Sixty-two (62) data files and one doc file from Dr. Alan Longhurst, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. These contain chlorophyll data from North Atlantic received from NODC's Ocean Climate Laboratory via File Transfer Protocol. Data were collected during multiple cruises associated with various projects including JGOFS/NABE, CUEA, FOCAL, and ICES from 1961-1990. The format is contained in a .DOC file; parameters are: cruise, station, position, date, depth in meters, and chlorophyll-a in mg/cubic meter.

This dataset contains contains chlorophyll data collected from 1958-1988 using multiple ships. Marine pigments, productivity, and associated chemistry data were collected in NE Atlantic (limit-40 W) and NW Atlantic (limit-40 W) as part of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS). This data base has approx. 12,000 stations in JGOFS format. Any particulars on the station data can be found in JGR-Oceans, 97:2279-2293; titled The Remote Sensing of Ocean Primary Productivity. Data was submitted by William Balch, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), University of Miami. Also, these data have been copied onto CD-Rom at Goddard for distribution with the CZCS.

The water depth and temperature data were collected in north and south Atlantic as part of World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) from four different ships between August 14, 1986 and December 4, 1986. The originator's bathythermograph (XBT) data tape containing profiles were submitted by Dr. Reiner Onken, University of Kiel, Germany. The data have been converted and are now available on line in C125 Bathythermograph-XBT-Selected Depths file format of NODC.

The water depth and temperature data was collected from ships of Opportunity The data was collected from January 4, 1989 to December 15, 1989. The originator's bathythermograph (XBT) data was submitted in a cassette by Mr. Grayson Wood of National Marine fisheries Service, Narragansett, RI. The data has been converted and is now available on line in C116 file format of NODC.

This dataset contain data from Nine Seas III cruises conducted using many different ships. The bathythermograph (XBT) data was collected between March 28 and August 31, 1989. The data were sent from the cruise ships to the National Ocean Service, Rockville, MD via telecommunication. This data was submitted by Mr. Woodward E. William and is currently available in the C116 file format of NODC.

The data in this accession was collected during 46 cruises from 26 different ships over a period of 14 years spanning from November, 1976 and September, 1990. The real time data of water temperature at varying depth bathythermograph (XBT) was recorded in stripcharts by the Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center, Monterey, CA. One box of these stripcharts and radio logs were submitted to NODC by Mr. Paul Stevens. The XBT data from these stripcharts have been digitized and is present in the current NODC data storage system in C116 file format.

The data in this accession were collected in 26 cruises conducted using multiple ships over a decade between August 1980 to July 1991. The real time data of water temperature at varying depth bathythermograph (XBT) was recorded in stripcharts by the US Navy. One box of analog stripcharts and radio logs were submitted to NODC by Mr. Paul Stevens of Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center, Monterey CA. The XBT data from these stripcharts have been digitized and are present in the current NODC data storage system in C116 file format.

The water temperature and depth data in this accession was collected by Hydro Department of Birkenhead, Merseyside, UK. Three different ships were used to collect the 371 bathythermograph (XBT) observations spanning from May 19, 1983 to May 31, 1988. The data was submitted by Mr. P.F. Wainwright. The data has been processed by NODC and is available in C116 Bathythermograph (XBT) file format.

This dataset contains 49 sets of data collected as part of Shipboard Environmental data Acquisition System (SEAS) III program. The cruises were conducted using 31 different ships. The bathythermograph (XBT) data was collected between December 12, 1991 and February 25, 1993. The data was sent from the cruise ships to the National Ocean Service, Rockville, MD via telecommunication. This data is currently available in the C116 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.