IMOS - Ships of Opportunity – Expendable Bathythermographs - Upper Ocean Thermal Data collected on the line IX15 (Mauritius - Fremantle)

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

本数据集包含船舶在毛里求斯与澳大利亚弗里曼特尔之间的多次科考航次中投放的XBT（投弃式温深仪，expendable bathythermographs）所获取的温度数据。多年来，海洋学家一直使用投弃式温深仪（XBT）测量上层海洋的水温。这类仪器结构简便，专为从移动船舶上投放而设计，可实现全球海洋的大范围观测覆盖。