gov.noaa.nodc:8900113 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 2026-02-05T20:54:23Z 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 YELCHO and other platforms using BT and XBT casts in the North / South Pacific Ocean from 1968-10-29 to 1977-06-09 (NCEI Accession 8900113) 2003-10-24 publication 2023-02-13 revision 1989 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:8900113 NCEI Archive Management System 8900113 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 the USS YELCHO and other platforms in the North / South Pacific Ocean. Data were collected from 29 October 1968 to 09 June 1977 by 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 8900113 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:8900113 Preview graphic PNG 8900113 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 1989-03-30 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 AFRICAN COMET AGS YELCHO CHICAGO EMPIRE STATE IV ENTERPRISE EVELYN DA ROSA G. WILLA LUSTY MARIETTA NOAA Ship David Starr Jordan NOAA Ship OREGON PAN PACIFIC R/V THOMAS G. THOMPSON SANTA INES SEA QUEST SEALIFT PACIFIC SHOSHONE USCGC Gallatin USS BAGLEY USS COOK USS FARRAGUT USS GOLDSBOROUGH USS GRIDLEY USS Hawkins USS Higbee USS J. HEWES USS J. STRAUSS USS John S. McCain USS LANG USS LOCKWOOD USS Luce USS Macdonough USS MEYERKORD USS R. E. PEARY USS Somers USS SOUTH CAROLINA USS Turner Joy USS Wainwright USS WHIPPLE 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 Balearic (Iberian) Sea Caribbean Sea East China Sea (Tung Hai) Gulf of Alaska Gulf of Mexico Ionian Sea Japan Sea Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin Mozambique Channel New York Bight North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea South Atlantic Ocean South China Sea (Nan Hai) South Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean Tyrrhenian Sea 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 AFRICAN COMET (ICES code: 32AC) BAGLEY (ICES code: 32BA) CHICAGO (ICES code: 31QZ) COOK (ICES code: 31K4) DAVID STARR JORDAN (call sign: WTDK, ICES code: 31JD, 1966-2010) EMPIRE STATE IV (ICES code: 311T) ENTERPRISE (call sign: WAUY, ICES code: 32E3, -2006) EVELYN DA ROSA (ICES code: 32E9) FARRAGUT (ICES code: 31QQ) G. WILLA (ICES code: 32WG) GALLATIN (ICES code: 313L) GOLDSBOROUGH (ICES code: 31XG) GRIDLEY (ICES code: 31X8) HAWKINS (ICES code: 31QF) HIGBEE (ICES code: 31QH) J. HEWES (ICES code: 3178) J. STRAUSS (ICES code: 31JS) John S. MCCAIN (call sign: NBXY, ICES code: 31II, 1953-1978) LANG (ICES code: 316L) LOCKWOOD (ICES code: 3173) LUCE (ICES code: 31LU) LUSTY (ICES code: 32L3) MACDONOUGH (ICES code: 31MF) MARIETTA (ICES code: 32ME) MEYERKORD (ICES code: 316E) OREGON (ICES code: 31OE) PAN PACIFIC (ICES code: 32PP) R. E. PEARY (ICES code: 3194) SANTA INES (ICES code: 29SA) SEA QUEST (ICES code: 31SQ) SEALIFT PACIFIC (ICES code: 32D1) SHOSHONE (ICES code: 31OO) SOMERS (ICES code: 316S) SOUTH CAROLINA (ICES code: 32SC) THOMAS G. THOMPSON (call sign: KGWT, ICES code: 31TT) TURNER JOY (ICES code: 31Y8) WAINWRIGHT (ICES code: 31WG) WHIPPLE (ICES code: 317H) YELCHO (ICES code: 20YE) 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 > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA 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 SEA OCEAN > SOUTHERN 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 accessLevel: Public otherRestrictions Cite as: Tommos, G.H. Kris; US Navy/Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (2003). Temperature profile and water depth data collected from YELCHO and other platforms using BT and XBT casts in the North / South Pacific Ocean from 1968-10-29 to 1977-06-09 (NCEI Accession 8900113). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/8900113. 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 106.68 40.17 -60.17 59.42 1968-10-29 1977-06-09 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 AFRICAN COMET AFRICAN COMET AGS YELCHO AGS YELCHO CHICAGO CHICAGO EMPIRE STATE IV EMPIRE STATE IV ENTERPRISE Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Container Ship (Fully Cellular) DOB: Jan 1992 IMO: 9007831 Decommissioned: 2006 Former Name: Ibn Zuhr (1997) New Name: Maersk Maine EVELYN DA ROSA (TUNA BOAT) G. WILLA (TUNA BOAT) LUSTY (TUNA BOAT) MARIETTA (TUNA BOAT) NOAA Ship David Starr Jordan Title: NOAA Ship Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Stern Trawler (Research) DOB: Oct 1965 IMO: 7333195 NOAA Ship OREGON In 1949, the ship was assigned to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct fisheries research and collect hydrographic and biological data. For five years, Oregon conducted annual surveys of the Alaska continental shelf for the Groundfish Assessment Program under NOAA Fisheries. In 1973, the ship officially became a part of the NOAA fleet operating in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska for the NOAA Fisheries Resource Assessment Program. The ship eventually decommissioned in 1980. [https://www.omao.noaa.gov/learn/marine-operations/ships/decommissioned/oregon] PAN PACIFIC (TUNA BOAT) R/V THOMAS G. THOMPSON Use this platform for data attributed to R/V Thomas G. Thompson that were collected between August 1965 and December 1989. R/V Thomas G. Thompson (AGOR-9) Owned by US Navy, leased to University of Washington. Active dates: 1 August 1965 - December 1989 Renamed R/V Pacific Escort II (IX-517), Dec 1989 - May 1997 Renamed R/V Gosport (IX-517), May 1997 - Feb 2004 Sunk 14 Nov 2004 as part of NATO exercise (Source: http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/57/5709.htm, last accessed on 20 Dec 2011) SANTA INES SANTA INES SEA QUEST SEA QUEST SEALIFT PACIFIC SEALIFT PACIFIC SHOSHONE SHOSHONE USCGC Gallatin Hull Classification: WHEC-721. Commissioned on 20 December 1968 and the current status is active. USS BAGLEY USS BAGLEY USS COOK USS COOK USS FARRAGUT USS FARRAGUT USS GOLDSBOROUGH USS GOLDSBOROUGH USS GRIDLEY USS GRIDLEY USS Hawkins DD/DDR-873; commissioned 1945; decommissioned 1979; USS Higbee (DD-806) USS J. HEWES USS J. HEWES USS J. STRAUSS USS J. STRAUSS USS John S. McCain DD-928; DDG-36; commissioned 1953; decommissioned 1978; USS LANG USS LANG USS LOCKWOOD USS LOCKWOOD USS Luce DL-7/DLG-7/DDG-38; commissioned 1961; decommissioned 1991; USS Macdonough DL-8/DLG-8/DDG-39; commissioned 1961; decommissioned 1992; USS MEYERKORD USS MEYERKORD USS R. E. PEARY USS R. E. PEARY USS Somers DD-947/DDG-34; commissioned 1959; decommissioned 1984; USS SOUTH CAROLINA USS SOUTH CAROLINA USS Turner Joy DD-951 USS Wainwright DD-419 USS WHIPPLE USS WHIPPLE