Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) Accuracy Studies

Abstract

This report is an examination of the accuracy of expendable bathythermograph (XBT) system temperature profiles. It covers a suite of studies on 1961 460-m and 26 1830-m XBT profiles collected between 1971 and 1975. The samples show that many visually acceptable but actually erroneous measurements are being transmitted to the Fleet Numerical Weather Center (FNWC), which results in inaccuracies of acoustic predictions based on these measurements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 15, 1980
Accession Number
ADA092954

Entities

People

  • E. R. Anderson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Detectors
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Measurement
  • Recording Systems
  • Reliability
  • Resistance
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Surface Temperature
  • Surface Waters
  • Surveys
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Time Intervals
  • Visual Inspection

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Surface Coatings Technology.