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Bathythermograph Data from the Indian Ocean

Entry ID: INODC_MBT_XBT_DBT

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Summary

Abstract: File contains the data (temperature versus depth) received form the US NODC on
XBT, MBT for the Indian Ocean including the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal,
Laccadive Sea and Andaman & Nicobar Seas. Also data received from TOGA centre
for Indian Ocean. It also contains the data collected during IIOE period and
collected in the cruises of R.V. Gaveshani and ORV Sagar Kanya during
1976-1986. The total file size is 1,30,765 stations or profiles.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 15.0

S: -60.0

E: 125.0

W: 50.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1960-01-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN

OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA

Science Keywords

OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH

OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

ELEVATION

OCEANS

Platform

SHIPS

Instrument

MBT > Mechanical Bathythermographs

XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs

Ancillary Keywords

ANDAMAN OR BURMA SEA

ARABIAN SEA

Originating Center

INODC

Data Center

National Institute of Oceanography, India

Data Center URL: http://www.nio.org/
Dataset ID: BT DATA

Data Center Personnel
Name: NATIONAL INST. OF OCEANOGRAPHY, INDIA Phone: 91 (0832) 2450450 Fax: 91 (0832) 2450602 Email: ocean at darya.nio.org Contact Address: National Institiute of Oceanography, City: Dona Paula Province or State: Goa Country: INDIA

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2006-08-02

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