ACKNOWLEDGMENT 



The expendable bathythermograph QCBT) data comprising the transects cata- 

 loged in this inventory were observed as a part of the NMFS Marine Resources 

 Monitoring, Assessment, and Prediction (MARMAP) program's Ship of Opportunity 

 Program (SOOP) under the guidance of Steven K. Cook of the Atlantic Environ- 

 mental Group (AEG), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), NOAA, and were 

 assembled by him for processing by the National Oceanographic Data Center 

 (NODC) , Environmental Data and Information Service (EDIS) , NOAA. NODC and 

 AEG acknowledge the considerable efforts of the participants in the program, 

 especially by the observers of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Maritime 

 Administration (MARAD) , and of the U.S. Coast Guard. 



CONTENTS 



Abstract ^ 



Introduction ^ 



Description of data and data products 1 



Figure 1. --Sample of XBT transect-plot graphic 2 



Literature cited 



1976 monthly XBT transect location plots 5 



Table 1.--1976 AEG/SOOP XBT transect data available at NODC .... 17 



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