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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian AKADEMIK IOFFE (call sign: UKLP, ICES code: 90KD, 1989-1992) DISCOVERER (ICES code: 31DS) KNORR (call sign: KCEJ, ICES code: 316N, 1970-) METEOR (ICES code: 32EQ) NATHANIEL B. PALMER (call sign: WPB3210, ICES code: 3206, 1992-) OCEANUS (call sign: WXAQ, ICES code: 32OC, 1976-) THOMAS G. THOMPSON (call sign: KTDQ, ICES code: 3250, 1991-) THOMAS WASHINGTON (call sign: KGWU, ICES code: 31WT, 1965-1992) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA > PERSIAN GULF OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > BAY OF BENGAL OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > SOUTHERN 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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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe AKADEMIK IOFFE Updated information from ICES for the vessel AKADEMIK IOFFE from USSR. NOTE: Use code = 90KD for data from USSR platform AKADEMIK IOFFE collected prior to 1993. Use code = RUAI for data from RUSSIAN FEDERATION platform Akademik Ioffe collected after 1992. Code : 90KD Name : AKADEMIK IOFFE Flag : USSR - SUHH (ISO Country Code) Call Sign : UKLP Platform Class : Research vessel IMO : 8507731 Commissioned Date : 1989 Decommissioned Date : 1992 Current Length : 117 Built : 1989 Notes : Soviet Academy of Science ice-hardened research vessel. Same Vessels Info: RUAI - Akademik Ioffe METEOR METEOR NOAA Ship Discoverer Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Research Vessel (Oceanographic) DOB: 1966 IMO: 6600814 Hull Classification: R 102 History: Decommissioned as NOAA Ship DISCOVERER in 1997 OCEANUS Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Research Vessel DOB: 1975 IMO: 7603617 MMSI: 367977000 R/V Knorr Title: R/V Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Research Vessel (Oceanographic) DOB: 1970 IMO: 7738618 MMSI: 367246000 R/V THOMAS G. THOMPSON Use this platform for data attributed to R/V Thomas G. Thompson that were collected between July 1991 and present. R/V Thomas G. Thompson (AGOR-23) Owned by US Navy, leased to University of Washington. Active dates: July 1991 (Source: http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/57/5723.htm, last accessed on 20 Dec 2011) RV Nathaniel B. Palmer Updated information from ICES for the vessel NATHANIEL B. PALMER from UNITED STATES. Use 3206 for all data attributed to the vessel NATHANIEL B. PALMER from UNITED STATES. This platform has a current Call Sign = WPB3210 and two previous call signs, related to owner/company name changes since 1992. Previous call signs for NATHANIEL B. PALMER are: KUS1475 (1992 - ca. 1996) WCE9345 (ca. 1996 - mid-2006) WBP3210 (mid-2006 to present) Name : NATHANIEL B. PALMER Flag : UNITED STATES - US (ISO Country Code) Call Sign : WBP3210 Title : RV Platform Class : 31 Research vessel IMO : 9007257 Commissioned Date : 1992 Current Length : 86 Built : 1992-03 Notes : Data also found under previous call sign KUS1475 Lloyds URL : http://www.seasearcher.com/lmiu/vessels/overview.htm?vesselID=241527 Confirmed by NOAA on 2013-11-19. USNS Thomas Washington https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=kt109nc2cj&chunk.id=pt04&toc.depth=1&toc.id=pt04&brand=eschol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USNS_Thomas_Washington_(T-AGOR-10)