Important Notices:

—    24 April 2009: OceanObs'09 GTSPP Community Withe Paper Submitted (PDF, 2.6MB)

—    15 January 2009: GTSPP Report to IODE-XX Session is available

—    5 December 2008: 2008 GTSPP Meeting Report is available

—    5 December 2008: GTSPP Best Copy data sets are updated on the 7th of each month via:

• http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/gtspp/ and
• ftp://ftp.nodc.noaa.gov/pub/data.nodc/gtspp/

— 18 July 2008:    GTSPP began to use RSS Feed.
                               [What is RSS Feed and how can I use it?]

— 18 July 2008:    Corrections on the WMO Code Table 1770

—   3 July 2008:    The '.tgz' format files of the monthly GTSPP Best Copy archvives are available.

— 28 March 2008: XBT (expendable bathythermograph) Fall Rate Issue.

— 17 March 2007: Profiles with pressure offset errors have been identified.

Objectives

• Provide a timely and complete data and information base of ocean temperature and salinity profile data of known and documented quality.
• Develop and implement data flow monitoring systems to improve the capture and timeliness of real time and delayed mode data.
• Facilitate the development and provision of a wide variety of useful data, analyses, and information products to clients.