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XBT
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XBTExpendable Bathythermograph
XBTCrossbar Tandem
XBTXenon Beacon Tracker
XBTX-ray Backscatter Technology
XBTCrossbraced Truss
XBT14C-D-Xylose Breath Test (diagnostics)
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Temperature data were collected during each tow using an expendable bathythermograph (XBT) until 1992 and after 1992 with a micro-bathythermograph (MBT) attached to the headrope of the trawl.
Variation in the distribution of walleye pollock (Theragra ... by Kotwicki, Stan; Buckley, Troy W.; Honkalehto, Taina; Walters, Gary / Fishery Bulletin
The various science missions would require station keeping during CTD casts, deployment of current drifters, and expendable bathythermograph (XBT) launches, as well as weather system analysis designed to put Knorr in the path of the harshest weather conditions possible during the winter season.
A northern winter by Colburn, A.D. / Oceanus
Vertical temperature profiles are necessary to locate the float launch position within the Undercurrent, but these can be obtained from a small vessel using a portable expendable bathythermograph (XBT) system.
Meddies, eddies, floats and boats: how do Mediterranean and Atlantic ... by Bower, Amy S. / Oceanus
 
 
 
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