Real-Time XBT data assembled by US NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP) and submitted Oct 10, 2011 - Oct 16, 2011 (NODC Accession 0078521)

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.

本数据集的数据源自船载环境（数据）采集系统（Shipboard Environmental (data) Acquisition System，简称SEAS）。该系统由美国国家海洋和大气管理局（National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration，简称NOAA）开发，旨在借助卫星数据传输技术，实时从远洋船舶获取精准的气象与海洋学数据。该系统通过地球静止业务环境卫星（Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite，简称GOES）或国际海事卫星组织（INMARSAT C）将数据回传至NOAA，用于气象、气候及海洋模型的研发与应用。NOAA正积极参与一项国际协作计划，以扩充水下温度观测数据的规模，为全球海洋学与气候研究提供支撑。NOAA的投弃式温深仪（Expendable Bathythermograph，简称XBT）项目与SEAS系统目前可为约80艘自愿观测船（Voluntary Observing Ships，简称VOS）提供服务。SEAS系统采集的XBT数据由国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center，简称NODC）按周进行归档存储。