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Additionally Airborne eXpendable BathyThermographs Bathy Thermographs (AXBTs) are small floats or buoys that are dropped to the sea surface on parachutes. Once afloat, these instruments deploy long wires with temperature sensors, transmitting ocean temperature versus depth as the sensors sink through the water column to about 500m.  AXBT data is frequently used to increase knowledge of the ocean structure along the forecast track of a tropical storm and is an important factor in determining the intensity a hurricane may reach.

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