The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) recognizes
the Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) as
one of the international operational activities that provide essential,
sub-surface climate variables of temperature and salinity profile
data. GTSPP provides timely and complete data with documented quality
flags and implements internationally agreed quality control and
overall management of ocean data fully in accordance with the GCOS
action plan
Objectives
- Provide a timely and complete data and information base of
ocean temperature and salinity profile data of known and documented
quality.
- Implement data flow monitoring systems for improving the capture
and timeliness of real time and delayed mode data.
- Improve and implement agreed and uniform quality control and
duplicates management systems.
- Facilitate the development and provision of a wide variety
of useful data, analyses, and information products to clients.
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How to Cite GTSPP
Citing data and documents from this Web site should be referenced
as follows:
U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center: Global Temperature–Salinity
Profile Programme. June 2006. U.S. Department of Commerce,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Oceanographic
Data Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910. Date of Access, <http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/>. |
