gov.noaa.nodc:NDBC-TAO-CTD eng utf8 series 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 2026-03-24T18:44:32Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Physical profile data collected in the Equatorial Pacific during cruises to service the TAO array, a network of deep ocean moored buoys, from 2007-04-07 to the present 2010-04-26 publication 2022-10-30 revision 2010-04-26 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:NDBC-TAO-CTD 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 Dawn Petraitis NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) Dawn.Petraitis@noaa.gov https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) website Institution web page information resourceProvider NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) website Institution web page information resourceProvider NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) website Institution web page information contributor Petraitis, Dawn NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) Dawn.Petraitis@noaa.gov https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Data Buoy Center https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) website Institution web page information author tableDigital As part of the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) Program, the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) was responsible for the at-sea collection, quality control and processing, and delivery of these CTD data in netCDF files to the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). NDBC collected these CTD data during cruises to service the TAO array of moorings. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. onGoing 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 irregular https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:NDBC-TAO-CTD Preview graphic PNG 0063521 0063527 0063528 0118678 0120317 0120318 0120319 0120331 0120332 0120333 0120334 0120335 0120336 0120337 0120338 0120339 0120340 0120341 0120342 0120343 0120344 0120345 0120346 0120347 0120348 0120349 0120350 0120351 0120352 0120353 0120354 0120355 0120356 0120357 0120358 0120359 0120360 0120361 0120362 0120363 0120364 0208290 0208292 0208333 0208353 0209041 0209046 0209050 0209052 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2020-01-04 publication AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB BAROMETRIC PRESSURE cloud amount/frequency cloud type HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE SALINITY SWELL HEIGHT VISIBILITY WATER TEMPERATURE WEATHER WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS CTD meteorological sensor instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS meteorological physical profile theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS NOAA Ship Ka'imimoana NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown R/V Melville R/V WECOMA platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS NOAA National Data Buoy Center dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NOAA National Data Buoy Center dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Equatorial Pacific Ocean North Pacific Ocean South Pacific Ocean TOGA Area - Pacific (30 N to 30 S) 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 DOC/NOAA/NWS/NDBC > National Data Buoy Center, National Weather Service, 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 EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FREQUENCY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SWELLS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science 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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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 Seabird/SBE 3T Seabird/SBE 4C Thermistor Conductivity Cell [Seabird/SBE 4C] Thermistor [Seabird/SBE 3T] instrument NDBC TAO CTD Sensor Names 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 KA'IMIMOANA (call sign: WTEU, ICES code: 33KM, 1996-2014) MELVILLE (call sign: WECB, ICES code: 318M, 1969-) Ronald H. Brown (call sign: WTEC, ICES code: 33RO, 1997-) WECOMA (call sign: WSD7079, ICES code: 32WC, 1976-) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC 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. 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 accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Petraitis, Dawn; NOAA National Data Buoy Center (2010). Physical profile data collected in the Equatorial Pacific during cruises to service the TAO array, a network of deep ocean moored buoys, from 2007-04-07 to the present. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/NDBC-TAO-CTD. Accessed [date]. Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives. otherRestrictions Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose. The TAO Shipboard CTD Program Under the National Data Buoy Center 2009-08 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0118678/data/0-data/Boyd_et_al_NDBC_TAO_CTD_Program.pdf HTTPS https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0118678/data/0-data/Boyd_et_al_NDBC_TAO_CTD_Program.pdf PDF document information Boyd, J.D. SAIC, Inc. http://www.saic.com/ HTTP Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) website Institution web page information author Crout, R. National Data Buoy Center https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) website Institution web page information author LeBlanc, L. National Data Buoy Center https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) publisher crossReference sciencePaper Crout, Richard; Petraitis, Dawn; NOAA National Data Buoy Center (2012). Physical and meteorological data from the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array in the tropical Pacific Ocean. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/NDBC-TAOBuoy. 2012-06-28 publication NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:NDBC-TAOBuoy https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/NDBC-TAOBuoy HTTPS https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/NDBC-TAOBuoy Related dataset information Crout, Richard NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) richard.crout@noaa.gov https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) website Institution web page information author Petraitis, Dawn NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) Dawn.Petraitis@noaa.gov https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Data Buoy Center https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) publisher tableDigital crossReference Petraitis, Dawn; NOAA National Data Buoy Center (2013). Physical and meteorological delayed-mode full-resolution data from the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array in the Equatorial Pacific. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/NDBC-TAOFullRes. 2013-05-16 publication NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:NDBC-TAOFullRes https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/NDBC-TAOFullRes HTTPS https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/NDBC-TAOFullRes Related dataset information Petraitis, Dawn NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) Dawn.Petraitis@noaa.gov https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Data Buoy Center https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) publisher tableDigital crossReference eng; USA utf8 environment oceans climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 163.5 -93.8 -8.3 20.8 2006-11-05 Documents about NDBC's processing of Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) CTD data and other related information are in NCEI accession 0118678. 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NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015. 2015-04-22T00:00:00 asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe meteorological sensor meteorological sensor Any meteorological sensor, but also see specific instruments such as aerovane, anemometer, etc. NOAA Ship Ka'imimoana Updated information for this platform from ICES: Name : KA'IMIMOANA Country(s) : US: UNITED STATES (ISO Country Code) Platform Class : 31: Research vessel Call Sign : WTEU IMO : 8835231 Commissioned Date : 1996 Decommissioned Date : 2014 Current Length : 68.3 Built : 1989 Previous Name (Notes): TITAN WOD Code: 7426 JCOMMOPs Recruitment Date: 2000-01-01 Notes : Oceanographic RV. Built as the USNS Titan, became NOAA ship Ka'imimoana in 1996, became Ocean Titan in 2015 Information Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USNS_Titan_(T-AGOS-15) - https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/1949285?navList=gallery&imo=8835231&page=1&viewType=normal&sortBy=newest Same Vessels Info: 33V1 - OCEAN TITAN General Comments: IMO confirmed in Miramar Code 33KM has been used since at least 2000. See relevant SHIPC version. NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown Updated information from ICES for UNITED STATES platform Ronald H. Brown Flag : UNITED STATES - US (ISO Country Code) Call Sign : WTEC Title : NOAA Ship Platform Class : Research vessel IMO : 9105786 Pennant : R 104 Commissioned Date : 1997-07-19 Current Length : 83.5 Built : 1997 Information Source : http://www.moc.noaa.gov/rb/index.html (URL) Lloyds URL : http://www.seasearcher.com/lmiu/vessels/overview.htm?vesselID=277516 *General Comments:* Name RESEARCHER II planned during build was never used. R/V Melville Hull Classification: AGOR-14. It is a research vessel operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Commissioned on 10 July 1968 and the current status is active. https://scripps.ucsd.edu/ships/melville R/V WECOMA R/V WECOMA is owned by the National Science Foundation and operated under a Cooperative Agreement by Oregon State University, College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences.