There are currently 14 ships of the NOAA fleet with TSG that are being operated and maintained. They operate mostly in the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans. However, ships such as the Ronald Brown operates globally. Quality controlled data from these ships are available through NOAA/NODC.
The table below is a list of ships of the NOAA fleet with a TSG installed, indicating their main field of use (O = oceanography; F = fisheries, A = atmospheric research; NC = nautical charting), their current or planned real-time transmission capabilities (a = TSG is currently being installed), and the projected start of TSG data transmission in real-time (b = pending date of installation). Boxes in gray denote ships that also have an operational pCO2 system.
|
Ship |
Use |
Main area of operation |
Real-time transmission capability |
Real-time TSG data transmission |
|
Ronald Brown |
O-A |
Worldwide |
current |
current |
|
Oscar Dyson |
F |
Gulf of Mexico, Pacific and Atlantic oceans, Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea |
current |
current |
|
Miller Freeman |
F |
Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea |
current |
current |
| Ka'imimoana |
O-A |
Tropical Pacific Ocean |
current |
current |
|
Hi'ialakai |
O-F |
Pacific Ocean |
current |
current |
|
Oscar E. Sette |
F |
Tropical Pacific |
current |
current |
|
Nancy Foster |
E-F |
Atlantic Ocean |
current |
current |
|
Gordon Gunter |
F |
Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean |
current |
current |
|
Fairweather |
NC |
Gulf of Alaska |
current |
current |
|
Rainier |
NC |
Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea |
current |
current |
|
McArthur II |
E-F |
Pacific Ocean |
(a) |
(b) |
|
Delaware II |
F |
North Atlantic Ocean |
(a) |
(b) |
|
Oregon II |
F |
Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean |
current |
current |
|
David S. Jordan |
F |
Off CA and OR coast |
current |
current |