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Temperature profile and other data collected using bottle and CTD casts from the CAPITAN CANEPA and other platforms world-wide from 1921-03-21 to 1962-12-29 (NCEI Accession 6200000)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 29, 2026 | Last Modified: 2022-08-08T00:00:00.000+00:00
Oceanographic Station Data, temperature, and other data were collected using CTD and bottle casts from CAPITAN CANEPA and other platforms in a world-wide distribution from March 21, 1921 to December 29, 1962. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Oceanographic Station Data (SD2) and the NODC standard Bathythermograph (MBT) (C128) 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. 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.

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AGASSIZ (ICES code: 31AX) ACONA (ICES code: 31AC) AEGIR (call sign: TFEA, ICES code: 46AE, 1935-1967) ARGO (ICES code: 31AR) ATKA (ICES code: 31AK) ATLANTIS I 1931-9/63 (ICES code: 31AT) BERTHA ANN (ICES code: 31BN) BIOLOGEN (ICES code: 26BI) BLACK DOUGLAS (ICES code: 31BD) BONDY (ICES code: 65BO) BROWN BEAR (ICES code: 31BB) BURTON ISLAND (ICES code: 31BI) CAPITAN CANEPA (ICES code: 08CC) CHAIN (ICES code: 31CI) CHINCOTEAGUE (ICES code: 31CC) CHOFU MARU (call sign: JCCX, ICES code: 49TU) CLUPEA (call sign: GYWG, ICES code: 74CU, 1968-2008) COMMANDANT ROBERT GIRAUD (call sign: FBIV, ICES code: 35CG, 1947-1976) EASTWIND (ICES code: 31EW) ELTANIN (ICES code: 31ET, 1962-1975) EPHYRA (ICES code: 64EP) ERIKA DAN (ICES code: 31ER) ERNEST HOLT (ICES code: 74EH, 1949-1971) EVERGREEN (ICES code: 31EV) EXPLORER (ICES code: 31EX) EXPLORER (ICES code: 74EX, 1966-1984) GASCOYNE (call sign: VKMS, ICES code: 09GA, 1943-1966) GEORGIY SEDOV (ICES code: 90SE, 1916-1967) GERDA (ICES code: 31GE) GLACIER (ICES code: 31GL) H. C. HAYES (ICES code: 31HH) H. M. SMITH (ICES code: 31HS) HEIAN-MARU (ICES code: 49HN) HELLAND HANSEN (call sign: 3YAI, ICES code: 58HH, 1957-1976) HIDALGO (ICES code: 31HI) HOH (ICES code: 31OH) HOKUSEI-MARU (call sign: JPPU, ICES code: 49HO, 1957-1976) HORIZON (ICES code: 31HO) HYDROGRAPHER (ICES code: 31HY) ISOSHIO (ICES code: 49IC) J. D. GILCHRIST (ICES code: 91JG) KAGOSHIMA MARU (call sign: JLVC, ICES code: 49CG, 1981-2012) KAIYO-MARU NO 4 (ICES code: 49K4) KATHLEEN (ICES code: 74KA) KISTNA (ICES code: 41KI) KRUZENSHTERN (ICES code: 90KU) KUROSHIO MARU (ICES code: 49KR) KUZURYU (call sign: JPWJ, ICES code: 49KU) LA DUNKERQUOISE (call sign: FATL, ICES code: 35DU, 1954-1987) MEIYO-MARU (ICES code: 49ME) MIKHAIL LOMONOSOV (call sign: UQIH, ICES code: 90ML, 1957-1992) MIURA (ICES code: 49MU) NATAL (ICES code: 91NA) NEVELSKOY (ICES code: 90NV) NORTHWIND (call sign: NRFJ, ICES code: 31NW, 1945-1989) OB (ICES code: 90OB) OSHORO MARU (call sign: JDVA, ICES code: 49OS, 1984-2014) OWASCO (ICES code: 31OW) PARRAMATTA (ICES code: 09PA, 1961-1991) PATHFINDER (ICES code: 31PF) PERVENETS (ICES code: 90PV) PIONEER (ICES code: 31PI) Prevail (ICES code: 31PR) REBUN (call sign: JCFM, ICES code: 49RE) REHOBOTH (call sign: WD8121, ICES code: 31RH) REQUISITE (ICES code: 31RQ) RISHIRI (call sign: JRFE, ICES code: 49RI) ROCKVILLE (ICES code: 31RO) RYOFU MARU (call sign: JGZK, ICES code: 49RY, 1966-1995) SABELLA (ICES code: 74SB) SABLE FISH (ICES code: 31SF) SAN PABLO (ICES code: 31SP) SATSUMA (call sign: JGWS, ICES code: 49ST, -1995) SEA QUEST (ICES code: 31SQ) SHELDRAKE (ICES code: 31SH) SHINANO (call sign: JQGX, ICES code: 49SN) SHUMPU MARU (ICES code: 49SU) SILVER SCOUT (ICES code: 74SI) SIO BUOY (ICES code: 3119) SIR LANCELOT (ICES code: 74SL, 1964-1989) SORACHI (call sign: 7LNU, ICES code: 49SR) SPENCER F. 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