Instrument: Expendable Bathythermograph - aircraft

Acronym: aXBT
External Identifier: skos:broadMatch: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/132/

Description

An aXBT is an Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) designed to be launched from an aircraft (often a P3 type aircraft) as opposed to a ship. The aXBT collects data in a similar fashion to an XBT, and once the probe hit the sea surface, it free falls through the water column.

Dataset NamePI-Supplied DescriptionPI-Supplied Name
Aircraft deployed XBT section from NASA P3 aircraft in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)Expendable Bathythermograph - aircraft