gov.noaa.nodc:0000648 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 2025-03-31T20:57:30Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Temperature, salinity and other measurements taken from the WALTHER HERWIG, VALDIVIA and other platforms in the Arctic, North Atlantic and other locations from 1974-06-28 to 2001-07-05 (NCEI Accession 0000648) 2002-01-07 publication 2022-10-18 revision 2002-01-07 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0000648 NCEI Archive Management System 0000648 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 D. Gelfeld US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Deutsches Hydrographische Institut resourceProvider Gelfeld, Robert D. US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) website Institution web page information author Deutsches Hydrographische Institut author tableDigital Physical profile data from were collected from CTD casts from the METEOR and other platforms. Data were collected from the North Sea and other locations from 18 July 1979 to 05 July 2001. Parameters include profiles of temperature and salinity. 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 0000648 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:0000648 Preview graphic PNG 0000648 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2002-01-07 publication DEPTH - OBSERVATION SALINITY WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS CTD instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS profile theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS GAUSS METEOR POSEIDON RV Polarstern VALDIVIA WALTHER HERWIG III WEGA platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Deutsches Hydrographische Institut dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Arctic Ocean Baltic Sea Barents Sea Bay of Biscay (Golfe de Gascogne) Davis Strait Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea) Gulf of Bothnia (Bay of Bothnia and Bothnian Sea) Kattegat, The Sound, Storebælt, Lillebælt Labrador Sea North Atlantic Ocean North Sea Norwegian Sea Philippine Sea Skagerrak South Atlantic Ocean South Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean 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 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 METEOR (call sign: DBBH, ICES code: 06MT, 1964-1985) POSEIDON (call sign: DBKV, ICES code: 06PO, 1976-2020) Polarstern (call sign: DBLK, ICES code: 06AQ, 1982-) VALDIVIA (ICES code: 06AZ, 1970-1999) WEGA (call sign: DBBC, ICES code: 06AC, 1990-) Walther Herwig III (call sign: DBFR, ICES code: 06NI, 1993-) 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 > BALTIC SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > DAVIS STRAIT OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORWEGIAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN 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: Gelfeld, Robert D.; Deutsches Hydrographische Institut (2002). Temperature, salinity and other measurements taken from the WALTHER HERWIG, VALDIVIA and other platforms in the Arctic, North Atlantic and other locations from 1974-06-28 to 2001-07-05 (NCEI Accession 0000648). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000648. 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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The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose. eng; USA utf8 environment oceans -88.46 145.25 -64.27 82 1974-06-28 2001-07-05 Data available from the World Ocean Database Temperature, salinity and other measurements found in dataset CTD taken from the WALTHER HERWIG (service date: October 1972 to January 1994), VALDIVIA and other platforms in the Arctic, North Atlantic and other locations from 1979 to 2001 (NODC Accession 0000648) Accession| 0000648 Date Received (month/day/year)| 6/3/2004 Start date (month/day/year)| 7/14/1979 End date (month/day/year)| 5/21/2001 Submitting Institute| BUNDESAMT FUR SEESCHIFFAHRT UND HYDROGRAPHIE (BSH); HAMBURG Contains observation type(s)| physical,chemical Contains datatype(s)| 2589 temperature profiles 2589 salinity profiles 13 oxygen profiles 2582 Bottom_Depth measurements Includes Sea Area(s)| Arctic North Atlantic Coastal N Atlantic North Pacific Equatorial Pacific South Pacific Baltic Sea West Boundary| 31.51 East Boundary| 26.25 North Boundary| 82.00 South Boundary| -11.07 Contains Instrument Type(s)| CTD (2589 casts) Institute(s)| INST FOR SEA FISHERIES (HAMBURG-ALTONA) (ISH) - USE OCL CODE 82 BUNDESAMT FUR SEESCHIFFAHRT UND HYDROGRAPHIE (BSH); HAMBURG GEOLOGISCH-PALAEONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT DER UNIVERSITAET KIEL (GPIKI) (KIEL) Platform(s)| WALTHER HERWIG (service date: October 1972 to January 1994) VALDIVIA SONNE WEGA WALTHER HERWIG III (DBFR) (12/01/1993 TO PRESENT) (RESEARCH VESSEL) GAUSS POSEIDON (DBKV) (In service: 1976) ATAIR (R/V; call sign DBBA; service date 05/04/1962 - 04/29/1987) 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. 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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe GAUSS GAUSS METEOR Updated information from ICES for the vessel METEOR from GERMANY. Code : 06MT Name : METEOR Flag : GERMANY - DE (ISO Country Code) Call Sign : DBBH Platform Class : Research vessel IMO : 6407573 Commissioned Date : 1964 Decommissioned Date : 1985 Current Length : 82.10 Built : 1964 Notes : Was operated by the German Hydrographic Institute (DHI). Information Source : http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_(1964) (URL) Same Vessels Info 61RA - RAPUHIA General Comments: Built as a stern trawler/research vessel under yard No 889 by A. G. ‘Weser’ Werft Seebeck, Bremerhaven for the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Hamburg. In 1985 sold to New Zealand (Dept. of Scientific & Industrial Research) and renamed RAPUHIA. Further info: http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5824&start=0 POSEIDON In service: 1976 RV Polarstern Additional information provided by ICES on 7/9/2009: Polarstern Flag : GERMANY - DE (ISO Country Code) Call Sign : DBLK Title : Research vessel IMO : 8013132 Commissioned Date : 1982-12-01 Current Length : 118 Built : 1982 Notes : Icebreaker rV Information Source : http://www.awi.de/en/infrastructure/ships/polarstern/ () Lloyds URL : http://www.lloydsmiu.com/lmiu/vessels/overview.htm?vesselID=154010 VALDIVIA Updated information from ICES for the vessel VALDIVIA from DE: GERMANY. 06AZ Name : VALDIVIA Country(s) : DE: GERMANY (ISO Country Code) Platform Class : 31: Research vessel IMO : 5380376 Commissioned Date : 1970 Decommissioned Date : 1999 Current Length : 75.3 Built : 1961 Previous Name (Notes): Vikingbank WOD Code: 206 Notes : Trawler converted to RV. Built as Vikingbank, became Valdivia in 1970 under German flag, sold to Bahamas as Kommandor Jack in 1999, scrapped in 2013. Information Sources: - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdivia_%28Schiff,_1961%29 Same Vessels Info: BHGO - KOMMANDOR JACK General Comments: Code 06AZ has been used since at least 1991. See relevant SHIPC version. Confirmed by NOAA. WALTHER HERWIG III Period of service: Since December 1993 WEGA Updated information from ICES for the platform WEGA from Germany. Name WEGA Country(s) DE: GERMANY Platform Class 31: Research vessel Native Name Synonyms Call Sign DBBC MMSI IMO 8901054 Pennant Title Commissioned Date 1990-10-26 Decommissioned Date Current Length(m) 52 Built Date 1990 Information Source (URL) http://www.lloydsmiu.com/lmiu/vessels/overview.htm?vesselID=224502