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|Meaning=(Abbreviated AXBT.) An expendable instrument that is  dropped from an aircraft and used to measure the [[profile]] of [[temperature]] in the water column.
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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(Abbreviated AXBT.) An expendable instrument that is  dropped from an aircraft and used to measure the [[profile]] of [[temperature]] in the water column.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The [[probe]] consists of a [[thermistor]] in a weighted, streamlined case. It falls freely at a fixed,  known rate so that the elapsed time can be converted to depth. It is connected by a thin, freely  unwinding wire to a small buoy with a radio [[transmitter]] through which the data are transmitted  to the aircraft, which continues its flight.</div><br/> </div>
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Latest revision as of 21:10, 13 January 2024

(Abbreviated AXBT.) An expendable instrument that is dropped from an aircraft and used to measure the profile of temperature in the water column.

The probe consists of a thermistor in a weighted, streamlined case. It falls freely at a fixed, known rate so that the elapsed time can be converted to depth. It is connected by a thin, freely unwinding wire to a small buoy with a radio transmitter through which the data are transmitted to the aircraft, which continues its flight.


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