WATER TEMPERATURE and other data from GYRE in the TOGA Area - Pacific from 1992-05-17 to 1992-06-04 (NODC Accession 9200232)

The water depth and temperature data were collected in TOGA Area - Pacific (30 N to 30 S) as part of Texas Institutions Gulf Ecosystem Research (TIGER) program from ship GYRE between May 17, 1992 and June 4, 1992. The program was funded by a grant to Dr. DOUGLAS C. BIGGS MMS # 14-35-0001-30501. The originator's bathythermograph (XBT) data containing 28 profiles were submitted on a diskette by Mr. David J. Voegele, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. The data have been converted and are now available on line in C116 (XBT) file format of NODC.

The data type C116 contained temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Cruise information, position, date and time were reported for each observation. The data record was comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. The XBT data files contained temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths were recorded at the minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to accurately define the temperature curve. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of either 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m.

(DR. DOUGLAS C. BIGGS MMS # 14-35-0001-30501)

ONE DISKETTE OF XBT DATA FROM RV GYRE [28 DROPS MAY-JUNE 92]

本数据集的水深与温度数据采集于热带海洋与全球大气计划（TOGA）太平洋区域（北纬30°至南纬30°），作为得克萨斯机构海湾生态系统研究（Texas Institutions Gulf Ecosystem Research, TIGER）计划的一部分，于1992年5月17日至6月4日期间由GYRE号科考船完成采集。本项目由授予道格拉斯·C·比格斯博士的编号为MMS #14-35-0001-30501的资助金支持。得克萨斯农工大学学院站分校的戴维·J·韦格尔先生以软盘形式提交了包含28条剖面的投弃式温深仪（expendable bathythermograph, XBT）原始数据。目前该数据已完成格式转换，可在线获取，采用国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center, NODC）的C116（XBT）文件格式。

C116数据类型包含通过投弃式温深仪（XBT）获取的温度-深度剖面数据。每条观测记录均附带航次信息、观测位置、日期与时间。数据记录由温度-深度值对构成。XBT数据文件中的温度值对应非均匀分布的深度，这些深度以准确刻画温度曲线所需的最少点数（即“拐点”）进行记录。标准XBT可获取的剖面最大深度为450米或760米；若使用专用仪器，则可将测量深度拓展至1830米。

（道格拉斯·C·比格斯博士，MMS编号：14-35-0001-30501）

GYRE号科考船（RV GYRE）的XBT数据软盘1张[1992年5月至6月，共28次投放]