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Glacier Bay oceanography raw data hex files (OC_B) for cruise year 2023

Metadata Updated: March 4, 2026

"HEX" files are the raw output of the Sea-Bird oceanographic CTD profilers. They contain frequencies and voltages output by sensors in a proprietary format set by Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc. These files are not readable by common applications. To work with these data, one typically first processes them using specialized software from Sea-Bird Electronics that converts the raw counts into engineering units, such as degrees C. This processing requires the availability of "CON" calibration files that fully define the sensors on the particular CTD unit, and results in the OC_C deliverable available elsewhere on this site.

Each file is headed with metadata text. Following this are strings representing hexadecimal values of raw instrument readings; each line containing all sensors in the instrument array. Under the latest protocol OC-2014.1 there are approximately two lines recorded per second.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date January 14, 2026
Metadata Updated Date March 4, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOI NPS DCAT-US

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date January 14, 2026
Metadata Updated Date March 4, 2026
Publisher National Park Service
Maintainer
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Data First Published 2025-05-19T00:00:00Z
Data Last Modified 2025-05-19T00:00:00Z
Category Generic Dataset
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 010:24
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Harvest Source Title DOI NPS DCAT-US
Homepage URL https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2313142
Old Spatial -138.593582,58.1591148,-135.316727,59.48305
Program Code 010:118, 010:119
Source Datajson Identifier True
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Temporal 2023-01-01/2023-01-01

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