IMOS - Ships of Opportunity – Expendable Bathythermographs - Upper Ocean Thermal Data collected on the line PX28 (Tahiti - Auckland)

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

本数据集包含由科考船舶在塔希提岛与新西兰奥克兰之间的不同航次中投放的抛弃式温深计（expendable bathythermographs，XBT）所获取的温度数据。多年来，海洋学家一直使用抛弃式温深计（XBT）来测量上层海洋的温度。此类仪器结构简易，专为在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。