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Airborne expendable bathythermograph

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-003390

A device deployed from an aircraft to measure ocean temperature as a function of depth. It consists of a probe that falls through the water, transmitting temperature data back to the aircraft via a fine wire. The probe is designed to be used once and then discarded, providing a rapid vertical profile of ocean thermal structure.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-003390
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
AbbreviationAXBT
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-MET-003390",
  "term": "Airborne expendable bathythermograph",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "A device deployed from an aircraft to measure ocean temperature as a function of depth. It consists of a probe that falls through the water, transmitting temperature data back to the aircraft via a fine wire. The probe is designed to be used once and then discarded, providing a rapid vertical profile of ocean thermal structure.",
  "abbreviation": "AXBT",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/airborne-expendable-bathythermograph/"
}

Record 338 of 10,816 in Meteorology and atmospheric science terminology (MLC-0110). Request the full dataset.