:

An aXBT is an Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) designed to be launched from an aircraft (often a P3 type aircraft) as opposed to a ship. The aXBT collects data in a similar fashion to an XBT, and once the probe hit the sea surface, it free falls through the water column.

PI supplied instrument name: Expendable Bathythermograph - aircraft
Dataset-specific description