IMOS - Ships of Opportunity – Expendable Bathythermographs - Upper Ocean Thermal Data collected in the Indian Ocean

This dataset contains temperature data obtained from XBTs (expendable bathythermographs) deployed by vessels during different cruises in the Indian Ocean.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印度洋不同科考航次中投放的投弃式温深仪（Expendable Bathythermographs，XBT）获取的温度数据。投弃式温深仪（XBT）已被海洋学家使用多年，用于测量上层海洋的温度。此类仪器结构简单，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。