gov.noaa.nodc:8900202 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 2026-02-05T20:57:55Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Temperature profile and water depth data collected from KNOX and other platforms using BT and XBT casts in the North/South Pacific Ocean from 1975-06-19 to 1979-10-16 (NCEI Accession 8900202) 2003-10-24 publication 2023-02-14 revision 1989 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:8900202 NCEI Archive Management System 8900202 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 G.H. Kris Tommos University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science (IMS/UAF) https://www.uaf.edu/cfos/research/institute-of-marine-scien/ HTTPS University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science (IMS/UAF) website Institution web page information resourceProvider US Navy/Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (FNOC) resourceProvider US Navy/Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (FNOC) contributor Tommos, G.H. Kris University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science (IMS/UAF) https://www.uaf.edu/cfos/research/institute-of-marine-scien/ HTTPS University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science (IMS/UAF) website Institution web page information author US Navy/Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center author tableDigital Temperature profile and water depth data were collected using BT and XBT casts from KNOX and other platforms in the North and South Pacific Ocean. Data were collected from 19 June 1975 to 16 October 1979 by the Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (FNOC). Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (XBT) (C116) format. The C116/C118 format contains temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Cruise information, position, date and time were reported for each observation. The data record was comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT Data File, in which temperature values were recorded at uniform 5 m intervals, the XBT data files contained temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths were recorded at the minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to accurately define the temperature curve. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of either 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. Prior to July 1994, XBT data were routinely processed to one of these standard types. XBT data are now processed and loaded directly in to the NODC Ocean Profile Data Base (OPDB). Historic data from these two data types were loaded into the OPDB. 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 8900202 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:8900202 Preview graphic PNG 8900202 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 1989-08-01 publication water depth WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS physical profile theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS ARNI FRIDRIKSSON BJARNI SAEMUNDSSON CHICAGO FURMAN GLOMAR CHALLENGER JOAN MARIE NORWALK PACBARONESS PACDUCHESS PACMERCHANT PACSTAR SARATOGA TYPHOON USS BAGLEY USS BLANDY USS BRONSTEIN USS C. V. RICKETTS USS DOWNES USS FARRAGUT USS GRAY USS Higbee USS John S. McCain USS KITTY HAWK USS KNOX USS Mahan USS MCCLOY USS Orleck USS PAUL USS R. E. PEARY USS SAMPSON USS SELLERS USS Southerland USS TRUXTUN platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS US Navy/Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US Navy/Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Aegean Sea Alboran Sea Arabian Sea Bering Sea Black Sea Caribbean Sea Coral Sea East China Sea (Tung Hai) Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea) Gulf of Aden Gulf of Oman Ionian Sea Japan Sea Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Norwegian Sea Persian Gulf (Gulf of Iran), Strait of Hormuz Philippine Sea Red Sea Solomon Sea South China Sea (Nan Hai) South Pacific Ocean Sulu Sea Tyrrhenian Sea Yellow Sea (Hwang Hai) 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 DOD/USNAVY/FNMOC > Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, U.S. Navy, U. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian ARNI FRIDRIKSSON (call sign: TFJA, ICES code: 46AN, 1967-2001) BAGLEY (ICES code: 32BA) BLANDY (ICES code: 31YD) BRONSTEIN (ICES code: 31ZF) Bjarni Sæmundsson (call sign: TFEA, ICES code: 46BS, 1971-2025) C. V. RICKETTS (ICES code: 31X3) CHICAGO (ICES code: 31QZ) DOWNES (ICES code: 318D) FARRAGUT (ICES code: 31QQ) FURMAN (ICES code: 31FU) GLOMAR CHALLENGER (ICES code: 3177) GRAY (ICES code: 318G) HIGBEE (ICES code: 31QH) JOAN MARIE (ICES code: 32JM) John S. MCCAIN (call sign: NBXY, ICES code: 31II, 1953-1978) KITTY HAWK (ICES code: 32KH) KNOX (ICES code: 3166) MAHAN (ICES code: 31JI) MCCLOY (ICES code: 31YM) NORWALK (ICES code: 31NL) ORLECK (ICES code: 31OK) PACBARONESS (ICES code: 32B8) PACDUCHESS (ICES code: 32D7) PACMERCHANT (ICES code: 323P) PACSTAR (ICES code: 324T) PAUL (ICES code: 318E) R. E. PEARY (ICES code: 3194) SAMPSON (ICES code: 31NM) SARATOGA (ICES code: 32SR) SELLERS (ICES code: 31LE) SOUTHERLAND (ICES code: 31UE) TRUXTUN (ICES code: 31XX) TYPHOON (ICES code: 32TY) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes CONTINENT > ASIA > WESTERN ASIA > BLACK SEA CONTINENT > EUROPE > EASTERN EUROPE > BLACK SEA OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORWEGIAN SEA OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA > PERSIAN GULF OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > RED SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF JAPAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > EAST CHINA SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA AND EASTERN ARCHIPELAGIC SEAS OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > YELLOW SEA 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: Tommos, G.H. Kris; US Navy/Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (2003). Temperature profile and water depth data collected from KNOX and other platforms using BT and XBT casts in the North/South Pacific Ocean from 1975-06-19 to 1979-10-16 (NCEI Accession 8900202). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/8900202. 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. 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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 117.06 61.92 -37.38 67.18 1975-06-19 1979-10-16 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 - XBT bathythermograph - XBT eXpendable BathyThermograph ARNI FRIDRIKSSON ICES request for the vessel ARNI FRIDRIKSSON from ICELAND. NOTE: Use 46AN for data collected 1967 through 2001-09-04 from ARNI FRIDRIKSSON from ICELAND with call sign TFJA. Use 46AS for data collected after 1999 from ARNI FRIDRIKSSON from ICELAND with call sign TFNA. Do not use 46FR for any data collected from ARNI FRIDRIKSSON from ICELAND. Name : ARNI FRIDRIKSSON Flag : ICELAND - IS (ISO Country Code) Call Sign : TFJA IMO : 6710358 Commissioned Date : 1967 Decommissioned Date : 2001-09-04 Built : 1967 Notes : Registration number 1055 Lloyds URL : http://www.seasearcher.com/lmiu/vessels/overview.htm?vesselID=344721 Multiple Hull Info 46FR - ARNI FRIDRIKSSON General Comments: The old Arni Fridriksson (IMO 6710358 ) was decommissioned (taken off the Icelandic register) 04-SEP-2001 after having been sold to the Faeroe Islands. Confirmed by NOAA on 2014-02-04. BJARNI SAEMUNDSSON Flag: Iceland Vessel Type: Research CHICAGO CHICAGO FURMAN FURMAN GLOMAR CHALLENGER GLOMAR CHALLENGER JOAN MARIE (TUNA BOAT) NORWALK NORWALK PACBARONESS PACBARONESS PACDUCHESS PACDUCHESS PACMERCHANT PACMERCHANT PACSTAR PACSTAR SARATOGA (TUNA BOAT) TYPHOON (TUNA BOAT) USS BAGLEY USS BAGLEY USS BLANDY USS BLANDY USS BRONSTEIN USS BRONSTEIN USS C. V. RICKETTS USS C. V. RICKETTS USS DOWNES USS DOWNES USS FARRAGUT USS FARRAGUT USS GRAY USS GRAY USS Higbee (DD-806) USS John S. McCain DD-928; DDG-36; commissioned 1953; decommissioned 1978; USS KITTY HAWK USS KITTY HAWK USS KNOX DE 1052 USS Mahan DLG-11/DDG-42; commissioned 1960; decommissioned 1993; USS MCCLOY USS MCCLOY USS Orleck DD-886; commissioned 1945; decommissioned 1982; USS PAUL USS PAUL USS R. E. PEARY USS R. E. PEARY USS SAMPSON USS SAMPSON USS SELLERS USS SELLERS USS Southerland DD-743/DDR-743; commissioned 1944; decommissioned 1981; USS TRUXTUN DLGN/CGN-35