erdGtsppBest eng UTF8 dataset service Roy Mendelssohn NOAA NMFS SWFSC Environmental Research Division +1 831-420-3666 110 McAllister Road Santa Cruz CA 95060 USA erd.data@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-03-10 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) 4 column row vertical temporal Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) Data, 1985-present 2026-03-10 creation coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov erdGtsppBest NOAA NESDIS NODC (IN295) nodc.gtspp@noaa.gov https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/ information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator 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 January 2026 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 . These data were acquired from the US NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) on 2026-03-10 from https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/. NOAA NESDIS NODC (IN295) nodc.gtspp@noaa.gov https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/ information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information pointOfContact cruise data density global gtspp identifier noaa nodc observation ocean oceans organization profile program salinity sea seawater station temperature temperature-salinity type water theme Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature theme GCMD Science Keywords Joint IODE/JCOMM Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme project longitude latitude time depth sea_water_temperature sea_water_practical_salinity theme CF Standard Name Table v70 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 2026-03-10 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. Joint IODE/JCOMM Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme largerWorkCitation project Unidata Common Data Model TrajectoryProfile largerWorkCitation project eng geoscientificInformation 1 -180.0 179.999 -78.579 90.0 seconds 1985-02-15T00:00:00Z 2026-02-25T12:59:00Z -9910.0 0.4 Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) Data, 1985-present 2026-03-10 creation NOAA NESDIS NODC (IN295) nodc.gtspp@noaa.gov https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/ information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator 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 January 2026 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 . ERDDAP tabledap 1 -180.0 179.999 -78.579 90.0 seconds 1985-02-15T00:00:00Z 2026-02-25T12:59:00Z -9910.0 0.4 tight ERDDAPtabledapDatasetQueryAndAccess https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/erdGtsppBest ERDDAP:tabledap ERDDAP-tabledap ERDDAP's tabledap service (a flavor of OPeNDAP) for tabular (sequence) data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .graph, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes. download Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) Data, 1985-present 2026-03-10 creation NOAA NESDIS NODC (IN295) nodc.gtspp@noaa.gov https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/ information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator 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 January 2026 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 . OPeNDAP 1 -180.0 179.999 -78.579 90.0 seconds 1985-02-15T00:00:00Z 2026-02-25T12:59:00Z -9910.0 0.4 tight OPeNDAPDatasetQueryAndAccess https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/erdGtsppBest OPeNDAP:OPeNDAP OPeNDAP An OPeNDAP service for tabular (sequence) data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes. download Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) Data, 1985-present 2026-03-10 creation NOAA NESDIS NODC (IN295) nodc.gtspp@noaa.gov https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/ information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator 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 January 2026 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 . ERDDAP Subset 1 -180.0 179.999 -78.579 90.0 seconds 1985-02-15T00:00:00Z 2026-02-25T12:59:00Z -9910.0 0.4 tight ERDDAP_Subset https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/erdGtsppBest.subset search Subset Web page to facilitate selecting subsets of the dataset download physicalMeasurement trajectory String Trajectory ID org String Organization type String Data Type platform String GTSPP Platform Code cruise String Cruise_ID station_id int Station ID Number time double Time temperature float Sea Water Temperature salinity float Practical Salinity Roy Mendelssohn NOAA NMFS SWFSC Environmental Research Division +1 831-420-3666 110 McAllister Road Santa Cruz CA 95060 USA erd.data@noaa.gov distributor OPeNDAP DAP/2.0 https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/erdGtsppBest.html order Data Subset Form ERDDAP's version of the OPeNDAP .html web page for this dataset. Specify a subset of the dataset and download the data via OPeNDAP or in many different file types. download https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/erdGtsppBest.graph order Make-A-Graph Form ERDDAP's Make-A-Graph .html web page for this dataset. Create an image with a map or graph of a subset of the data. mapDigital dataset 2025-07-01 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/) 2026-02-01 Most recent ingest, clean, and reformat at ERD (erd.data at noaa.gov). This record was created from dataset metadata by ERDDAP Version 2.30.0