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High-resolution CTD/STD data from USNS Kane, USNS Silas Bent, and USNS Wilkes in the Gulf of Alaska, North Atlantic Ocean, and others from 1972-06-17 to 1974-09-24 (NCEI Accession 7500718)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 29, 2026 | Last Modified: 2022-01-17T00:00:00.000+00:00
This dataset includes high-resolution CTD/STD data from USNS Kane, USNS Silas Bent, and USNS Wilkes in the Gulf of Alaska, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, and South Pacific Ocean from 1972-06-17 to 1974-09-24. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard High-Resolution CTD/STD (F022) format. The F022 format contains high-resolution data collected using CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) and STD (salinity-temperature-depth) instruments. As they are lowered and raised in the oceans, these electronic devices provide nearly continuous profiles of temperature, salinity, and other parameters. Data values may be subject to averaging or filtering or obtained by interpolation and may be reported at depth intervals as fine as 1m. Cruise and instrument information, position, date, time and sampling interval are reported for each station. Environmental data at the time of the cast (meteorological and sea surface conditions) may also be reported. The data record comprises values of temperature, salinity or conductivity, density (computed sigma-t), and possibly dissolved oxygen or transmissivity at specified depth or pressure levels. Data may be reported at either equally or unequally spaced depth or pressure intervals. A text record is available for comments.

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7500718 AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB BAROMETRIC PRESSURE CONDUCTIVITY DEPTH - BOTTOM DEPTH - OBSERVATION HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE SALINITY SEA STATE SIGMA-T SOUND VELOCITY water depth WATER TEMPERATURE WAVE HEIGHT WAVE PERIOD WEATHER WIND DIRECTION WIND FORCE WIND SPEED CTD meteorological sensor physical profile USNS Kane USNS Silas Bent USNS Wilkes US Navy Naval Oceanographic Office US Navy Naval Oceanographic Office Gulf of Alaska North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean South Pacific Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOD/USNAVY/NAVOCEANO > Naval Oceanographic Office, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Defense EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN ACOUSTICS > ACOUSTIC VELOCITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SEA STATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth KANE (ICES code: 31KN) SILAS BENT (ICES code: 31SS) WILKES (ICES code: 319W) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN

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  "WAVE HEIGHT",
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temporal 1972-06-17T00:00:00+00:00/1974-09-24T00:00:00+00:00
title High-resolution CTD/STD data from USNS Kane, USNS Silas Bent, and USNS Wilkes in the Gulf of Alaska, North Atlantic Ocean, and others from 1972-06-17 to 1974-09-24 (NCEI Accession 7500718)

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