Sy, A. et al. (2002): Upper Ocean Climate Ship-of-Opportunity Programme of BSH - A Status Report 
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SST 
TESAC 
THC 
TOGA 
TRACKOB 
TSG 
TT/QCAS 
TWI 
WCRP 
WMO 
WOCE 
XBT 
XCTD 
Sea Surface Temperature 
Code for reporting of temperature, salinity and current observations 
Thermohaline circulation 
Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (WCRP component) 
Code for reporting of surface observations taken along a ship’s track 
Thermosalinograph 
Task Team of Quality Control of Automated Systems 
TOGA-WOCE-IGOSS line system 
World Climate Research Programme 
World Meteorological Organization 
World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WCRP component) 
Expendable Bathythermograph 
Expendable Conductivity-Temperature-Depth instrument 
Authors: 
Dr. Alexander Sy 
+49 40 3190 3430 
sy@bsh.de 
Jürgen Ulrich 
+49 40 3190 3432 
ulrich@bsh.de 
Hans-Joachim Weichert 
+49 40 3190 3431 
weichert@bsh.de 
Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie 
Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 78 
20359 Hamburg 
Germany