IMOS - Ships of Opportunity – Expendable Bathythermographs - Upper Ocean Thermal Data collected on the line PX5 (Brisbane - Japan and New Zealand- Japan)
This dataset contains temperature data obtained from XBTs (expendable bathythermographs) deployed by vessels during different cruises between Brisbane (Australia) and Japan AND between New Zealand and Japan.
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.
Data and resources
Additional information
| Temporal extent | 1987-02-02 – 1997-11-28 |
|---|---|
| Date (creation) | 2011-09-28 |
| Status | onGoing |
| Update frequency | asNeeded |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | Data, products and services from IMOS are provided "as is" without any warranty as to fitness for a particular purpose. |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-05 |
| Created | 2026-11-05 |
| API | package_show |