This dataset contains water temperature profiles from XBT casts collected aboard multiple platforms in the Indian Ocean and adjoining waters between 2016-01-06 and 2017-01-09. These data were collected as part of the Ship of Opportunity High Density XBT Transects Program and submitted by Lisa Krummel of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

Temperature profiles were collected from XBT casts from the MELVILLE from 14 January 1977 to 10 February 1977. Data were collected by the Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO) as part of International Decade of Ocean Exploration / International Ocean Studies / First Dynamic Response and Kinematics Experiment in the Drake Passage (IDOE/ISOS/FDRAKE). Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format. The UBT format contains temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Cruise information, position, date and time were reported for each observation. The data records are comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. The XBT data files contain temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths were recorded at the minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to accurately define the temperature curve. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of 450 m or 760 m. Special instruments permitted measurements to 1830 m.

This dataset contains water temperature profiles from XBT casts collected aboard multiple vessels in the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and adjoining waters from 2016-12-31 to 2017-12-31. These data were collected as part of the Ship of Opportunity High Density XBT Transects Program during multiple transects and submitted by Lisa Krummel of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

Physical data were collected from XBT casts from a World-Wide Distribution from 31 March 1985 to 24 November 1990. Physical parameters include temperature profiles. Data are in the Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS) format.

This dataset contains water temperature profiles from XBT casts collected aboard the L'Astrolabe, SEATRADE ORANGE, HANSA FREYBURG, SEATRADE RED, and Investigator in the Indian Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea, Southern Ocean, and Coral Sea from 31 January 2020 to 11 September 2020. These data were collected as part of the Ship of Opportunity Program High Density XBT Transects during cruises LA200, SO30, HF32, SR30, and in2020_v and submitted by Rebecca Cowley of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO).

This dataset contains oceanographic water temperature profiles collected from XBTs aboard the platforms ANL Elaroo, Capitaine Quiros, HMB Endeavour, Josephine Maersk, L'Astrolabe, and Shengking in the Indian Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea, and Coral Sea from 2018-02-01 to 2019-03-06. These data were collected by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) as part of the JCOMM Ship of Opportunity Programme and submitted by Rebecca Cowley of CSIRO as part of the Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP).

Temperature profile data were collected from XBT casts in the North Pacific Ocean and other locations from 23 February 1990 to 15 August 1990. Data were collected by the Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO) Voluntary Observing Ship Program (VOSP). Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format. The UBT format contains temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Cruise information, position, date and time were reported for each observation. The data records are comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. The XBT data files contain temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths were recorded at the minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to accurately define the temperature curve. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of either 450 or 760 m. Special instruments permit measurements to be obtained to 1830 m.

Temperature profiles were collected from XBT casts in the South Atlantic Ocean from R/V GAUSS and other platforms. Data were collected in support of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE), Gulf of Mexico NOAA/NMFS Ship of Opportunity (SOOP), and the Global Temperature-Salinity Pilot Project (GTSPP). Data were submitted by Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie and were collected from 01 January 1999 to 31 December 2001.

Temperature profile data were collected using bathythermograph (BT/XBT) casts from CHAIN in the Atlantic Ocean from May 25, 1973 to June 7, 1973. Data were submitted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as part of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration / Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment (IDOE/MODE) project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format. The UBT format contains temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Cruise information, position, date and time were reported for each observation. The data record was comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT Data File, in which temperature values were recorded at uniform 5 m intervals, the XBT data files contained temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths were recorded at the minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to accurately define the temperature curve. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of either 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m.