gov.noaa.nodc:0000936 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 2026-05-24T17:14:49Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Global distribution of temperature and salinity profiles from profiling floats as part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) project, from 1994-11-07 to 2002-01-19 (NCEI Accession 0000936) 2015-08-21 publication 2003-02-28 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0000936 NCEI Archive Management System 0000936 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 Robert Keeley Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS) keeley@meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/isdm-gdsi/index-eng.html HTTP Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS) http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/isdm-gdsi/index-eng.html HTTP Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Keeley, Robert Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS) keeley@meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/isdm-gdsi/index-eng.html HTTP Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS) website Institution web page information author Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/isdm-gdsi/index-eng.html HTTP Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS) website Institution web page information author tableDigital Temperature-Salinity profile and pressure data were collected by using profiling floats in a world-wide distribution from 07 November 1994 to 19 January 2002. Data were submitted by the Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS) as part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) project. 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 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0000936 Preview graphic PNG 0000936 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2002-08-15 publication HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE SALINITY SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS profiling float instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS physical profile theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS PROFILING FLOAT PROFILING FLOAT PROFILING FLOAT PROFILING FLOAT platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Arabian Sea Barents Sea Bay of Bengal Bay of Fundy Caribbean Sea Davis Strait Great Australian Bight Gulf of Aden Gulf of Alaska Gulf of Guinea Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Oman Gulf of St. Lawrence Indian Ocean Jawa (Java) Sea Kara Sea Labrador Sea Laccadive Sea Mozambique Channel North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Norwegian Sea South Atlantic Ocean South Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean Tasman Sea place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication CA/DFO > Fisheries and Oceans, Canada 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 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 > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE 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. 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). 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian PROFILING FLOAT (ICES code: 33PF) PROFILING FLOAT (ICES code: 74PT) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BARENTS SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > BAY OF FUNDY OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > DAVIS STRAIT OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF ST LAWRENCE OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORWEGIAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > BAY OF BENGAL OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA AND EASTERN ARCHIPELAGIC SEAS 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. 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: Keeley, Robert; Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (2015). Global distribution of temperature and salinity profiles from profiling floats as part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) project, from 1994-11-07 to 2002-01-19 (NCEI Accession 0000936). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000936. 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. WOCE Data Products Committee (2002). NODC Standard Product: World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) global data, version 3.0, 2002 (2 disc set) (NCEI Accession 0000841). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000841. In WOCE Data Products Committee (2002). NODC Standard Product: World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Global Data Resource (GDR), versions 1-3, on CD-ROM and DVD. 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You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). download dataset NCEI Accession 0000936 v1.1 was published. 2015-08-21T05:41:57Z NCEI Accession 0000936 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000936/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0000936 v1.1 published 2015-08-21T05:41:57Z download repository NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. 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 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. PROFILING FLOAT A GENERIC CODE FOR PROFILING FLOATS PROFILING FLOAT generic platform PROFILING FLOAT generic platform PROFILING FLOAT PROFILING FLOAT