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The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type Variable Name Attribute Name Data Type Value
attribute NC_GLOBAL acknowledgment String These data were acquired from the US NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) on 2024-12-09 from https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/.
attribute NC_GLOBAL cdm_altitude_proxy String depth
attribute NC_GLOBAL cdm_data_type String TrajectoryProfile
attribute NC_GLOBAL cdm_profile_variables String station_id, longitude, latitude, time
attribute NC_GLOBAL cdm_trajectory_variables String trajectory, org, type, platform, cruise
attribute NC_GLOBAL Conventions String COARDS, WOCE, GTSPP, CF-1.10, ACDD-1.3
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_email String nodc.gtspp at noaa.gov
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_name String NOAA NESDIS NODC (IN295)
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_url String https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/ (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL crs String EPSG:4326
attribute NC_GLOBAL defaultGraphQuery String longitude,latitude,station_id&time%3E=max(time)-7days&time%3C=max(time)&.draw=markers&.marker=10|5
attribute NC_GLOBAL Easternmost_Easting double 179.999
attribute NC_GLOBAL featureType String TrajectoryProfile
attribute NC_GLOBAL file_source String The GTSPP Continuously Managed Data Base
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_max double 90.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_min double -78.579
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_units String degrees_north
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_max double 179.999
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_min double -180.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_units String degrees_east
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_max double 9910.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_min double -0.4
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_positive String down
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_units String m
attribute NC_GLOBAL gtspp_ConventionVersion String GTSPP4.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL gtspp_handbook_version String GTSPP Data User's Manual 1.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL gtspp_program String writeGTSPPnc40.f90
attribute NC_GLOBAL gtspp_programVersion String 1.8
attribute NC_GLOBAL history String 2024-09-30 csun writeGTSPPnc40.f90 Version 1.8
.tgz files from ftp.nodc.noaa.gov /pub/data.nodc/gtspp/bestcopy/netcdf (https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/)
2024-11-30 Most recent ingest, clean, and reformat at ERD (erd.data at noaa.gov).
attribute NC_GLOBAL id String erdGtsppBest
attribute NC_GLOBAL infoUrl String https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/ (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL institution String NOAA NODC
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords String cruise, data, density, depth, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature, Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity, global, gtspp, identifier, noaa, nodc, observation, ocean, oceans, organization, profile, program, salinity, sea, sea_water_practical_salinity, sea_water_temperature, seawater, station, temperature, temperature-salinity, time, type, water
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords_vocabulary String NODC Data Types, CF Standard Names, GCMD Science Keywords
attribute NC_GLOBAL LEXICON String NODC_GTSPP
attribute NC_GLOBAL license String These data are openly available to the public. Please acknowledge the use of these data with:
These data were acquired from the US NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) on 2024-12-09 from https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/.

The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended
for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data
Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any
of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or
implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
attribute NC_GLOBAL naming_authority String gov.noaa.nodc
attribute NC_GLOBAL Northernmost_Northing double 90.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL project String Joint IODE/JCOMM Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme
attribute NC_GLOBAL references String https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/ (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL sourceUrl String (local files)
attribute NC_GLOBAL Southernmost_Northing double -78.579
attribute NC_GLOBAL standard_name_vocabulary String CF Standard Name Table v70
attribute NC_GLOBAL subsetVariables String trajectory, org, type, platform, cruise
attribute NC_GLOBAL summary String The Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) develops and maintains a global ocean temperature and salinity resource with data that are both up-to-date and of the highest quality. It is a joint World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) program. It includes data from XBTs, CTDs, moored and drifting buoys, and PALACE floats. For information about organizations contributing data to GTSPP, see http://gosic.org/goos/GTSPP-data-flow.htm . The U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) maintains the GTSPP Continuously Managed Data Base and releases new 'best-copy' data once per month.

WARNING: This dataset has a *lot* of data. If you request too much data, your request will fail.
* If you don't specify a longitude and latitude bounding box, don't request more than a month's data at a time.
* If you do specify a longitude and latitude bounding box, you can request data for a proportionally longer time period.
Requesting data for a specific station_id may be slow, but it works.

*** This ERDDAP dataset has data for the entire world for all available times (currently, up to and including the September 2024 data) but is a subset of the original NODC 'best-copy' data. It only includes data where the quality flags indicate the data is 1=CORRECT, 2=PROBABLY GOOD, or 5=MODIFIED. It does not include some of the metadata, any of the history data, or any of the quality flag data of the original dataset. You can always get the complete, up-to-date dataset (and additional, near-real-time data) from the source: https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/ . Specific differences are:
* Profiles with a position_quality_flag or a time_quality_flag other than 1|2|5 were removed.
* Rows with a depth (z) value less than -0.4 or greater than 10000 or a z_variable_quality_flag other than 1|2|5 were removed.
* Temperature values less than -4 or greater than 40 or with a temperature_quality_flag other than 1|2|5 were set to NaN.
* Salinity values less than 0 or greater than 41 or with a salinity_quality_flag other than 1|2|5 were set to NaN.
* Time values were converted from "days since 1900-01-01 00:00:00" to "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00".

See the Quality Flag definitions on page 5 and "Table 2.1: Global Impossible Parameter Values" on page 61 of
https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/document/qcmans/GTSPP_RT_QC_Manual_20090916.pdf .
The Quality Flag definitions are also at
https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/document/qcmans/qcflags.htm .
attribute NC_GLOBAL testOutOfDate String now-45days
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_end String 2024-10-16T13:10:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_start String 1985-02-15T00:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL title String Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) Data, 1985-present
attribute NC_GLOBAL Westernmost_Easting double -180.0
variable trajectory   String  
attribute trajectory cf_role String trajectory_id
attribute trajectory comment String Constructed from org_type_platform_cruise
attribute trajectory ioos_category String Identifier
attribute trajectory long_name String Trajectory ID
variable org   String  
attribute org comment String From the first 2 characters of stream_ident:
Code Meaning
AD Australian Oceanographic Data Centre
AF Argentina Fisheries (Fisheries Research and Development National Institute (INIDEP), Mar del Plata, Argentina
AO Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Lab
AP Asia-Pacific (International Pacific Research Center/ Asia-Pacific Data-Research Center)
BI BIO Bedford institute of Oceanography
CF Canadian Navy
CS CSIRO in Australia
DA Dalhousie University
FN FNOC in Monterey, California
FR Orstom, Brest
FW Fresh Water Institute (Winnipeg)
GE BSH, Germany
IC ICES
II IIP
IK Institut fur Meereskunde, Kiel
IM IML
IO IOS in Pat Bay, BC
JA Japanese Meteorologocal Agency
JF Japan Fisheries Agency
ME EDS
MO Moncton
MU Memorial University
NA NAFC
NO NODC (Washington)
NW US National Weather Service
OD Old Dominion Univ, USA
RU Russian Federation
SA St Andrews
SI Scripps Institute of Oceanography
SO Southampton Oceanographic Centre, UK
TC TOGA Subsurface Data Centre (France)
TI Tiberon lab US
UB University of BC
UQ University of Quebec at Rimouski
VL Far Eastern Regional Hydromet. Res. Inst. of V
WH Woods Hole

from https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/document/codetbls/gtsppcode.html#ref006
attribute org ioos_category String Identifier
attribute org long_name String Organization
variable type   String  
attribute type comment String From the 3rd and 4th characters of stream_ident:
Code Meaning
AR Animal mounted recorder
BA BATHY message
BF Undulating Oceanographic Recorder (e.g. Batfish CTD)
BO Bottle
BT general BT data
CD CTD down trace
CT CTD data, up or down
CU CTD up trace
DB Drifting buoy
DD Delayed mode drifting buoy data
DM Delayed mode version from originator
DT Digital BT
IC Ice core
ID Interpolated drifting buoy data
IN Ship intake samples
MB MBT
MC CTD and bottle data are mixed for the station
MI Data from a mixed set of instruments
ML Minilog
OF Real-time oxygen and fluorescence
PF Profiling float
RM Radio message
RQ Radio message with scientific QC
SC Sediment core
SG Thermosalinograph data
ST STD data
SV Sound velocity probe
TE TESAC message
TG Thermograph data
TK TRACKOB message
TO Towed CTD
TR Thermistor chain
XB XBT
XC Expendable CTD

from https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/document/codetbls/gtsppcode.html#ref082
attribute type ioos_category String Identifier
attribute type long_name String Data Type
variable platform   String  
attribute platform comment String See the list of platform codes (sorted in various ways) at https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/document/codetbls/calllist.html
attribute platform ioos_category String Identifier
attribute platform long_name String GTSPP Platform Code
attribute platform references String https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/gtspp/document/codetbls/callist.html (external link)
variable cruise   String  
attribute cruise comment String Radio callsign + year for real time data, or NODC reference number for delayed mode data. See
https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/document/codetbls/calllist.html .
'X' indicates a missing value.
Two or more adjacent spaces in the original cruise names have been compacted to 1 space.
attribute cruise ioos_category String Identifier
attribute cruise long_name String Cruise_ID
variable station_id   int  
attribute station_id _FillValue int 2147483647
attribute station_id actual_range int 1, 56609436
attribute station_id cf_role String profile_id
attribute station_id comment String Identification number of the station (profile) in the GTSPP Continuously Managed Database
attribute station_id ioos_category String Identifier
attribute station_id long_name String Station ID Number
attribute station_id missing_value int 2147483647
variable longitude   float  
attribute longitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lon
attribute longitude _FillValue float NaN
attribute longitude actual_range float -180.0, 179.999
attribute longitude axis String X
attribute longitude C_format String %9.4f
attribute longitude colorBarMaximum double 180.0
attribute longitude colorBarMinimum double -180.0
attribute longitude epic_code int 502
attribute longitude FORTRAN_format String F9.4
attribute longitude ioos_category String Location
attribute longitude long_name String Longitude
attribute longitude missing_value float NaN
attribute longitude standard_name String longitude
attribute longitude units String degrees_east
attribute longitude valid_max float 180.0
attribute longitude valid_min float -180.0
variable latitude   float  
attribute latitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lat
attribute latitude _FillValue float NaN
attribute latitude actual_range float -78.579, 90.0
attribute latitude axis String Y
attribute latitude C_format String %8.4f
attribute latitude colorBarMaximum double 90.0
attribute latitude colorBarMinimum double -90.0
attribute latitude epic_code int 500
attribute latitude FORTRAN_format String F8.4
attribute latitude ioos_category String Location
attribute latitude long_name String Latitude
attribute latitude missing_value float NaN
attribute latitude standard_name String latitude
attribute latitude units String degrees_north
attribute latitude valid_max float 90.0
attribute latitude valid_min float -90.0
variable time   double  
attribute time _CoordinateAxisType String Time
attribute time actual_range double 4.772736E8, 1.7290842E9
attribute time axis String T
attribute time ioos_category String Time
attribute time long_name String Time
attribute time standard_name String time
attribute time time_origin String 01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute time units String seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
variable depth   float  
attribute depth _CoordinateAxisType String Height
attribute depth _CoordinateZisPositive String down
attribute depth _FillValue float NaN
attribute depth actual_range float -0.4, 9910.0
attribute depth axis String Z
attribute depth C_format String %6.2f
attribute depth colorBarMaximum double 5000.0
attribute depth colorBarMinimum double 0.0
attribute depth epic_code int 3
attribute depth FORTRAN_format String F6.2
attribute depth ioos_category String Location
attribute depth long_name String Depth of the Observations
attribute depth missing_value float NaN
attribute depth positive String down
attribute depth standard_name String depth
attribute depth units String m
variable temperature   float  
attribute temperature _FillValue float NaN
attribute temperature actual_range float -3.91, 40.0
attribute temperature C_format String %9.4f
attribute temperature cell_methods String time: point longitude: point latitude: point depth: point
attribute temperature colorBarMaximum double 32.0
attribute temperature colorBarMinimum double 0.0
attribute temperature coordinates String time latitude longitude depth
attribute temperature epic_code int 28
attribute temperature FORTRAN_format String F9.4
attribute temperature ioos_category String Temperature
attribute temperature long_name String Sea Water Temperature
attribute temperature missing_value float NaN
attribute temperature standard_name String sea_water_temperature
attribute temperature units String degree_C
variable salinity   float  
attribute salinity _FillValue float NaN
attribute salinity actual_range float 0.0, 41.0
attribute salinity C_format String %9.4f
attribute salinity cell_methods String time: point longitude: point latitude: point depth: point
attribute salinity colorBarMaximum double 37.0
attribute salinity colorBarMinimum double 32.0
attribute salinity coordinates String time latitude longitude depth
attribute salinity epic_code int 41
attribute salinity FORTRAN_format String F9.4
attribute salinity ioos_category String Salinity
attribute salinity long_name String Practical Salinity
attribute salinity missing_value float NaN
attribute salinity salinity_scale String PSU
attribute salinity standard_name String sea_water_practical_salinity
attribute salinity units String PSU

The information in the table above is also available in other file formats (.csv, .htmlTable, .itx, .json, .jsonlCSV1, .jsonlCSV, .jsonlKVP, .mat, .nc, .nccsv, .tsv, .xhtml) via a RESTful web service.


 
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