This dataset contains text files from the The Global Tropical Moored Buoy Array Program, a multi-national effort to provide data in real-time for climate research and forecasting. Major components include the TAO/TRITON (Tropical Atmosphere Ocean) array in the Pacific, PIRATA (Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Atlantic) in the Atlantic, and RAMA (Research Moored Array for African-Asian-Australian Monsoon Analysis and Prediction) in the Indian Ocean. The Global Tropical Moored Buoy Array Program is a contribution to the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), and the Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS). Data in this submission are updated every three months: January, April, July, and October, and include daily sub-surface profiles of water temperature, salinity, and surface meteorological observations.

This collection contains oceanographic station, temperature profile, meteorological, zooplankton species identities and other data. Data were collected from numerous vessels from 1969 through 1998. Data were collected by the Marine Resources Research Institute (MRRI), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and other institutions as part of the Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment and Prediction (MARMAP) program. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Oceanographic Station Data (SD2), the Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT), and other NODC standard data formats.

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.

Measurements from the ships visiting the TOA (Tropical Atmosphere Ocean) buoy array.

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.

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.

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.