Six permanent transects in Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary, American Samoa, and 11 other sites around Tutuila Island were established in 1985. This dataset contains coral reef surveys taken in 1995 and 1998 along these established transect lines. Data were taken on 30-m transects along isobaths on the reef platform and at depths of 3, 5, 9, and 12 m. Data on algae, fish, and macroinvertebrates were also collected by other investigators, but are not included with this data set.

A moored thermistor chain was deployed about a mile south of Honolulu Harbor in waters of about 260 feet depth. The instrument was in operation from August 1997 - November 1997 and May 1998 - July 1998. The data are one-minute samples taken from 18 to 60 m at 3 m depth intervals from 14 thermistors. The purpose of the study was to examine the thermal field in the region south of the Honolulu reef runway near the Sand Island sewage outfall.

Physical data were collected from XBT casts from the Southern Oceans (> 60 degrees South). Data were collected from 01 March 1998 to 30 December 2000. Data were submitted by the Alfred-Wegener Institute in support of the Gulf of Mexico NOAA/NMFS Ship of Opportunity (SOOP), the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE), and the Global Temperature-Salinity Pilot Project (GTSPP). Physical parameters include temperature profiles.

Roi-Namur is located at the northernmost tip of Kwajalein Atoll, approximately 64 kilometers north of the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) central command post on Kwajalein Islet. Roi-Namur has a single sewage outfall, which is located at the northwestern corner of the islet. Originally, the outfall extended from shore to a point about halfway across the reef flat where the pipe ended abruptly as an upturned, uncapped elbow. Raw sewage was pumped through the pipe in pulses approximately every 15-20 minutes.

An inventory of endangered species and the wildlife resources at the US Army Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Island, were conducted from 30 October 1998 to 14 December 1998.

Physical, biological, and chemical data were collected using radiometer, profiling reflectance radiometer, and CTD casts in a world-wide distribution from 13 September 1981 to 16 December 1999. Data were submitted by National Aeronautic and Space Administration; Goddard Space Flight Center as part of the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor/Sensor Intercomparison and Merger for Biological and Interdisciplinary Oceanic Studies (SeaWiFS/SIMBIOS) project.

CTD data were collected from NOAA Ship WHITING in the NW Atlantic (limit-40) from 05 April 2001 to 15 November 2001. Data include temperature and salinity profiles. Data are in the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) CTD exchange format.

Physical, current, and other data were collected from CTD and current meters attached to FIXED PLATFORMS in the southeast Bering Sea from 05 May 1995 to 24 February 1998. Data were collected by the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) as part as part of the Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (FOCI). CTD parameters include temperature, conductivity, salinity, and fluorescence. Current meter parameters include East/West velocity components (U), North/South velocity component (V), and temperature. Data are not in standard formats but are self documenting.

CTD and other data were collected from NOAA Ship RUDE in the Northern Atlantic from 13 March 2001 to 14 December 2001. Data include temperature and salinity profiles. Data are in the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) CTD exchange format.

CTD and other data were collected by the National Ocean Service's Response Team No. 3 in the coastal waters of the Western U.S. from 25 January 2001 to 11 December 2001. Data include temperature and salinity profiles. Data are in the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) CTD exchange format.