IMOS - Ships of Opportunity – Expendable Bathythermographs - Upper Ocean Thermal Data collected on the line IX21 (Cape of Good Hope - Mauritius)

This dataset contains temperature data obtained from XBTs (expendable bathythermographs) deployed by vessels during different cruises between Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius.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好望角与毛里求斯之间的多次科考航次中，通过部署投弃式温深仪（expendable bathythermographs，XBT）获取的温度数据。投弃式温深仪已被海洋学家使用多年，用于测量上层海洋的水温。这类仪器结构简易，专为从移动船舶上部署设计，可实现全球海洋的大范围数据覆盖。