Depth, pressure, salinity, temperature, and other data were collected using meteorological sensors and CTD casts in the Arctic Ocean, Greenland Sea, and North Pacific Ocean. Data were collected from NOAA Ship KA'IMIMOANA, fishing vessel Sea Watch, and USCG Healy from May 11 to November 28, 2001. Data were submitted by Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) as part of the Atlantic Layer Tracking Experiment (ALTEX) project.

Physical and meteorological data were collected using sediment sampler and other instruments from COLUMBUS ISELIN in the North Atlantic Ocean. Data were collected from 28 October 1975 to 05 November 1975 by Virginia Institute of Marine Science in Gloucester Point with support from the Outer Continental Shelf - Mid Atlantic (OCS-Mid Atlantic) project. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bacteriology (F009) format. The F009 format is designed to support bacteriological studies of the water column and ocean bottom. Information on environmental conditions, physical measurements of the water and sediment, and density of heterotrophic, hydrocarbonoclastic, and halophilic bacteria are presented. The format contains five data record types, each 80 characters in length, sorted by station ad sequence numbers. The first nine columns for all records are to be used for file name (columns 1-3) and file identifier (columns 4-9). The file identifier, to be assigned by the originator, is a unique originator id for each data submission. After submission, the NODC reassigns to this field a unique NODC identifier for internal use.

This data set is a processed version of data obtained during the First GARP (Global Atmospheric Research Program) Global Experiment (FGGE). The data were obtained by 359 individual drifting buoys from November 1978 to January 1981 mostly in the southern hemisphere oceans. This data set was processed by Dr. Steven L. Patterson from NODC. The buoys were supplied by different countries. Included in the documentation is a description of the data set and a manuscript titled "Surface Circulation and Kinetic Energy Distribution in the South by S.L. Patterson". This paper was published in the Journal of Physical Oceanography 15 (7).

Data from 42 drifter deployments were released by Dr. Phil Richardson of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Some of the data were collected jointly with Dr. Robert Cheney while at the University of Rhode Island. The data were collected from October 1974 to April 1980 in the North Western Atlantic. Each drifter has its own reference number starting with L00717 and ending in L00759. The documentation includes floater format and file organization.

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.

The Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) data from HYDROSTATION 'S' were collected in NW Atlantic (limit-40 W). Data was collected from Ship WEATHERBIRD. The data was collected over a period spanning from October 26, 1988 and December 28, 1988. Data from 9 casts and 6,331 records with descriptive headers was submitted in a diskette by Dr. Rodney Johnson of Bermuda Biological Station for Research (BBSR). Data has been processed and is available in F022-CTD-Hi Resolution file format of NODC. F022 High-resolution CTD data is collected from high resolution (conductivity-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 1 m. 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.

The Nansen bottle/ primary productivity/ pigment, sediment trap; and Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) data were collected in North Atlantic Ocean, NW Atlantic (limit-40 W) as part of Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) project. Data was collected from Ships CAPE HATTERAS and WEATHERBIRD. The data was collected over a period spanning from October 20, 1988 and September 13, 1991. 13 files containing Sediment trap data (368 records); Primary Productivity Data (268 records); Bottle data (from 16 stations and 1,364 records); CTD data (95 stations and 52,635 records); and Pigment data (693 records) was submitted by Dr. Anthony H. Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA. Data has been processed and is available in F022-CTD-Hi Resolution file format of NODC. The Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) is an international and multi- disciplinary study with a primary objective of understanding global oceanic carbon and nutrient cycles. The National Science Foundation has funded two time-series stations as part of JGOFS, one in Hawaii (HOTS) and a second in Bermuda, the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series study (BATS). BATS was funded under NSF Grant # OCE-8801089. This data set is comprised of BATS data primarily from Year 3, with additional data included from BATS years 1 and 2: 1) pigment data (chlorophylls a and b, peridinin, fucoxanthin, lutein, carotene, and others) collected during BATS Year 2 (These are the same data filed under NCEI Accession number 9200088.) 2) Nutrient data (total carbon dioxide, nitrate+nitrite, silicate, and phosphate in μmol/kg) collected as part of BATS Year 3 (Cruises 25 - 36, October 1990 - September 1991). CTD and particulate organic carbon and nitrogen (in μg/kg) and bacteria counts were also provided with these data. 3) Primary productivity data for BATS Years 1-3, Cruises 1-36. The trap array had MULTITRAPS at 150, 200, 300 and 400 meters. The array was allowed to drift for a 72-hour period (drift was considerable, up to 100 km). Total percentages of nitrogen, total organic carbon, and total carbon were utilized to calculate particulate flux in mg/m2/d. Data were collected in the immediate area of the nominal station location at 31 degrees 50'N, 64 degrees 10'W.

This Archival Information Package (AIP) contains physical and meteorological data from TAO, PIRATA and RAMA buoys in the Tropical Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. Data were collected from 2011-01-01 to 2011-03-31. Meteorological data include wind speed, wind direction, air temperature and relative humidity. Physical data include sea surface temperature (SST), water temperature, salinity and sample depth. Data are in ASCII text files.

The Ocean Station Data (OSD) and Bottle data were collected over two years period spanning from January 14, 1993 to December 20, 1994 from ships R/V CAPE HATTERAS and WEATHERBIRD II cruises #735-757. 23 OSD casts for 1993 and 26 casts for 1994 from Station-S was collected by Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc., Ferry Reach, Bermuda. Data was received in NODC via George Heimerdinger from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA.

Primary production, temperature, meteorological, and other data were collected in the North Atlantic, coastal North Atlantic, and other locations from 1931 to 1997. Data were collected from the ATLANTIS I from 1931 to 1963 and the ATLANTIS II from 1963 to 1997. Data include profiles of temperature, salinity, pH, and rates of primary production. Data also include concentration profiles of oxygen, particulate organic carbon, phosphate, total phosphate, nitrate, nitrite, silicate, ammonia, and chlorophyll a. Data were submitted by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) and are in a comma separated value (.csv) format.