gov.noaa.nodc:0000720 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 2026-04-02T17:02:46Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) NODC Standard Product: World Ocean Database 2001 (8 disc set) (NCEI Accession 0000720) 2002-05-03 publication 2002-05-03 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0000720 NCEI Archive Management System 0000720 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 Sydney Levitus US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) website Institution web page information resourceProvider US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Levitus, Sydney US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) website Institution web page information author US National Oceanographic Data Center https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) website Institution web page information author tableDigital World Ocean Database 2001 (WOD01) is comprised of 8 CD-ROMs and contains in situ profile data such as temperature, salinity, nutrients, oxygen, chlorophyll, plankton biomass data and more. It is an update to the World Ocean Database 1998, plus it contains some new parameters. Some changes since WOD98: - addition and specification of data from undulating oceanographic recorders, profiling floats, drifting buoys, moored buoys, surface only data, and autonomous pinniped bathythermograph data; - addition of carbon variables to the database; - submitter-defined data quality flags received as part of data submissions are now kept in the database; - modifications to the data format. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. pending 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 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0000720 Preview graphic PNG 0000720 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2002-05-02 publication ANALYSES - ANNUAL SUMMARIES theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS bathythermograph - MBT bathythermograph - XBT bottle buoy - drifting buoy buoy - moored buoy CTD profiling float instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS physical profile surface measurements theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS US National Oceanographic Data Center dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS GLOBAL OCEAN DATA ARCHAEOLOGY AND RESCUE PROJECT (GODAR) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS World-Wide Distribution 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 23 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 GODAR > Global Oceanographic Data Archaeology and Rescue Project project Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords 2026 revision 23 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 CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth DRIFTING BUOYS > DRIFTING BUOYS MBT > Mechanical Bathythermographs XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 2026 revision 23 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 GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 23 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 Data in this archival information package are not currently available for public download from NCEI. Please contact NCEI directly for access to these data. accessLevel: Public otherRestrictions Cite as: Levitus, Sydney; US National Oceanographic Data Center (2002). NODC Standard Product: World Ocean Database 2001 (8 disc set) (NCEI Accession 0000720). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000720. 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. World ocean database 2001; World ocean database 2001 electronic resource / prepared by U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Ocean Climate Laboratory, National Oceanographic Data Center; Silver Spring, Md.: The Laboratory, 2002 2002 publication https://discover.library.noaa.gov/permalink/01NOAA_INST/1qbesct/alma991000377549707381 HTTPS WOD01 NOAA Central Library: 8 computer optical discs; 4 3/4 in. +; 1 documentation (viii, 137 p.: ill.; 28 cm.) information NOAA Library https://library.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Library website Institution web page information publisher crossReference collection Levitus, Sydney; Conkright, Margarita E. World ocean database, 2001. Volume 1, Introduction; WOD01. NOAA atlas NESDIS; 42. 2002 2002 publication noaa:1094 https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/1094 HTTPS https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/1094 NOAA Central Library: Atlas information Levitus, Sydney author Conkright, Margarita E. author National Oceanographic Data Center (U.S.), Ocean Climate Laboratory author United States, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service author NOAA Library https://library.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Library website Institution web page information publisher NOAA atlas NESDIS ; 42 crossReference collection Levitus, Sydney; Boyer, Timothy P. World ocean database 2001. Volume 2, Temporal distribution of bathythermograph profiles; Temporal distribution of bathythermograph profiles; WOD01. NOAA atlas NESDIS; 43. 2002 2002 publication noaa:1095 https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/1095 HTTPS https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/1095 NOAA Central Library: Atlas information Levitus, Sydney author Boyer, Timothy P. author National Oceanographic Data Center (U.S.), Ocean Climate Laboratory author United States, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service author NOAA Library https://library.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Library website Institution web page information publisher NOAA atlas NESDIS ; 43 crossReference collection Levitus, Sydney; Stephens, Cathy. World ocean database 2001. Volume 3, Temporal distribution of conductivity/salinity-temperature-depth (pressure) casts; Temporal distribution of conductivity/salinity-temperature-depth (pressure) casts; Temporal distribution of conductivity, salinity-temperature-depth (pressure) casts; WOD01. NOAA atlas NESDIS; 44. 2002 2002 publication noaa:1096 https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/1096 HTTPS https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/1096 NOAA Central Library: Atlas information Levitus, Sydney author Stephens, Cathy author National Oceanographic Data Center (U.S.), Ocean Climate Laboratory author United States, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service author NOAA Library https://library.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Library website Institution web page information publisher NOAA atlas NESDIS ; 44 crossReference collection Locarnini, Ricardo A.; Levitus, Sydney. World ocean database 2001. Volume 4, Temporal distribution of temperature, salinity and oxygen profiles; Temporal distribution of temperature, salinity and oxygen profiles; WOD01. NOAA atlas NESDIS; 45. 2002 2002 publication noaa:1097 https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/1097 HTTPS https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/1097 NOAA Central Library: Atlas information Locarnini, Ricardo A. author Levitus, Sydney author National Oceanographic Data Center (U.S.), Ocean Climate Laboratory author United States, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service author NOAA Library https://library.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Library website Institution web page information publisher NOAA atlas NESDIS ; 45 crossReference collection eng; USA utf8 environment oceans -180 180 -70 85 1772-01-01 2001-12-31 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information +1-301-713-3277 ncei.info@noaa.gov pointOfContact In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. However, fees may apply for custom orders, data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media. 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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 bathythermograph - MBT bathythermograph - MBT Mechanical BathyThermograph bathythermograph - XBT bathythermograph - XBT eXpendable BathyThermograph bottle bottle any type of water bottle sampling device Generic name for water collection device; usually used to determine temperature, salinity and provide water aliquots for measurement of a wide range of parameters; often referred to by a specific type of water sampling bottle, such as a Nansen or Niskin bottle. buoy - drifting buoy buoy - drifting buoy buoy - drifting buoy buoy - moored buoy buoy - moored buoy a moored buoy does not measure anything. it is a platform for instruments, which do measure things. CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe profiling float profiling float PALACE and other types of profiling drifters any one of several types of free-drifting (floating) instrument packages that measure one or more water column parameters, such as temperature, salinity, etc., along with reporting the date, time, and location of the measurements taken over time. Examples include the P-ALACE or PALACE floats, drifting buoys, etc.