Current meter data were collected using moored current meter casts in the Puget Sound from November 29, 1983 to August 1, 1984. Data were submitted by Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) as part of the Long-Range Effects Program Puget Sound project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Current Meter Data (F015) format. The F015 format is used for time series measurements of ocean currents. These data are obtained from current meter moorings and represent Eulerian method of current measurement, i.e., the meters are deployed at a fixed point and measure flow past a sensor. Position, bottom depth, sensor depth, and meter characteristics are reported for each station. The data record comprises values of east-west (u) and north-south (v) current vector components at specified date and time. Current direction is defined as the direction toward which the water is flowing with positive directions east and north and negative directions west and south. Data values may be subject to averaging or filtering and are typically reported at 10-15 minute time intervals. Water temperature, pressure, and conductivity or salinity may also be reported. A text record is available for optional comments.

Current meter data were collected using moored current meter casts in the Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia from March 15, 1983 to November 1, 1983. Data were submitted by Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) as part of the Long-Range Effects Program Puget Sound project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Current Meter Data (F015) format. The F015 format is used for time series measurements of ocean currents. These data are obtained from current meter moorings and represent Eulerian method of current measurement, i.e., the meters are deployed at a fixed point and measure flow past a sensor. Position, bottom depth, sensor depth, and meter characteristics are reported for each station. The data record comprises values of east-west (u) and north-south (v) current vector components at specified date and time. Current direction is defined as the direction toward which the water is flowing with positive directions east and north and negative directions west and south. Data values may be subject to averaging or filtering and are typically reported at 10-15 minute time intervals. Water temperature, pressure, and conductivity or salinity may also be reported. A text record is available for optional comments.

This collection consists of physical, chemical, meteorological, and biological data collected in Puget Sound, Washington, between 1965 and 1986. These data were collected from numerous platforms including ships, boats, aircraft, fixed stations and buoys, as well as by direct human observation and collection. These data were collected by numerous organizations in support of the NOAA Marine EcoSystems Analysis Program (MESA) Puget Sound project.

In first of three data reports on the trace metal and ancillary data in Puget Sound and its watershed (Paulson et al., 1991a), all water column, sediment, and sediment trap data from the urban embayments and the watersheds discharging into Puget Sound between 1979 and January 1986 were reported. In the second data report (Paulson et al., 1991b), the complete data set between 1980 and January 1985 for the open waters of Puget Sound was presented, In this third data report, data from a single cruise in the urban embayments and open waters of Puget Sound during August 1986 are listed. The data are presented geographically in the following manner: Elliott and Commencement bays, the main basin of Puget Sound, South Puget Sound, Whidbey basin and Hood Canal. The information gained from these data has been interpreted by PMEL scientists and is published in a variety of scientific journals that are listed within each section.

Current meter data and some temperature and salinity data were collected as part of the Howe Sound Current Metering Program Data during November 16, 1971 - February 1, 1974 by the Department of the Environment, Marine Science Branch, Victoria, B.C. Data reports provide histograms summarizing current speed and direction, temperature ranges and salinity ranges but do not include observed data values. Reports are in analog format only as Volumes I, II and III (Part 1 and Part 2). Reports are housed in the NOAA Central Library stacks with call number GC 1 .C4 no. 75-7 v.1, GC 1 .C4 no. 75-7 v.2, GC 1 .C4 no. 75-7 v.3, GC 1 .C4 no. 75-7 v.4.

Physical oceanographic data were collected from NOAA Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON in the NW Atlantic from 04 October 2006 to 05 November 2007. Data were collected from CTD and sound velocimeter casts. Temperature and salinity profiles were collected from the CTD casts. Sound velocity profiles were collected from the sound velocimeter casts. Data are self documenting and are in plain ASCII text.

The accession contains one Ocean Acoustic Tomography data set. The sound velocity was collected by Peter Worcester of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA between May 1, 1987 and September 30, 1987. The data was submitted by Dr. Brian Dushaw, University of Washington via FTP. The data was received by NODC via Sid Stillwaugh. Each file contains all of the ray travel-time data collected by a source/receiver pair during the experiment (three transceivers, six files). The file is broken into three sections: 1) 1st section is a one line text record describing the parameters of the experiment. 2) 2nd section is six lines describing properties of the resolved ray paths. Each column of this section describes the properties of a ray path which corresponds to the same column of travel times of the third section. 3) 3rd section contains the time of transmission (in yearday) and the ray travel times. Each line is a year day and a set of travel times of ray arrivals. Each column is a time series of ray travel times for the ray path which was described in the corresponding column of the second section.

Physical oceanographic data were collected from NOAA Ship RAINIER from West of Prince of Wales, Alaska, from 07 October 2008 to 10 November 2008. Data were collected from CTD casts and underway vessel profiler for Project OPR-O190-RA-08. Temperature and salinity profiles were collected from CTD casts. Sound velocity profiles were collected from the underway vessel profiler. Data are self documenting and are in plain ASCII text.

Sound velocity profiles were collected from underway sound velocimeter casts from NOAA Ship FAIRWEATHER in coastal Alaskan waters. The National Ocean Service (NOS) collected the data from 02 May 2006 to 28 October 2006. Data are self documenting and are in plain ASCII text.