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Data description paper
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03 Dec 2024
Data description paper |
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Reprocessing of eXpendable BathyThermograph (XBT) profiles from the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian seas over the time period 1999–2019 with a full metadata upgrade
Simona Simoncelli
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Franco Reseghetti
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), S. Teresa Marine Environment Research Centre, 19032 Pozzuolo di Lerici, Italy
now at: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Claudia Fratianni
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Lijing Cheng
International Center for Climate and Environment Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
Giancarlo Raiteri
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), S. Teresa Marine Environment Research Centre, 19032 Pozzuolo di Lerici, Italy
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This data review is about the reprocessing of historical eXpendable BathyThermograp (XBT) profiles from the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian seas over the time period 1999–2019. A new automated quality control analysis has been performed starting from the original raw data and operational log sheets. The data have been formatted and standardized according to the latest community best practices, and all available metadata have been inserted, including calibration information and uncertainty specification.
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