gov.noaa.nodc:0240178 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2025-08-26T13:18:35Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Oceanographic temperature profiles from XBTs from multiple platforms in the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean and adjoining waters from 2019-07-28 to 2021-07-14 (NCEI Accession 0240178) 2021-09-02 publication 2021-08-12 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0240178 NCEI Archive Management System 0240178 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Rebecca Cowley Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Rebecca.Cowley@csiro.au resourceProvider Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) resourceProvider Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) contributor Cowley, Rebecca Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Rebecca.Cowley@csiro.au author Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization author tableDigital This dataset contains water temperature profiles from XBT casts collected aboard the HANSA FREYBURG, HIGHLAND CHIEF, ER MONTPELLIER, SEATRADE ORANGE, AURORA AUSTRALIS, L'Astrolabe, SEATRADE RED, and Szechuen in the Indian Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea, Southern Ocean, and Coral Sea from 28 July 2019 to 14 July 2021. These data were collected as part of the Ship of Opportunity Program High Density XBT Transects during cruises HF32, HC30, MP30, SO30, AA190, LA200, SR30, LA210, SZ30, and SZ06. These data were submitted by Rebecca Cowley of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0240178 Preview graphic PNG 0240178 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2021-08-12 publication WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS bathythermograph - XBT instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS in situ physical profile theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS AURORA AUSTRALIS ER MONTPELLIER HANSA FREYBURG HIGHLAND CHIEF L'Astrolabe SEATRADE ORANGE SEATRADE RED Szechuen platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) GULF OF MEXICO NOAA/NMFS SHIP OF OPPORTUNITY (SOOP) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Arabian Sea Arafura Sea Banda Sea Ceram Sea or Seram Sea Flores Sea Indian Ocean Jawa (Java) Sea Laccadive Sea Molucca Sea Philippine Sea Sawu Sea Timor Sea place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication GTSPP > The Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme project Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Ships platform Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian AURORA AUSTRALIS (call sign: VNAA, ICES code: 09AR, 1990-) E.R. MONTPELLIER (call sign: A8IG2, ICES code: 54KD, 2018-2019) HANSA FREYBURG (call sign: D5PC7, ICES code: 54G2, 2017-) HIGHLAND CHIEF (call sign: VROJ8, ICES code: HKR2, 2015-) L'Astrolabe (call sign: FASB, ICES code: 35O7, 2017-) SEATRADE ORANGE (call sign: D5LJ7, ICES code: 54KR, 2016-) SEATRADE RED (call sign: D5LR9, ICES code: 54C1, 2016-) SZECHUEN (call sign: 9V9718, ICES code: SIZH, 2014-2021) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA AND EASTERN ARCHIPELAGIC SEAS place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). download dataset NCEI Accession 0240178 v1.1 was published. 2021-09-02T16:48:14Z NCEI Accession 0240178 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0240178/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0240178 v1.1 published 2021-09-02T16:48:14Z download asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian bathythermograph - XBT bathythermograph - XBT eXpendable BathyThermograph AURORA AUSTRALIS Flag: Australia Vessel Type: Oceanographic Research ER MONTPELLIER Platform Class : 32 Vessel of opportunity Built : 2006 IMO : 9314973 MMSI: 636090971 Current Length : 222 Notes : Container Ship. GTSPP collected in August 2019. Commission date is uncertain. Information Sources : https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/shipid:757504/ships https://www.shiphotos.com/image/?ID=21946&Context=B http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=3088608 Submitted to ICES 2021-08-17 ICES Code approved 2023-08-17 HANSA FREYBURG Updated information from ICES for the vessel HANSA FREYBURG from LR: LIBERIA. Name : HANSA FREYBURG Country(s) : LR: LIBERIA (ISO Country Code) Platform Class : 32: Vessel of opportunity Call Sign : D5PC7 MMSI: 636092810 IMO : 9256389 Commissioned Date : 2017 Current Length : 175.6 Built : 2003 Previous Name (Notes): MAERSK VOLOS WOD Code: 11794 Notes : Container Ship. GTSPP collected in August 2019. Launched as HANSA FREYBURG, build completed as MAERSK VOLOS (LR), became HANSA FREYBURG (LR) in 2008, changed flag to Luxembourg in 2013, changed flag to Liberia in 2017. Dates uncertain. Information Sources: - https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:297962/mmsi:636092810/imo:9256389/vessel:HANSA_FREYBURG - http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1583859 - https://www.hafen-hamburg.de/en/vessel/hansa-freyburg-imo-9256389---29393 - https://www.balticshipping.com/vessel/imo/9256389 - http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=3007509 General Comments: IMO confirmed in Miramar and Equasis. Confirmed by NOAA on 2019-12-30. (FY2020) Submitted to ICES 2019-09-04 HIGHLAND CHIEF Updated information from ICES for the vessel HIGHLAND CHIEF from HK: HONG KONG. Name : HIGHLAND CHIEF Country(s) : HK: HONG KONG (ISO Country Code) Platform Class : 32: Vessel of opportunity Call Sign : VROJ8 MMSI: 477454400 IMO : 9689940 Commissioned Date : 2015 Current Length : 175 Built : 2015 WOD Code: 11793 Notes : Container Ship. GTSPP collected in August 2019. Built as HIGHLAND CHIEF (HK). Information Sources: - https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/477454400 - https://www.myshiptracking.com/vessels/highland-chief-mmsi-477454400-imo-9689940 - https://www.itu.int/mmsapp/shipstation/one/574701 - http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2857642 - https://www.swirecnco.com/SD/SD_Report_2016/pdf/CNCo_Fleet%20Profile%202016.pdf - https://www.swireshipping.com/index.php?option=com_chinanav&Itemid=76 - https://wikiswire.com/wiki/Highland_Chief_II General Comments: IMO confirmed in Miramar and Equasis. Container ship belonging to the China Navigation Company. Referred as "Highland Chief II" in wiki Swire (wiki for the China Navigation Company). Confirmed by NOAA on 2019-12-30. (FY2020) Submitted to ICES 2019-09-04 L'Astrolabe ICES request for the vessel L'Astrolabe from FR: FRANCE. Name : L'Astrolabe Country(s) : FR: FRANCE (ISO Country Code) Platform Class : 31: Research vessel Call Sign : FJYC MMSI: 228090600 Pennant : P800 Commissioned Date : 2017-09-01 Current Length : 72 Built : 2017 Notes : The Astrolabe is an icebreaker (Class IB5 of the Polar Code), built in 2017 as part of a partnership between the French Southern and Antarctic Territories (TAAF), the French Polar Institute Paul-Émile Victor (IPEV) and the Ministry of Defense (National Navy (MN)). The partnership is made through the creation of a public interest grouping between the TAAF and the MN and an agreement between the MN and the IPEV. Information Sources: - http://www.institut-polaire.fr/ipev/infrastructures/les-navires/lastrolabe/ - http://www.itu.int/online/mms/mars/ship_detail.sh?lang=en&4281039&L%27ASTROLABE General Comments: Not in Miramar Confirmed by NOAA on 2017-12-01. SEATRADE ORANGE Updated information from ICES for the platform SEATRADE ORANGE from LR: LIBERIA. Name : SEATRADE ORANGE Country(s) : LR: LIBERIA (ISO Country Code) Platform Class : 32: Vessel of opportunity Call Sign : D5LJ7 MMSI: 636092708 IMO : 9690092 Commissioned Date : 2016 Current Length : 185 Built : 2016 WOD Code: 11804 Notes : Container Ship. Commissioned date is unsure. GTSPP collected in October 2019. Information Sources: - https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:4261404/mmsi:636092708/vessel:SEATRADE%20ORANGE - https://www.seatrade.com/fleet/ - https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/SEATRADE-ORANGE-IMO-9690092-MMSI-636092708 - https://www.seatrade.com/fleet/controllerFleets/downloadPdf/Fleet/?tx_arxfleets_fleets%5BfleetName%5D=SEATRADE%20ORANGE&cHash=39bf64fea1c512333f144adb1e4a1918 - https://www.seatrade.com/fleet/ General Comments: Not found in ITU IMO confirmed in Miramar/Equasis Call sign confirmed in Seatrade (owner) and Equasis Confirmed by NOAA on 2020-12-23 (FY2021) Submitted to ICES 2019-11-01 SEATRADE RED Platform Class : 32 Vessel of opportunity Built : 2016 IMO : 9690107 MMSI: 636092711 Current Length : 185 Previous name : Yangfan Notes : Container Ship. GTSPP collected in December 2020 and March 2021. Commission date is uncertain. ICES has this ship pending. Information Sources : https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:4461015/mmsi:636092711/imo:9690107/vessel:SEATRADE_RED Submitted to ICES 2021-08-17 Szechuen Platform Class : 32 Vessel of opportunity Built : 2014 Commissioned : 2014-02-28 IMO : 9614543 MMSI : 564407000 Current Length : 200 Former name : Zhejiang Ouhua 644 Notes : Container Ship. GTSPP collected in March-July 2021. Information Sources : https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:728242/mmsi:564407000/imo:9614543/vessel:SZECHUEN http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2979458 Submitted to ICES 2021-08-17 ICES code approved 2023-08-18