The Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) and other data were collected from 163 stations as part of US/Peoples Republic of China (PRC) cooperative cruises from TOGA Area-Pacific (30 N to 30 S) using Ship XIANG YANG HONG 14. The data was collected over a period spanning from October 16, 1989 to July 7, 1990. Data was submitted by Lt. Brian Lake, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA. Data has been processed and is available in F022-CTD-Hi Resolution file format of NODC.

Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (XBT) (C116) format. The C116/C118 format contains temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Cruise information, position, date and time were reported for each observation. The data record was comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT Data File, in which temperature values were recorded at uniform 5 m intervals, the XBT data files contained temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths were recorded at the minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to accurately define the temperature curve. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of either 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. Prior to July 1994, XBT data were routinely processed to one of these standard types. XBT data are now processed and loaded directly in to the NODC Ocean Profile Data Base (OPDB). Historic data from these two data types were loaded into the OPDB.

The Air Sea Flux data containing Wind, Temperature, and Humidity of air; and Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Level Motion were collected as part of Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment from TOGA Area - Pacific (30 N to 30 S). Data was collected from Ship XIANG YANG HONG 05. The data was collected over a period spanning from November 10, 1992 to February 16, 1993. Data was submitted using File Transfer Protocol by Wei Hao of University of Qingdao, Academia Sinica, China.

The Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) and nutrient data were collected as part of Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean Circulation Study (WEPOCS). Three year data WEPOCS I, II, III was collected from TOGA Area - Pacific (30 N to 30 S) using Ships THOMAS G. THOMPSON and MOANA WAVE. The data was collected over a period spanning from June 18, 1985 to July 28, 1988. Data was submitted by Dr. Roger Lukas, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Data has been processed and is available in F022-CTD-Hi Resolution and C100-Ocean-Station-Data file format of NODC.

The Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) and other data was collected from TOGA Area - Pacific (30 N to 30 S) R/V MOANA WAVE. The data was collected over a period spanning from February 9, 1989 to May 10, 1989. Data was submitted by Harry Bryden of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA. 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 in TOGA Area, Atlantic as part of Trans-Atlantic Section 8 (TAS-8) study. Eighteen days data was collected from Ship OCEANUS. The data was collected over a period spanning from March 1, 1989 to March 19, 1989. Data was submitted in a tape by Kristen M. Sanborn of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA. Data has been processed and is available in F022-CTD-Hi Resolution file format of NODC.

The Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) data were collected as part of El Niño watch. R/V Thomas G. Thompson was used to collect data from TOGA Area-Pacific (30 N to 30 S). The data was collected over a three month period spanning from June 18, 1985 to July 15, 1985. Data was submitted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA in a tape. The data has been processed by NODC and is available in F022-CTD Hi resolution file format.

The water depth and temperature data was collected as part of SEAS III project from ship Manila Nedlloyd. The data was collected from TOGA (Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere) Area in the Pacific (30 N to 30 S) from July 26, 1990 to November 15, 1990. The originator's bathythermograph (XBT) data was submitted in a diskette by Mr. Paul Stevens of Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center, Monterey, CA. The data has been converted and is now available on line in C116 file format of NODC.

Physical and chemical data were collected using current meter, CTD, and buoy casts in the TOGA area of the Pacific Ocean from NOAA Ship OCEANOGRAPHER and R/V XIANGYANGHONG #14 from 25 January 1987 to 24 October 1987. Data were collected and submitted by the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL). Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (XBT) (C116) format. The C116/C118 format contains temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Cruise information, position, date and time were reported for each observation. The data record was comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT Data File, in which temperature values were recorded at uniform 5 m intervals, the XBT data files contained temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths were recorded at the minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to accurately define the temperature curve. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of either 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. Prior to July 1994, XBT data were routinely processed to one of these standard types. XBT data are now processed and loaded directly in to the NODC Ocean Profile Data Base (OPDB). Historic data from these two data types were loaded into the OPDB.

Physical, meteorological, and other data were collected from FIXED PLATFORMS in the TOGA Area - Pacific (30 N to 30 S) from 01 January 1988 to 31 December 1988. Data was submitted by the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) as part of the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) project. Data were obtained from an Atlas mooring and parameters include surface temperature, wind direction components, sea surface temperature, and water temperature at 10 discrete depths to 500 meters.