Dataset: XBT_SFX_PS
Deployment: PS02_2002

SOFeX Polar Star XBT temperature profiles

Principal Investigator:

Kenneth O. Buesseler (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Cynthia L. Chandler (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

Southern Ocean Iron Experiment (SOFeX)

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Version:

05 March 2007

Deployment Synonyms:

PS_2002_SOFeX

Coordinated Deployments:

COOK19MV, DRFT08RR

Version Date:

2007-03-05

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/451360/data

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Description

SOFeX Polar Star XBT temperature profiles

Methods & Sampling

Dataset 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.

Deployment-specific 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.

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

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

Deployment-specific processing description

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

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Instruments

Expendable Bathythermograph

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Expendable Bathythermograph

Acronym: XBT

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/132/

Generic Description:

An XBT is an expendable free-fall temperature probe that provides a profile of measured temperature against depth calculated from a fall-rate model. For example, two popular XBT models are the T-5 and T-7 probes from Sippican. More information is available from Lockheed Martin Sippican at URL: http://www.sippican.com/.

Parameters

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

Database

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Dataset: XBT_SFX_PS
Deployment: PS02_2002

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Database

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Dataset: XBT_SFX_PSDeployment: PS02_2002

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Dataset: XBT_SFX_PS
Deployment: PS02_2002