gov.noaa.nodc:OMAO-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 2026-03-19T14:38:28Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Underway CTD and other data collected aboard numerous ships in the NOAA fleet in US coastal waters since October 2019 2023-09-22 publication 2025-07-30 revision 2023-09-21 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:OMAO-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 Stephen Allen NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) Stephen.Allen@noaa.gov https://www.omao.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Katie S. Watkins-Brandt NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) katie.watkins-brandt@noaa.gov https://www.omao.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) website Institution web page information resourceProvider NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) https://www.omao.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Katie Watkins-Brandt NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) mo.dataacquisitionmgr@noaa.gov https://www.omao.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) website Institution web page information pointOfContact NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations https://www.omao.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) website Institution web page information author NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) https://www.omao.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) website Institution web page information contributor NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital This collection contains biological, chemical, optical, physical, and profile data collected aboard NOAA ships in U.S. coastal waters and in the Gulf of America since October 2019. These data include conductivity, water temperature, depth, salinity, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence, hydrostatic pressure and other parameters. The instruments used to collect these data include CTD, echo sounder, fluorometer, and others. These data were collected and submitted by the NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO). 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:OMAO-CTD Preview graphic PNG 0283045 0283079 0283212 0283250 0306281 0306282 0306283 0306333 0306527 0306529 0306530 0306531 0306533 0306534 0306535 0306536 0306565 0306566 0306567 0306568 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2025-06-26 publication Attenuation/Transmission CONDUCTIVITY DEPTH - BOTTOM DEPTH - OBSERVATION DISSOLVED OXYGEN FLUORESCENCE HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE SALINITY WATER DENSITY WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS CTD echo sounder fluorometer oxygen sensor transmissometer instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS biological chemical optical physical profile theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter NOAA Ship Nancy Foster platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS NOAA Fisheries NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository Program (NOAA R2R) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Caribbean Sea Coastal Waters of Florida Coastal Waters of Gulf of America Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico Coastal Waters of Mississippi Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Gulf of America Gulf of Mexico Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary New York Bight North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NMFS > National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/OMAO > NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, 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 GU0402 GU0404 GU0502 GU0503 GU0601 GU0602 GU0603 GU0706 GU1001 GU1004 GU1605 GU1703 NF-22-08 SH-21-06 project Cruise ID 332220210627 332220210722 332220210903 33NF20220817 project EXPOCODE GoMMAPPS Summer 2017 Marine Mammal Habitat Study - U.S. Atlantic Pelagic Trawl Survey Pilot Whale & Bottlenose Dolphin - U.S. Atlantic SE Mammal and Seabirds SEAMAP Fall Ichthyoplankton SEAMAP Fall Ichthyoplankton and Deepwater Horizon Survey SEAMAP Spring Ichthyoplankton SEAMAP Spring Icthyoplankton Survey SEAMAP Spring Icthyoplankton Survey (Deep Water Horizon event) Sperm Whale - Gulf of Mexico Western Caribbean Fisheries Oceanography project Originator Projects EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > ATTENUATION/TRANSMISSION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY 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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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian altM: Altimeter [m] c0S/m: Conductivity [S/m] c1S/m: Conductivity, 2 [S/m] density00: Density [density, Kg/m^3] depSM: Depth [salt water, m] flECO-AFL: Fluorescence, WET Labs ECO-AFL/FL [mg/m^3] flag: flag nbin: Scans Per Bin nbin: number of scans per bin prDM: Pressure, Digiquartz [db] sal00: Salinity [PSU] sal00: Salinity, Practical [PSU] sal11: Salinity, Practical, 2 [PSU] sbeox0ML/L: Oxygen, SBE 43 [ml/l] sbeox0Mg/L: Oxygen, SBE 43 [mg/l] sbeox0PS: Oxygen, SBE 43 [% saturation] sbox0Mm/Kg: Oxygen, SBE 43 [umol/kg] t090C: Temperature [ITS-90, deg C] t190C: Temperature, 2 [ITS-90, deg C] tv290C: Temperature [ITS-90, deg C] wetStar: Fluorescence, Wetlab Wetstar [mg/m^3] xmiss: Beam Transmission, Chelsea/Seatech/Wetlab CStar [%] theme Originator Variable Names CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth ECHO SOUNDERS > ECHO SOUNDERS FLUOROMETERS > FLUOROMETERS OXYGEN METERS > OXYGEN METERS TRANSMISSOMETERS instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument 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 SBE 19plus V2 SBE 911plus SBE 911plus/917plus CTD instrument Originator Instrument Keywords 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. 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Shimada (call sign: WTED, ICES code: 3322, 2010-) GORDON GUNTER (call sign: WTEO, ICES code: 33GG, 1998-) NANCY FOSTER (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 33NF, 2004-) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH 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. 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Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe echo sounder echo sounder instrument used to determine water depth or bathymetry also known as an echosounder fluorometer fluorometer fluorometer oxygen sensor oxygen sensor Any instrument that measures oxygen content in a compound. transmissometer transmissometer transmissometer Instrument used to measure transmissivity in NODC File Alias F022. NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada Flag: United States Title: NOAA Ship Port: Pascagoula, MS Type: Fishery Research Vessel DOB: 2009-10 IMO: 9349069 MMSI: 369970147 Length: 63.8m Commissioned date: 2010-09-20 URL: http://www.moc.noaa.gov/sh/index.html Submitted to ICES on 2012-03-20. Confirmed by NOAA on 2012-05-17. NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter Updated information for the vessel GORDON GUNTER from UNITED STATES(US). Name : GORDON GUNTER Country(s) : UNITED STATES(US) (ISO Country Code) Platform Class : 31 Research vessel Call Sign : WTEO IMO : 8835255 Pennant : R 336 Title : NOAA Ship Commissioned Date : 1998-08-28 Current Length : 68.3 Built : 1989-05-12 Previous Name (Notes): Relentless Notes : Built as the U.S. Naval Ship RELENTLESS (T-AGOS 18). Transferred to NOAA in 1993. Information Sources: - http://www.moc.noaa.gov/gu/index.html - http://www.seasearcher.com/lmiu/vessels/overview.htm?vesselID=341240 Confirmed by NOAA on 2010-09-10. NOAA Ship Nancy Foster Title: NOAA Ship Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Research Vessel (Environmental) DOB: May 1991 IMO: 8993227 Former Name: Agate Pass (YTT-12) (2002)