The Airborne eXpendable BathyThermograph (AXBT) is an in situ sensor that measures ocean temperature and conductivity. It is deployed from an aircraft using 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. AXBT has a vertical descent of 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
- https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-Airborne-Expendable-Bathythermograph-for-Sessions-Barnett/57c195f7b29c85b199d4ba533a5968d70f75f984?p2df
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Motorola, Magnavax, Hermes, Sippican
Office of Naval Research, NSF
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data center outside NASA
- Physical Oceanography DAAC (PO.DAAC)
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