“…[7] and the Ship Of Opportunity Programme (SOOP) [2], and (c.) Continuously Managed Database (CMD): The NODC provides data processing services for the long-term preservation of oceanographic data and the maintenance of the GTSPP CMD. GTSPP manages the acquisition, ingest processing, quality control and the long-term preservation for both low resolution data from the GTS, and the full resolution data from XBT"s (Expendable Bathythermograph), CTD"s (ConductivityTemperature-Depth), Moorings, profiling floats, and instrumented marine mammals.…”