Real-Time XBT data assembled by US NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP) and submitted 2013-12-16 - 2013-12-22 (NODC Accession 0115145)

These data represent data collected from the Shipboard Environmental (data) Acquisition System (SEAS), a program developed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide accurate meteorological and oceanographic data in real time from ships at sea through the use of satellite data transmission techniques. The system transmits data through either the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) or the International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT C) satellites to NOAA for use in weather, climatological and ocean models. NOAA is actively participating in an international effort to increase the number of subsurface temperature observations in support of global oceanographic and climate studies. NOAA's Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) program, SEAS, currently supports about 80 Voluntary Observing Ships (VOS). SEAS XBT data are archived by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) on a weekly basis.

本数据集源自船载环境（数据）采集系统（Shipboard Environmental (data) Acquisition System, SEAS）——该项目由美国国家海洋和大气管理局（National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA）开发，旨在借助卫星数据传输技术，实时从远洋船舶采集精准的气象与海洋学数据。该系统可通过地球静止业务环境卫星（Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES）或国际海事卫星C频段（INMARSAT C）卫星将数据传输至NOAA，用于气象、气候与海洋数值模型的研发与应用。NOAA正积极参与一项国际合作计划，以扩充水下温度观测数据量，支撑全球海洋学与气候学研究。NOAA的投弃式海温探仪（Expendable Bathythermograph, XBT）项目依托SEAS系统，目前可为约80艘自愿观测船（Voluntary Observing Ships, VOS）提供观测支持。SEAS系统采集的XBT数据由国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center, NODC）按周进行归档留存。