Physical and other data were collected from current meters, bottle casts, CTD casts, meteorological sensors, and other instruments from the GYRE from 09 April 1992 to 02 October 1994. Data were collected by Texas A&M University (TAMU) as part of the Texas-Louisiana Shelf Circulation and Transport Processes Study (LATEX PART A). Current meter parameters include East/West velocity component (U), North/South velocity component, temperature, conductivity, and salinity.

The water depth and temperature data were collected from multiple ships between November 1965 and May 1984 by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla CA. The originator's bathythermograph (XBT) data was collected from 152 cruises. 2,659 XBT drops were digitized in NODC UBT format by Dr. Roger Bauer.

The data in this accession were collected from ships CALANUS and GERDA between March 14, 1972 and March 24, 1972. The real time data of water temperature at varying depth bathythermograph (XBT) was recorded in stripcharts by the US Navy. Radio logs are forms that contain time, weather latitude/longitude, vessel id, ship id, etc. These are radioed every two hours to some military center. One line per strip chart. Some strip charts have time /date /ship id /latitude /longitude annotated on the strip chart.

Current meter components data were collected from FIXED PLATFORMS in the South Atlantic Ocean from 05 January 1991 to 19 February 1993. Data were collected by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard F015 Current Meter Components format.

The Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) and other data were collected over two years period spanning from January 14, 1993 to December 20, 1994 from ships R/V CAPE HATTERAS and WEATHERBIRD II cruises #735-786. Data from 34 CTD casts for 1993 and 38 casts for 1994 from Station-S was collected by Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc., Ferry Reach, Bermuda. Data was received via George Heimerdinger from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA.

The Ocean Station Data (OSD) and Bottle data were collected over two years period spanning from January 14, 1993 to December 20, 1994 from ships R/V CAPE HATTERAS and WEATHERBIRD II cruises #735-757. 23 OSD casts for 1993 and 26 casts for 1994 from Station-S was collected by Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc., Ferry Reach, Bermuda. Data was received in NODC via George Heimerdinger from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA.

Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) datasets were obtained from the tropical Pacific (equator, 156E) at 3 or 6 hours intervals over period spanning from November 29, 1992 to December 26, 1992. The data was collected from R/V Hakuho Maru cruise kh925 as part of the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere and Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment project. The dataset consists of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen and potential density data. The data are at one meter intervals between 0 m depth and 1000 m depth. The salinity data was calibrated by comparison with rosette data.

Sea/air gas ratios data was collected in TOGA Area - Pacific (30 N to 30 S) between January 1, 1989 and December 31, 1989 during cruises conducted using ships WECOMA, KILA and MOANA WAVE as part of the Hawaii Ocean Time-Series (HOTS) project, to fulfill the requirements of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE). Oxygen / Argon ratios; Oxygen / Nitrogen ratio and Oxygen-18 isotope / at depth vs. air were measured by University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

The data in this accession were collected in NE Pacific (limit-180) from USNS Bartlett between November 11, 1973 and December 16, 1973. The real time data of water temperature at varying depth bathythermograph (XBT) was recorded in stripcharts by the US Navy. Radio logs are forms that contain time, weather latitude/longitude, vessel id, ship id, etc. These are radioed every two hours to some military center. One line per strip chart. Some strip charts have time /date /ship id /latitude /longitude annotated on the strip chart.

Current meter data were collected using moored current meter casts in the Northeast Pacific Ocean from January 6, 1990 to December 3, 1991. Data were submitted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as part of the Flow Over Abrupt Topography project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Current Meter Data (F015) format.