Real-Time XBT data assembled by US NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP) and submitted 2015-03-23 - 2015-03-29 (NODC Accession 0126891)

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.

本数据集采集自船舶环境（数据）采集系统（Shipboard Environmental (data) Acquisition System，缩写SEAS），该系统由美国国家海洋和大气管理局（National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration，缩写NOAA）开发，旨在通过卫星数据传输技术，实时从远洋船舶获取精准的气象与海洋学数据。该系统可通过地球静止业务环境卫星（Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite，缩写GOES）或国际海事卫星组织（International Maritime Satellite Organization，缩写INMARSAT C）将数据传输至NOAA，以供气象、气候及海洋模型研究使用。NOAA正积极参与一项国际合作计划，以增加次表层温度观测数据的规模，支撑全球海洋学与气候研究工作。NOAA的投弃式海温剖面仪（Expendable Bathythermograph，缩写XBT）项目与SEAS系统目前可为约80艘志愿观测船（Voluntary Observing Ships，缩写VOS）提供服务。SEAS系统配套的XBT数据将由国家海洋学数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center，缩写NODC）按周进行归档存储。