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Temperature profile and other data collected using bottle and CTD casts from the PARRAMATTA and other platforms in a world-wide distribution during the California Cooperative Fisheries Investigation (CALCOFI) project, 1903-10-04 to 1963-12-19 (NCEI Accession 6300000)

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Oceanographic Station Data, temperature, and other data were collected using CTD and bottle casts from PARRAMATTA and other platforms in a world-wide distribution from October 4, 1903 to December 19, 1963. Data were submitted by Australia Navy as part of the California Cooperative Fisheries Investigation (CALCOFI) project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Oceanographic Station Data (SD2) and the Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) formats.

The Oceanographic Station Data format contains physical-chemical oceanographic data recorded at discrete depth levels. Most of the observations were made using multi-bottle Nansen casts or other types of water samplers. A small amount (about 5 percent) were obtained using electronic CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) or STD (salinity-temperature-depth) recorders. The CTD/STD data were reported to NODC at depth levels equivalent to Nansen cast data, however, and have been processed and stored the same as the Nansen data. Cruise information (e.g., ship, country, institution), position, date, and time, and reported for each station. The principal measured parameters are temperature and salinity, but dissolved oxygen, phosphate, total phosphorus, silicate, nitrate, nitrite, and pH may be reported. Meteorological conditions at the time of the cast (e.g., air temperature and pressure, wind, waves) may also be reported, as well as auxiliary data such as water color (Forel-Ule scale), water transparency (Secchi disk depth), and depth to bottom. Values of density (sigma-t) sound velocity, and dynamic depth anomaly are computed from measured parameters. Each station contains the measurements taken at the observed depth levels, but also includes data values interpolated to a set of standard depth levels.

Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (MBT) (C128) format.

The C128 format is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using the mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument. The maximum depth of MBT observations is approximately 285 m. Therefore, MBT data are useful only in studying the thermal structure of the upper layers of the ocean. Cruise information, date, position, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Temperature data in this file are recorded at uniform 5 m depth intervals.
  • Cite as: Searle, Ben J.; Royal Australian Navy (2003). Temperature profile and other data collected using bottle and CTD casts from the PARRAMATTA and other platforms in a world-wide distribution during the California Cooperative Fisheries Investigation (CALCOFI) project, 1903-10-04 to 1963-12-19 (NCEI Accession 6300000). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/6300000. Accessed [date].
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Distribution Formats
  • C100
    • File Specification: NODC Ocean Station Format
  • C128
    • File Specification: NODC Bathythermograph Output Format (MBT)
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Dataset Point of Contact NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Time Period 1903-10-04 to 1963-12-19
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: 19.76
East: 15.75
South: -78.12
North: 82.87
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • US National Oceanographic Data Center (2023). NODC Standard Product: Documentation for NODC Standard File Formats and Related Codes, 1960 - 1996 (NCEI Accession 0189890). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890.
  • Oceanographic cruise, USCGC Northwind, Bering & Chukchi Seas, July-Sept. 1962; Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1964
  • Oceanographic observations, North Atlantic Ocean Station Delta, 44° N 41° W, March-April 1963 / by J.W. McGary and R.M. Morse; Washington, D.C.: United States Coast Guard, Oceanographic Unit, 1964
  • Oceanographic observations, tropical Atlantic Ocean, Equalant II, August 1963 / by R.C. Kollmeyer, J.W. McGary, and R.M. Morse; Washington, D.C.: United States Coast Guard, Oceanographic Unit, 1964
    • Equalant II
      NOAA Central Library: 96 p.; ill., maps; 26 cm
  • Oceanographic observations, Kennedy Channel, Kane Basin, Smith Sound and Baffin Bay, summer 1963 / by Alfred P. Franceschetti... et al. Washington, D.C.: United States Coast Guard, Oceanographic Unit, 1964
  • Oceanographic cruise, USCGC Northwind, Chukchi, East Siberian and Laptev seas, August-September 1963; Washington, D.C.: United States Coast Guard, Oceanographic Unit, 1965
  • Distribution of physical-chemical properties and tabulations of station data, Washington and British Columbia coasts, May 1963 / by W. James Ingraham; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, 1964
  • Oceanographic observations south of Adak Island, summer 1963 / by Craig Van Dyke; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries; 1966
  • Distribution of physical-chemical properties and tabulations of station data, Washington and British Columbia coasts, October-November 1963 / James W. Ingraham, Jr; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, 1967
  • Physical, chemical, and biological data from the northeast Pacific Ocean: Columbia River effluent area, January-June 1963 / prepared by C.M. Love... et al. Seattle, Wash.: University of Washington, Dept. of Oceanography, 1966
  • Physical, chemical, and biological data from the northeast Pacific Ocean: Columbia River effluent area, January-October 1962 / prepared by C.M. Love... et al. Seattle, Wash.: University of Washington, Dept. of Oceanography, 1965
  • Data report. Equalant I / Compiled by Albert M. Bargeski, Daniel Roberts III; coordinated by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission; Washington, D.C.: Printed by U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1964
    • Equalant I
      NOAA Central Library: 2 v.; ill., maps; 27 cm
  • Data report. Equalant II / compiled by Albert M. Bargeski, John R. Frank; coordinated by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission; Washington, D.C.: Printed by U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1964
    • Equalant II
      NOAA Central Library: 1 v. (various pagings); ill., maps; 27 cm
  • Oceanographic observations, North Atlantic Ocean Station Echo, 35° N 48° W, January-February 1963 / by R.M. Morse and J.W. McGary; Washington, D.C.: United States Coast Guard, Oceanographic Unit, 1964
  • Final cruise report, Anton Bruun Cruise I / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Woods Hole, Mass.: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1964
  • Final cruise report, Anton Bruun cruise 2: oceanographic data, bathythermograph positions, station lists for biological collections; Woods Hole, Mass.: Woods Hole OOceanographic Institution, 1964
  • A report concerning data obtained July 1963-June 1964 / compiled by Saul Broida and Lucile Buie; Miami, Fla.: Institute of Marine Science, Marine Laboratory, University of Miami, 1965
  • North Pacific oceanography, February-March 1963 / by W. James Ingraham; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, 1964
  • Physical, chemical, and current measurement data: Lusiad Expedition, 15 May 1962-15 August 1963; La Jolla, Calif.: University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1968
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2003-10-24
  • revision: 2022-08-09
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Supplemental Information
The publication(s) listed below are related to the data collection and are available from the NOAA Central Library:

J. H. Ryther and D. W. Menzel, Physical, Chemical, and Biological Observations in the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda, 1960-1963. Woods Hole, Mass. : Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1964.

Final cruise report, Anton Bruun Cruise I, V. 1. Woods Hole, Mass.: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1964.

Final cruise report, Anton Bruun cruise 2 : oceanographic data, bathythermograph positions, station lists for biological collections. Woods Hole, Mass. : Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1964.

Distribution of physical-chemical properties and tabulations of station data, Washington and British Columbia coasts, October-November 1963. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, [1967].

Oceanographic observations south of Adak Island, summer 1963. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries ; [1966].

North Pacific oceanography, February-March 1963. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, [1964].

Oceanographic observations, North Atlantic Ocean Station Delta, 44 degrees N 41 degrees W, March-April 1963. Washington, D.C. : United States Coast Guard, Oceanographic Unit, 1964.

The results of marine meteorological and oceanographical observations. [Tokyo] : Central Meteorological Observatory of Japan, 1950-.

Oceanographic cruise, USCGC Northwind, Chukchi, East Siberian and Laptev seas, August-September 1963. Washington, D.C. : United States Coast Guard, Oceanographic Unit, 1965.

Oceanographic observations, Kennedy Channel, Kane Basin, Smith Sound and Baffin Bay, summer 1963. Washington, D.C. : United States Coast Guard, Oceanographic Unit, 1964.

Oceanographic observations, North Atlantic Ocean Station Echo, 35 degrees N 48 degrees W, January-February 1963. Washington, D.C. : United States Coast Guard, Oceanographic Unit, 1964.

A report concerning data obtained July 1963-June 1964. Miami, Fla. : Institute of Marine Science, Marine Laboratory, University of Miami, [1965].

Oceanographic observations, tropical Atlantic Ocean, Equalant II, August 1963. Washington, D.C. : United States Coast Guard, Oceanographic Unit, 1964.

Preliminary cruise report Atlantis II, cruise 8, International Indian Ocean Expedition, July 5, 1963-December 20, 1963. Woods Hole, Mass. : Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1963.

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).

Principal Investigator (PI) and organization contact information accurately represents all available information from the legacy database at the time that this description was created. However, proper attribution of a PI to a specific institution or the role (submitting or collecting) taken by an institution may not be correct due to inexact mapping between fields in the legacy database and the CSDGM. Due to this uncertainty, the contact information was initially recorded in the Supplemental Information element of the CSDGM description.

To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis.

Points of contact for this dataset include:
Contact info:
Agency: AUSTRALIAN NAVY
PI: Searle, Mr. Ben
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: NOT AVAILABLE
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: AUSTRALIA
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
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Contact info:
Agency: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: LA JOLLA
state: CA
postal: 92093-0955
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: WOODS HOLE
state: MA
postal: 02543
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: US NAVY; SHIPS OF OPPORTUNITY
Address:
address: 4640 JEWEL ST., 204
city: SAN DIEGO
state: CA
postal: 92109-31331
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON - SEATTLE
Address:
address: MARINE SCIENCES BUILDING
city: SEATTLE
state: WA
postal: 98195
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: LAMONT-DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVATORY
Address:
address: ROUTE 9W
city: PALISADES
state: NY
postal: 10964
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
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Purpose This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
Use Limitations
  • accessLevel: Public
  • 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.
Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Searle, Ben J.; Royal Australian Navy (2003). Temperature profile and other data collected using bottle and CTD casts from the PARRAMATTA and other platforms in a world-wide distribution during the California Cooperative Fisheries Investigation (CALCOFI) project, 1903-10-04 to 1963-12-19 (NCEI Accession 6300000). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/6300000. Accessed [date].
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Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Platform keywords NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
Project keywords NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Searle, Ben J.; Royal Australian Navy (2003). Temperature profile and other data collected using bottle and CTD casts from the PARRAMATTA and other platforms in a world-wide distribution during the California Cooperative Fisheries Investigation (CALCOFI) project, 1903-10-04 to 1963-12-19 (NCEI Accession 6300000). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/6300000. Accessed [date].
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  • 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.
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Processing Steps
  • 2003-10-24T17:24:39Z - NCEI Accession 6300000 v1.1 was published.
  • 2022-08-09T18:04:30Z - NCEI Accession 6300000 was revised and v1.2 was published.
    Rationale: Additional metadata files were received or created for this dataset. These updates were copied into the about/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This 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.
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Processing Steps
  • 2015-04-22T00:00:00 - 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.
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • bathythermograph - MBT
  • bottle
  • CTD
Platform
  • ACONA
  • AEGIR
  • ALEXANDER AGASSIZ
  • ALTAIR
  • ANTON BRUUN
  • ARGO
  • ATLANTIS II
  • BIOLOGEN
  • BIOMAR I
  • BLACK DOUGLAS
  • BONDY
  • BROWN BEAR
  • CASCO
  • CHOFU MARU
  • COMMANDANT ROBERT GIRAUD
  • CRAWFORD
  • DANA
  • DISCOVERY
  • ENU GU
  • GERONIMO
  • H. U. SVERDRUP
  • HEIAN-MARU
  • HELLAND HANSEN
  • HMAS Parramatta
  • HMAS Yarra
  • HOH
  • HOKUSEI-MARU
  • HORIZON
  • ICE ISLAND
  • ISHIKARI
  • J. E. PILLSBURY
  • JALANIDHI
  • KAIYO-MARU NO 4
  • KEITEN-MARU
  • KIARA
  • KISTNA
  • KOFU MARU
  • KUROSHIO MARU
  • KUZURYU
  • MALASPINA
  • MARIN
  • MEIYO-MARU
  • MIKHAIL LOMONOSOV
  • MIURA
  • NATAL
  • NOAA Ship George B. Kelez
  • NOAA Ship Surveyor
  • OLONETS
  • OMBANGO
  • OSHORO MARU
  • PANULIRUS
  • R/V Atlantis
  • REBUN
  • REINE POKOU
  • RYOFU MARU
  • SAN PABLO
  • SATSUMA
  • SHUMPU MARU
  • TAKUYO
  • TANNER
  • UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF CANADA
  • UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF DENMARK
  • USC&GS Pioneer
  • USCGC Duane
  • USCGC Edisto
  • USCGC Evergreen
  • USCGC NORTHWIND
  • USCGC Reliance
  • USCGS Explorer
  • USNS CHAIN
  • USNS ELTANIN
  • USNS Prevail
  • USS Henderson
  • USS LITTLEHALES
  • USS Rehoboth
  • USS Serrano
  • VARUNA
  • YANG MING 362
  • ZVEZDA
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