MARINE OBSERVATION SOURCE · S014
Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP)
Discover marine observations available through Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP), including parameters, platforms, spatial and temporal coverage, metadata, and access methods.
- Operator
- WMO/IOC / NOAA NCEI / DFO Canada
- Role
- Global T/S profile archive + real time
- Platforms
- CTD; XBT; Argo; ship and other profile platforms
- Observed variables
- Temperature; salinity profiles
- Spatial coverage
- Global
- Period
- 1990-present in current query interface; archive contains older accessions
- Depth coverage
- Profile depths/pressures; can exceed 1000 m/full-depth depending instrument
- QC and data mode
- Real-time and best-copy/delayed QC
- Access method
- Use GTSPP Interface for spatial/time/type search; use HTTP/THREDDS for bulk or individual NetCDF
- Indexed download targets
- 3
Canonical parameters
- Practical salinity
practical_salinity - Observation depth
sample_depth - Sea-water temperature
sea_water_temperature
Discovery and access
Strong source for operational and best-copy T/S profile discovery; overlaps Argo/WOD.