Real-Time XBT data assembled by US NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) for the Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP) and submitted 2014-12-08 - 2014-12-14 (NODC Accession 0123609)

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.

本数据集采集自船载环境（数据）采集系统（Shipboard Environmental (data) Acquisition System, SEAS），该项目由美国国家海洋和大气管理局（National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA）研发，旨在依托卫星数据传输技术，实时从远洋船舶获取高精度的气象与海洋学观测数据。该系统可通过地球静止运行环境卫星（Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES）或国际海事卫星组织（International Maritime Satellite Organization, INMARSAT C）卫星，将观测数据传输至NOAA，用于气象、气候及海洋数值模型的研发与应用。NOAA正积极参与一项国际协作计划，以扩充次表层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旗下的投弃式海温剖面仪（Expendable Bathythermograph, XBT）项目与SEAS系统目前可为约80艘志愿观测船（Voluntary Observing Ships, VOS）提供服务。SEAS XBT观测数据由国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center, NODC）按周进行归档存储。