IMOS - Ships of Opportunity – Expendable Bathythermographs - Upper Ocean Thermal Data collected on the line PX17 (Tahiti - Panama)

This dataset contains temperature data obtained from XBTs (expendable bathythermographs) deployed by vessels during different cruises between Tahiti and Panama.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.

本数据集包含科考船舶在塔希提岛与巴拿马之间的不同航次中投放的投弃式温深仪（expendable bathythermographs，XBT）所采集的温度数据。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。该类仪器结构简便，专为从移动船舶上投放设计，可实现全球海洋的大范围观测覆盖。