Field evaluation of real-time XBT systems Western Pacific international meeting and workshop on Toga Coare : proceedings Szabados, M. Wright, D. INSTRUMENTATION ACQUISITION DE DONNEES TEMPERATURE DE SURFACE ERREUR XBT This field test evaluated both the performance of XBT systems under field conditions and the capability of the ARGOS and GOES satellite system to transmitXBT data in the JJXX format. Results show that the mean temperature differences between the CTD and each XBT system over the total XBT profile were greater than the +/- O.15 degrees Celsius specification for XBT probes. In the isothermal portion of the mixed layer where the temperature differences are minimized due to depth, instrument response, and internal waves, the temperature differences between the XBT's and CTD were reduced by an order of magnitude. From these results, it was determined that temperature error due to the XBT's thermistor is small. ORSTOM /Picaut, Joël (ed.) Lukas, R. (ed.) /Delcroix, Thierry (ed.) 1989 text https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:30266 fdi:30266 Szabados M., Wright D., . Field evaluation of real-time XBT systems. In : Picaut Joël (ed.), Lukas R. (ed.), Delcroix Thierry (ed.), . Western Pacific international meeting and workshop on Toga Coare : proceedings ORSTOM, 1989, 811-821 Western Pacific International Meeting and Workshop on Toga Coare, Nouméa (NCL), 1989/05/24-30 EN PACIFIQUE TROPICAL OUEST