XBT Operational Best Practices for Quality Assurance, Version 1.0. [GOOS ENDORSED PRACTICE]
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2021Author
Parks, Justine
Bringas, Francis
Hanstein, Craig
Krummel, Lisa
Cowley, Rebecca
Sprintall, Janet
Cheng, Lijing
Cirano, Mauro
Cruz, Samantha
Goes, Marlos
Kizu, Shoichi
Reseghetti, Franco
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32pp.
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Since the 1970s, EXpendable BathyThermographs (XBTs) have provided the simplest and most cost‐efficient
solution for rapid sampling of temperature vs. depth profiles of the upper part of the ocean along ship transects.
This manual, compiled by the Ship of Opportunity Program Implementation Panel (SOOPIP) a subgroup of the
Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Observations Coordination Group (OCG) Ship Observations Team (SOT)
together with members of the XBT Science Team, aims to improve the quality assurance of XBT data by
establishing best practices for field measurements and promoting their adoption by the global operational and
scientific community. The measurement system components include commercially available expendable
temperature probes, the launcher, the data acquisition (DAQ) hardware, a Global Navigation Satellite System
(GNSS) receiver, an optional satellite transmitter, and a computer with software controls. The measurement
platform can be any sea‐going vessel wit.....
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Climate, Atmospheric Sciences, and Physical Oceanography, University of California, San DiegoSan Diego, California
Document Language
enSustainable Development Goals (SDG)
14.aEssential Ocean Variables (EOV)
Sea surface temperatureSubsurface temperature
Sea surface salinity
Subsurface salinity
Maturity Level
MatureSpatial Coverage
North PacificSouth Pacific
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
Southern Ocean
Indian Ocean
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Parks, Justine, et al (2021) XBT Operational Best Practices for Quality Assurance, Version 1.0. San Diego, CA, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Climate, Atmospheric Sciences, and Physical Oceanography, University of California, 32pp. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-1720Collections
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