gov.noaa.nodc:9100112 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-03-26T15:43:57Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Bathythermograph (MBT), bathythermograph (XBT) data from AGINCOURT, BATTLEAXE, and others in the Alboran Sea, Baltic Sea, and others from 1947-08-14 to 1983-10-09 (NCEI Accession 9100112) 2002-11-19 publication 2023-02-14 revision 1991 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:9100112 NCEI Archive Management System 9100112 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Thomas Dalzell United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) resourceProvider United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) resourceProvider United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) contributor Dalzell, Thomas United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) author United Kingdom Hydrographic Office author tableDigital The water depth and temperature data was collected using over 45 different ships from August 1947 to October 1983. The originator's bathythermograph (XBT) data was submitted in a tape containing 7,537 observations by Ted Dalzell of Hydro Department, Birkenhead, Merseyside, United Kingdom. The data has been converted and is now available on line in C116-Bathythermograph-XBT and C128-Bathythermograph-MBT file formats of NODC. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded NCEI Accession 9100112 was revised and a new version of the archival package was published. Updates to existing archival packages may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. The latest version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession. Please see journal.txt in the /about directory for additional details on changes made. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:9100112 Preview graphic PNG 9100112 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 1983-10-08 publication water depth WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - MBT bathythermograph - XBT instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS physical profile theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS AGINCOURT BATTLEAXE CHAPLET CLUPEA CLYDE-OWS M CORUNNA DACIA DAINTY DARING DECOY DEFENDER DELIGHT DIAMOND DIANA DUNKIRK ERNEST HOLT HMS Duchess HMS Grenville HMS Loch Alvie HMS Loch Insh HMS Loch Lomond HMS Saintes HMS Termagant HMS Tintagel Castle HMS Undine HMS Vigo MAGPIE MARINER MERMAID OWEN OWS D OWS M ROEBUCK RRS CHALLENGER SCORPION ST KITTS TYRIAN VIRAGO W. SCORESBY WAKEFUL WEATHER EXPLORER WEATHER RECORDER WEATHER REPORTER WEATHER WATCHER WHIRLWIND platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS United Kingdom Hydrographic Office dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS United Kingdom Hydrographic Office dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Adriatic Sea Aegean Sea Alboran Sea Baltic Sea Barents Sea Bay of Biscay (Golfe de Gascogne) English Channel (La Manche) Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea) Gulf of Finland Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Ionian Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Ligurian Sea Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin North Atlantic Ocean North Sea Norwegian Sea Skagerrak South Atlantic Ocean Strait of Gibraltar Tyrrhenian Sea place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Ships platform Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian AGINCOURT (ICES code: 74AG, 1947-1972) BATTLEAXE (ICES code: 74BT, 1980-1997) CHALLENGER (call sign: GPIU, ICES code: 74CH, 1975-2000) CHAPLET (ICES code: 74C2) CLUPEA (call sign: GYWG, ICES code: 74CU, 1968-2008) CORUNNA (call sign: VMCO, ICES code: 74C7, 1947-1972) DACIA (call sign: YQCR, ICES code: 74DC) DAINTY (ICES code: 74DY, 1953-1969) DARING (ICES code: 74DR, 1952-1968) DECOY (ICES code: 74D1, 1953-1969) DEFENDER (ICES code: 74DF, 1952-1969) DELIGHT (ICES code: 74DD, 1953-1971) DIAMOND (ICES code: 74DM, 1952-1970) DIANA (ICES code: 74DN, 1954-1969) DUCHESS (ICES code: 74DH, 1952-1964) DUNKIRK (ICES code: 74DK, 1946-1963) ERNEST HOLT (ICES code: 74EH, 1949-1971) GRENVILLE (ICES code: 74GE, 1943-1974) LOCH ALVIE (ICES code: 74LC, 1945-1965) LOCH INSH (ICES code: 74L1, 1945-1962) LOCH LOMOND (call sign: GULZ, ICES code: 74LM, 1944-1964) MAGPIE (ICES code: 74MG) MARINER (ICES code: 74MI, 1954-1955) MERMAID (ICES code: 74MM) OWEN (ICES code: 74OW, 1949-1965) ROEBUCK (call sign: GCYB, ICES code: 74RB, 1986-) SAINTES (ICES code: 74S1, 1946-1962) SCORPION (call sign: GUHZ, ICES code: 74SP, 1947-1971) ST KITTS (ICES code: 74S2, 1946-1957) TERMAGANT (ICES code: 74TM, 1943-1965) TINTAGEL CASTLE (ICES code: 74TI, 1944-1956) TYRIAN (ICES code: 74TY) UNDINE (ICES code: 74UD, 1943-1965) VIGO (ICES code: 74VO, 1946-1959) VIRAGO (ICES code: 74VR) W. SCORESBY (ICES code: 32S1) WAKEFUL (ICES code: 74WK) WEATHER EXPLORER (ICES code: 74WE, 1947-1958) WEATHER RECORDER (ICES code: 74WC, 1947-1961) WEATHER REPORTER (ICES code: 74WR, 1958-1977) WEATHER WATCHER (ICES code: 74WW, 1947-1961) WHIRLWIND (ICES code: 74WI, 1944-1966) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BARENTS SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > BALTIC SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > IRISH SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA > ADRIATIC SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORWEGIAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890. 2023-01-19 publication NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0189890 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890 HTTPS https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890 documentation information US National Oceanographic Data Center https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) publisher documentDigital crossReference collection eng; USA utf8 environment oceans -41.37 37.67 -34.33 75.87 1947-08-14 1983-10-09 Note: Metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). 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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - BT BathyThermograph bathythermograph - MBT bathythermograph - MBT Mechanical BathyThermograph bathythermograph - XBT bathythermograph - XBT eXpendable BathyThermograph AGINCOURT AGINCOURT BATTLEAXE BATTLEAXE CHAPLET CHAPLET CLUPEA Updated information from ICES for the vessel CLUPEA from UNITED KINGDOM NOTE: Be careful to select the correct platform identifier because there are many platforms that have the name CLUPEA. Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Call Sign : GYWG Platform Class : Research vessel IMO : 6825842 Commissioned Date : 1968 Decommissioned Date : 2008-03-07 Current Length : 32.1 Built : 1968 Notes : Used by the Aberdeen Marine Laboratory since 1968 until she was decommissioned. Major overhaul in 1988. Information Source : http://www.marine.gov.uk/clupea.htm (URL) Lloyds URL : http://www.lloydsmiu.com/lmiu/vessels/overview.htm?vesselID=243502 Aberdeen Marine Laboratory research vessel was decommissioned on 7th March 2008; Replacement is Alba Na Mara; CLYDE-OWS M CLYDE-OWS M CORUNNA CORUNNA DACIA DACIA DAINTY DAINTY DARING DARING DECOY DECOY DEFENDER DEFENDER DELIGHT DELIGHT DIAMOND DIAMOND DIANA DIANA DUNKIRK DUNKIRK ERNEST HOLT ERNEST HOLT HMS Duchess Updated information from ICES for the vessel DUCHESS from UNITED KINGDOM. NOTE: Use 74DH for UK vessel DUCHESS for data from 1952-1964. Use 09DU for AU vessel DUCHESS for data from 1964-1977. Code : 74DH Name : DUCHESS Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel Pennant : D154 Commissioned Date : 1952-10-23 Decommissioned Date : 1964 Current Length : 120 Built : 1952 Notes : Royal Navy Daring-class destroyer. Transferred to Royal Australian Navy and renamed HMAS Duchess after decommissioning. Additional Information Sources: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Duchess_(D154) Same Vessels Info: 09DU - DUCHESS General Comments: Launch date 09 April 1951. Confirmed in Miramar HMS Grenville Updated information from ICES for the vessel GRENVILLE from UNITED KINGDOM. Name : GRENVILLE Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel Pennant : R97 Commissioned Date : 1943-05-27 Decommissioned Date : 1974 Current Length : 111 Built : 1943 Notes : WOD 5807 with data at NOAA from 1954-1957. Royal Navy U-class destroyer. Scrapped after decommissioning. Additional Information Sources: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Grenville_(R97) HMS Loch Alvie Updated information from ICES for the vessel LOCH ALVIE from UNITED KINGDOM. Code : 74LC Name : LOCH ALVIE Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel Pennant : K428 Commissioned Date : 1945 Decommissioned Date : 1965 Current Length : 94 Built : 1944 Notes : Royal Navy Loch-class anti-submarine frigate. Loaned to Canadian Navy from 1944 to 1945. Scrapped after decommissioning. Additional Information Sources: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Loch_Alvie_(K428) HMS Loch Insh Updated information from ICES for the vessel LOCH INSH from UNITED KINGDOM Name : LOCH INSH Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel Pennant : K433 Commissioned Date : 1945-11 Decommissioned Date : 1962-06-22 Current Length : 94 Built : 1944 Notes : WOD 5861 submitted by HYDRO Department (BRITISH HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE). Royal Navy Loch-class anti-submarine frigate. Sold to Malaysian Navy and renamed KD Hang Tuah after decommissioning. Laid up from 1946-04 HMS Loch Lomond Updated information from ICES for the vessel LOCH LOMOND from UNITED KINGDOM. Name : LOCH LOMOND Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel Pennant : K437 Commissioned Date : 1944-11 Decommissioned Date : 1964-12-19 Current Length : 94 Built : 1944 Notes : WOD 5855 with data at NOAA from 1951-1963. Royal Navy Loch-class anti-submarine frigate. Scrapped after decommissioning. Laid up from 1946-04 to 1950-09-22. Additional Information Sources: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Loch_Lomond_(K437) - http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/242.html General Comments: Loch Lomond confirmed in Miramar. HMS Saintes Updated information from ICES for the vessel SAINTES from UNITED KINGDOM. Name : SAINTES Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel Pennant : D84 Commissioned Date : 1946-09-27 Decommissioned Date : 1962 Current Length : 116 Built : 1946 Notes : WOD 5942. Royal Navy Battle-class destroyer. Scrapped after decommissioning. Additional Information Sources: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Saintes_(D84) General Comments: Saintes confirmed in Miramar Saintes with WOD 5942 has data at NOAA from 1950-1956 HMS Termagant Updated information from ICES for UK platform TERMAGANT: Title: HMS HMS Tintagel Castle Updated information from ICES for the vessel TINTAGEL CASTLE from UNITED KINGDOM. Code : 74TI Name : TINTAGEL CASTLE Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel Pennant : K399 Commissioned Date : 1944-04-07 Decommissioned Date : 1956 Current Length : 76.8 Built : 1944 Notes : Royal Navy Castle-class corvette. Scrapped after decommissioning. Additional Information Sources: - http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/66.html - http://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/Unit-Info/2330 HMS Undine Updated information from ICES for the vessel UNDINE from UNITED KINGDOM. NOTE: Call sign removed from platform attributes (see comments) to align with ICES. Name : UNDINE Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel Pennant : R42/D141/F141 Commissioned Date : 1943-12-23 Decommissioned Date : 1965 Current Length : 111 Built : 1943 Notes : Royal Navy U-class destroyer. Converted to a Type 15 Frigate 1952-54 with the pennant number F141. Scrapped after decommissioning. Additional Information Sources: - http://www.britainsnavy.co.uk/Ships/HMS%20Undine/HMS%20Undine%20(1943)%20DD%207.htm General Comments: According to itu.int, call sign 3EHG9 belongs KS TRUST from Panama. No confirmation for that the call sign was used by HMS UNDINE was found. HMS Vigo Updated information from ICES for the vessel VIGO from UNITED KINGDOM. Name : VIGO Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Title : HMS Platform Class : 39 Naval vessel Pennant : D231 Commissioned Date : 1946-12-09 Decommissioned Date : 1959-10-01 Current Length : 116 Built : 1946 Notes : Royal Navy Battle-class destroyer. Pennant originally R31. Scrapped after decommissioning. MAGPIE MAGPIE MARINER this platform identifier, 74MI Mariner, is reserved for older data entries from 1950s MERMAID MERMAID OWEN OWEN OWS D OWS D OWS M OWS M ROEBUCK ROEBUCK RRS CHALLENGER The RRS Challenger (IMO 7117761) was a 1973-built British oceanographic research vessel operated by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) for marine studies, often in the Atlantic and North Sea, until her sale in 2000 and subsequent scrapping in 2004. She is not to be confused with the historic 1872 HMS Challenger expedition. Key Details of RRS Challenger (1973): Built: Launched in 1973 by James Lamont & Co., Port Glasgow. Operation: Used for oceanographic research, including seabed studies, current meter mooring, and biological surveys, particularly around the UK continental shelf and the Porcupine Abyssal Plain. Specs: 1,050 gross tonnage. Final Years: Sold in 2000 and renamed SV Explorer, later scrapped in Grenå in 2004. Cruise Activity: She conducted numerous cruises, such as CH14B/78 and CH8/86, conducting essential marine biology and physics data collection. SCORPION SCORPION ST KITTS ST KITTS TYRIAN TYRIAN VIRAGO VIRAGO W. SCORESBY W. SCORESBY WAKEFUL WAKEFUL WEATHER EXPLORER Updated information from ICES for the vessel WEATHER EXPLORER from UNITED KINGDOM. Code : 74WE Name : WEATHER EXPLORER Flag : UNITED KINGDOM - GB (ISO Country Code) Platform Class : 34 Vessel at fixed position - Includes light vessels and weather ships Commissioned Date : 1947 Decommissioned Date : 1958 Built : 1941 Previous Name (Notes): HMS Thyme Notes : Flower-class corvette converted to a weather ship in 1946-47. Became a Greek merchant ship named Epos in 1958. Additional Information Sources: - http://www.weatherships.co.uk/te.htm - http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5561.html General Comments: Miramar has conversion to Weathership in 1952 but other sources say 1947. WEATHER RECORDER WEATHER RECORDER WEATHER REPORTER WEATHER REPORTER WEATHER WATCHER WEATHER WATCHER WHIRLWIND WHIRLWIND