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Application of corrections to original XBT data | |
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Temperature bias correction: Tcorr=T0-Toff (1) For Deep XBTs [Deep defined as where depth of XBT is deeper than 500m]: Tcorr=T0-ToffD For Shallow XBTs [Shallow defined as where depth of XBT is shallower than 500m]: For Western Pacific [north of 20oS and west of 180oE]: The thermal bias for the Western Pacific remains the same for both the shallow and deep XBTs. ToffS, ToffD, ToffWP vary with year. Values are found in Table 1. Values vary based on year of XBT drop. Depth bias correction: Zcorr=Z0(1-B-AZ0)-Zoff (2) The values of A,B, and Zoff vary based on year of XBT deployment, depth of the XBT deployed and the temperature of the water column to which it is deployed. The depth correction equation for each case is provided below. Based on the temperature that the XBTs are deployed, they are classified as low temperature class (the mean of the vertically averaged temperature of the water column between 0-200m is colder than 10oC) and high temperature class (the vertically averaged temperature of the water column between 0-200m is warmer than 10oC). Depth bias correction for deep XBTs deployed in low temperature class: Depth bias correction for deep XBTs deployed in high temperature class: ADL, BDL, ZoffDL, ADH, BDH, ZoffDH values are presented in Table 2. Depth bias correction for shallow XBTs deployed in low temperature class: Depth bias correction for shallow XBTs deployed in high temperature class: ASL, BSL, ZoffSL , ASH, BSH, ZoffSH values are presented in Table 3. The depth bias correction for shallow and deep XBTs for the Western Pacific are presented in Table 4 for the years 1968 to 1985 and the depth correction is given by Zcorr=Z0(1-BSWP-ASWPZ0)-ZoffSWPZcorr=Z0(1-BDWP-ADWPZ0)-ZoffDWP |
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