IMOS - Ships of Opportunity – Expendable Bathythermographs - Upper Ocean Thermal Data collected on the line PX5 (Brisbane - Japan and New Zealand- Japan)

This dataset contains temperature data obtained from XBTs (expendable bathythermographs) deployed by vessels during different cruises between Brisbane (Australia) and Japan AND between New Zealand and Japan.Expendable Bathythermographs (XBTs) have been used for many years by oceanographers to measure the temperature of the upper ocean. These instruments are simple devices which are designed to be deployed from moving vessels, enabling broad scale coverage of the world's oceans.

本数据集收录了船舶在澳大利亚布里斯班与日本之间、新西兰与日本之间的多组科考航次中投放的投弃式温深仪（expendable bathythermographs，XBT）所获取的温度数据。投弃式温深仪（XBT）已被海洋学家用于上层海洋温度测量多年，该类仪器结构简易，专为移动船舶上的投放作业设计，可实现全球海洋的大范围观测覆盖。