Salinity, temperature, depth (STD) and other data was collected using the United States Coast Guard (USCG) ships BURTON ISLAND, GLACIER and NORTH WIND by the US Navy. Data was collected in the Arctic Ocean from July 30, 1971 to August 5, 1977 and submitted by the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. Station Data was submitted on tape which has been processed. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard High-Resolution CTD/STD (F022) format. The F022 format contains high-resolution data collected using CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) and STD (salinity-temperature-depth) instruments. As they are lowered and raised in the oceans, these electronic devices provide nearly continuous profiles of temperature, salinity, and other parameters. Data values may be subject to averaging or filtering or obtained by interpolation and may be reported at depth intervals as fine as 1m. Cruise and instrument information, position, date, time and sampling interval are reported for each station. Environmental data at the time of the cast (meteorological and sea surface conditions) may also be reported. The data record comprises values of temperature, salinity or conductivity, density (computed sigma-t), and possibly dissolved oxygen or transmissivity at specified depth or pressure levels. Data may be reported at either equally or unequally spaced depth or pressure intervals. A text record is available for comments.

The water temperature data was collected by International Ice Patrol from April 1986 to June 1988 in the NW Atlantic. Ships Evergreen, Hornbeam, Tamaroa and Bittersweet were used to collect the data. The C116 Bathythermograph data was submitted by the US Coast Guard, Groton, CT.

These data are the results of the Spring Removal Experiment (SPREX) collected from March 28, 1985 to May 22, 1985. Data consists of high resolution CTD data, in shallow waters off coastal Georgia, with rosette bottle (Niskin) collections at top and bottom. Samples were analyzed for PO4, NO2, NO3, SI, Chl-A and phaeopigments. The CTD data were extracted and processed into F022 format (files nos. TV2989-TV2992). The data were submitted by Dr. Larry P. Atkinson and Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah GA.

The Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) and Bathythermograph (XBT) data were collected as part of Texas Institutions Gulf Ecosystem Research (TIGER) project. Data was collected from Ship GYRE cruises 95G02 & 95G03 and R/V ANTARES cruise 95A03. The data was collected over a period spanning from April 1, 1995 and June 18, 1995. Data was submitted on two diskettes by Dr. Douglas C. Biggs, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

The Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) and Rosette Bottle sampling was done from helicopter, ship, and ice island. The data were collected in Weddell Sea as part of ICE STATION WEDDELL-1 project by Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Data was collected from Ships NATHANIEL B. PALMER, AKADEMIK FEDOROV (AKA AKADEMIK FYODOROV). The data was collected over a period spanning from February 2, 1992 to March 27, 1993. Data was submitted by Dr. Arnold L. Gordon of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY to NODC.

The Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) and other data were collected in NW Atlantic (limit-40 W) using Ship SPAR and Ship BITTERSWEET. The data was collected over a period spanning from June 12, 1990 to May 9, 1991. Data was submitted in two disks by US Coast Guard, Groton, CT. Data has been processed and is available in F022-CTD-Hi Resolution file format of NODC.

The Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) and other data were collected as part of Antarctic Marine Ecosystem Analysis at the Ice Edge Zone (AMERIEZ) project. Data was collected from Southern Oceans (> 60 degrees South) using Ships WESTWIND and MELVILLE. The data was collected over a period spanning from November 9, 1983 to December 2, 1983. Data was submitted by Dr. Robin D. Muench, Science Applications, Inc., Bellevue, WA. Data has been processed and is available in F022-CTD-Hi Resolution file format of NODC.

This entry contains the results from the Outer Continental Shelf study (OCS) benchmark study in the North Atlantic which ran during the month of May 77 from the R/V GYRE. These data were submitted by Energy Resources Co., Inc. in fulfillment of BLM contract #AA550-CT6-51. This tape contains eleven files with different file types and therefore different reference numbers. A description of the files and a listing of the reference numbers is available. Documentation describes methods of observation and instruments used, units in which measurements are taken, including analytical methods and laboratory procedures used to analyze data.

The Ocean Station Data from 17 stations; and Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) data from 49 casts were collected using ship Stark during cruises # 688-711. The data was collected from January 1, 1991 to December 31, 1991 in NW Atlantic (limit-40 W) by Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA. The Station S data was received by NODC via internet from George Heimerdinger.

This data file contains compressed versions of physical- chemical oceanographic data collected using electronic CTD and STD recorders. These data were collected in the Norwegian sea from February to April 1982. These data were collected from the CSS HUDSON. The next data set data were collected in the Southern ocean and Southern Atlantic on the KNORR from October 1983 to February 1984 as part of the AJAX expedition. LEG I of the cruise is under reference number L00064; Leg II is under L00065. Both the data sets were submitted by Arnold Mantyla from Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO). The data are in Oceanographic Station Data (SD2) format. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard High-Resolution CTD/STD (F022) and Ocean Station (C100) formats. The Oceanographic Station Data (C100) format contains physical-chemical oceanographic data recorded at discrete depth levels. Most of the observations were made using multi-bottle Nansen casts or other types of water samplers. A small amount (about 5 percent) were obtained using electronic CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) or STD (salinity-temperature-depth) recorders. The CTD/STD data were reported to NODC at depth levels equivalent to Nansen cast data, however, and have been processed and stored the same as the Nansen data. Cruise information (e.g., ship, country, institution), position, date, and time, and reported for each station. The principal measured parameters and temperature and salinity, but dissolved oxygen, phosphate, total phosphorus, silicate, nitrate, nitrite, and pH may be reported. Meteorological conditions at the time of the cast (e.g., air temperature and pressure, wind, waves) may also be reported, as well as auxiliary data such as water color (Forel-Ule scale), water transparency (Secchi disk depth), and depth to bottom. Values of density (sigma-t) sound velocity, and dynamic depth anomaly are computed from measured parameters. Each station contains the measurements taken at the observed depth levels, but also includes data values interpolated to a set of standard depth levels. The F022 format contains high-resolution data collected using CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) and STD (salinity-temperature-depth) instruments. As they are lowered and raised in the oceans, these electronic devices provide nearly continuous profiles of temperature, salinity, and other parameters. Data values may be subject to averaging or filtering or obtained by interpolation and may be reported at depth intervals as fine as 1m. Cruise and instrument information, position, date, time and sampling interval are reported for each station. Environmental data at the time of the cast (meteorological and sea surface conditions) may also be reported. The data record comprises values of temperature, salinity or conductivity, density (computed sigma-t), and possibly dissolved oxygen or transmissivity at specified depth or pressure levels. Data may be reported at either equally or unequally spaced depth or pressure intervals. A text record is available for comments.