Acknowledgments
Simon Good’s pioneering paper provided motivation for this
study. I am grateful to Tim Boyer for providing the WOD09
database and the supplementary information. His important
suggestions on the manuscript draft are greatly appreciated. Terry
Joyce, Klaus Peter Koltermann, Sheldon Bacon and Bryan King
helped to clarify the issue on tracking the CTD rosette position
near the ocean bottom. Franco Reseghetti’s valuable comments
are gratefully acknowledged. Ann Thresher, Glenn Pezzoli and
Shoichi Kizu helped to clarify the issue on how the bottom hits
are identified on the XBT temperature profiles