The Airborne eXpendable BathyThermograph (AXBT) is an in situ sensor that measures ocean temperature and conductivity. It is deployed from an aircraft by a small parachute and floats to the ocean surface after impact. The floating portion of the instrument then releases a probe into the ocean that collects profile measurements to a depth of about 1000 meters. The AXBT descends vertically at about 1.5 meters per second.
Instrument Details
- Temperature/Humidity
- Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor Topography > BathymetryEarth Science > Oceans > Ocean TemperatureEarth Science > Oceans > Salinity/densityEarth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor Topography > Water DepthEarth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor TopographyEarth Science > Oceans > Salinity/density > ConductivityEarth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
- Full Column Profile, Subsurface - Sea/Ocean/Water
- 1 s
- 1.5 m
- N/A
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Motorola, Magnavax, Hermes, Sippican
Office of Naval Research, NSF
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- Physical Oceanography DAAC (PO.DAAC)
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ATOMIC Atlantic Tradewind Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign 2020 Tropical North Atlantic east of Barbados 1 Deployment · 1 Data Product
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 Basler BT-67 4 Campaigns · 13 Instruments |  Oceans Melting Greenland 2015—2021 Greenland 14 Deployments · 11 Data Products
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