gov.noaa.nodc:0000649 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 2025-12-30T17:18:54Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) WOCE Global Data: Current Meter Data, Version 3.0: ocean circulation and other data from ADCP current meters, CTD casts, tidal gauges, and other instruments world-wide from 1985 to 2000 (NCEI Accession 0000649) 2002-01-14 publication 2022-01-03 revision 2002-01-14 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0000649 NCEI Archive Management System 0000649 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 Joseph S. Bottero Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (OSU-CEOAS) bottero@coas.oregonstate.edu http://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/ HTTP Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (OSU-CEOAS) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (OSU-CEOAS) http://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/ HTTP Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (OSU-CEOAS) website Institution web page information resourceProvider WOCE Data Products Committee author Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) contributor National Oceanography Centre (NOC) https://noc.ac.uk/ HTTPS National Oceanography Centre (NOC) website Institution web page information contributor Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) http://www.ifm-geomar.de/index.php?id=home&L=1 HTTP Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) website Institution web page information contributor Laboratoire de Physique des Océans (OPS LPO) http://wwz.ifremer.fr/lpo/ HTTP Laboratoire de Physique des Océans (OPS LPO) website Institution web page information contributor Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) http://www.ieo.es/en/ HTTP Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) website Institution web page information contributor Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Dynamique et de Climatologie (LODYC) contributor Hydrographic Institute of the Spanish Navy contributor Oregon State University (OSU) http://oregonstate.edu/ HTTP Oregon State University (OSU) website Institution web page information contributor Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) https://www.cefas.co.uk/ HTTPS Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) website Institution web page information contributor Louisiana State University (LSU) contributor Kyushu University, Institute of Fisheries, Fisheries Research Laboratory contributor Fisheries Laboratory - Lowestoft contributor Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) http://www.bsh.de HTTP Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) website Institution web page information contributor University of Hamburg, Institute of Oceanography (IfM) https://www.ifm.uni-hamburg.de/ HTTPS University of Hamburg, Institute of Oceanography (IfM) website Institution web page information contributor University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) http://www.rsmas.miami.edu HTTP University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) website Institution web page information contributor Florida State University (FSU) contributor Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) http://www.whoi.edu HTTP Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) website Institution web page information contributor Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) contributor Alfred-Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) https://www.awi.de/ HTTPS Alfred-Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) website Institution web page information contributor National Taiwan University (NTU) http://www.ntu.edu/english/main.html HTTP National Taiwan University (NTU) website Institution web page information contributor Texas A&M University (TAMU) https://www.tamu.edu/ HTTPS Texas A&M University (TAMU) website Institution web page information contributor Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) https://scripps.ucsd.edu/ HTTPS Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) website Institution web page information contributor Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/ HTTP Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital Compilation of ocean circulation and other data were collected from a World-Wide distribution by Oregon State University (OSU) and other institutions as part of World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE). Data were collected from ADCP current meters, CTD casts, tidal gauges, and other instruments from 24 November 1985 to 30 December 2000. Accession contains links to specific project homepages which have links to downloadable data, charts, vector diagrams, and other data. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. Funding for the production of this disk was provided by the US National Science Foundation. 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 0000649 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. 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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:0000649 Preview graphic PNG 0000649 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2001-12-07 publication CONDUCTIVITY CURRENT METER - DIRECTION CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U) CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V) CURRENT METER - SPEED HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE SALINITY TIDE HEIGHT TIDE STAGE WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS ADCP CTD current meter thermistor thermometer tide gauge instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS time series theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS Alfred-Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Bedford Institute of Oceanography Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency Fisheries Laboratory - Lowestoft Florida State University Hydrographic Institute of the Spanish Navy Kyushu University, Institute of Fisheries, Fisheries Research Laboratory Laboratoire de Physique des Océans Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences Louisiana State University National Oceanography Centre National Taiwan University Oregon State University Scripps Institution of Oceanography Spanish Institute of Oceanography Texas A&M University University of Hamburg, Institute of Oceanography University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Dynamique et de Climatologie Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS World-Wide Distribution place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication AWI > Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research CA/DFO/BIO > Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans, Canada COLUMBIA/LDEO > Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce IEO > Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia IFM-GEOMAR > Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences at the Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel OR-STATE/CEOAS > College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University U-MIAMI/RSMAS > Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami U-SOTON/NOC > National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton UNI-HAMBURG/OCEAN-I > Institute of Oceanography, University of Hamburg, Germany UNIV-PARIS/LODYC > Laboratoire d'Oceanographie Dynamique et de Climatologie (LODYC), Universite de Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) WHOI > WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION 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. 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 WOCE > World Ocean Circulation Experiment project Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project 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 ACM1 (ACCP-1) - Northwest Atlantic ACM1 (ACCP-2) - Northwest Atlantic ACM1 (ACCP-3) - Northwest Atlantic ACM1 (STACS 10) - Northwest Atlantic ACM1 (WATTS) - Northwest Atlantic ACM10 (Deep Basin) - Equatorial Atlantic ACM11 (Deep Basin) - Equatorial Atlantic ACM12 (Deep Basin) - Southwest Atlantic ACM13 (Deep Basin) - Southwest Atlantic ACM24 (Deep Basin) - Southwest Atlantic ACM25/26 (Subduction) - Subtropical North Atlantic ACM27 (MORENA) - Northeast Atlantic ACM28 (MORENA) - Northeast Atlantic ACM29 (Labrador Sea) - Northwest Atlantic ACM3 (Deep Basin) - Southwest Atlantic ACM4 (Benguela Source and Transport) - Southeast Atlantic ACM6 - Northwest Atlantic ACM7 - Equatorial Atlantic ACM8 (Denmark Strait Overflow) - Northwest Atlantic ACM8 (German component) - North Atlantic ACM8 (Iceland-Faroe Overflow) - North Atlantic ACM9 - Strait of Gibraltar ICM1 (ACE) - Indian Ocean, Agulhas current ICM10 (Bab el Mandeb) - Northwest Indian Ocean ICM3 - Indian Ocean, 20 degrees S ICM4 (JADE) - Eastern Indian Ocean ICM6 - Indian Ocean, Leeuwin Current ICM7 - Western Arabian Sea ICM8 (Monsoon Currents) - Indian Ocean, Ceylon to Equator PCM1 (Kuroshio Current) - Northwest Pacific PCM11 (Samoan Passage) - Southwest Pacific PCM15 (Vitiaz Strait Transport) - Western Pacific PCM2 (Eastern Boundary Current) - Northeast Pacific PCM3 (East Australia Current) - Southwest Pacific PCM5 (ASUKA) - Northwest Pacific PCM6 (KERE) - Northwest Pacific PCM7 (KERE) - Northwest Pacific PCM9 (MAPKIWI) - South Central Pacific SCM2 - Southern Ocean (South Atlantic) SCM3 (AUSSAF/SAFDE) - South of Tasmania SCM4 (WAB95) - West Australia Basin SCM6 (ADOX) - Southwest Indian Ocean (Crozet Is. to Kerguelen Is.) SCM7 - Southern Ocean (South Atlantic) SCM9 (SWINDEX) - Southwest Indian Ocean project Originator Experiment Names EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL HEIGHT 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). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth CURRENT METERS THERMISTORS > THERMISTORS THERMOMETERS > THERMOMETERS TIDE GAUGES > TIDE GAUGES instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument 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 GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL 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: WOCE Data Products Committee (2002). WOCE Global Data: Current Meter Data, Version 3.0: ocean circulation and other data from ADCP current meters, CTD casts, tidal gauges, and other instruments world-wide from 1985 to 2000 (NCEI Accession 0000649). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000649. 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. 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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian ADCP ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measures currents beneath a ship while underway. Sound signals sent from the moving ship bounce back to receivers aboard the ship. This provides a profile of water movement relative to the ship-precise modern navigation, allowing the ship's motion to be subtracted from the data. These devices are also used on moorings and profilers and, along with acoustic backscattering, measure animal biomass. Particles in the path of the sound waves, mostly plankton, reflect a small part of the sound energy back toward receivers, allowing researchers to make remote estimates of the sizes and numbers of animals present in the water column. Before the 1970's, the most technologically advanced instrument used to measure water velocity was known as a Doppler speed log. This evolved into the first commercial ADCP, produced in the mid-1970's, which used averaging. Later in the 1970's, the first vessel-mounted ADCP was developed to measure water velocity more accurately and to allow measurement in range cells over a depth profile. As instruments evolved, so did new techniques in Doppler signal processing. Initially, Doppler speed logs used simple analog signal processing methods, which are still used in some commercial speed logs today. However, the first ADCPs incorporated analog-to-digital signal conversion over a narrow communication bandwidth. Around 1990, this technique was developed into broadband signal processing. Since then, broadband ADCPs have been able to generate very accurate, real-time velocity measurements. CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe current meter current meter current meter thermistor thermistor electronic temperature sensor thermally sensitive resistor thermometer thermometer generic thermometer or reversing thermometer use thermometer when temperature is a data type, but the exact instrument used to measure temperature is unknown tide gauge tide gauge a device to measure the tidal height