U.S. JGOFS Synthesis & Modeling Project

DATA: Data Resources for SMP Research

These data are provided as a resource for SMP researchers. Some of the data are (or will be) directly available; some are provided as links to other data servers.
General Oceanographic Data
Nutrient Data
Primary Productivity Data
Carbon System Data
Satellite Resources
Other Oceanographic Data Servers

General Oceanographic Data (return to top)
Temperature	Selected Data for Oceanographic Research several SST data sets available - some by direct ftp, others by request link to NCAR data archives World Ocean Atlas '98, Levitus et. al. NODC - annual/seasonal/monthly at 1x1 deg - annual/seasonal at 5x5 deg - annual at .25x.25 deg. online data from NODC IGOSS nmc: sea surface temperature fields blended from ship, buoy and bias-corrected satellite data (Reynolds and Smith 1994) link to LDEO data server Reynolds' NCEP/CPC Global Sea Sfc Temp Anals, monthly 1950-present direct download from Climate Modeling Branch of Nat Ctr Environ. Prediction, NOAA Minnett's SST data set 12 monthly average SST data files interpolated into 2048 X 1024 pixels. Dataset provided by Peter Minnett (Univ Miami) and originated from U.S. Navy Marine Climatic Atlas of the World , Version 1.0 (March 92), produced by Naval Oceanography Command Detachment Asheville and NCDC, NOAA link to Rutgers site.
Salinity	World Ocean Atlas '98, Levitus et. al. NODC - annual/seasonal/monthly at 1x1 deg - annual/seasonal at 5x5 deg - annual at .25x.25 deg.
Mixed Layer Depth	Mixed Layer Depths by Grigory Montery and Sydney Levitus MLD presented as 1x1deg monthly Mixed Layer Depth climatology by - potential temp method - potential density method Monterey, G. and Levitus, S., 1997: Seasonal Variability of Mixed Layer Depth for the World Ocean. NOAA Atlas NESDIS 14, U.S. Gov. Printing Office, Wash., D.C., 96 pp. 87 figs.
Sea Ice	Rand's Global Sea Sfc Temp & Ice Climatology link to NCAR data archives NSIDC Univ Wash. PSC ARGOS Buoy Obs, 1987Jan-Jun,Oct-Dec link to NCAR data archives Walsh's Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Concentration Analyses link to NCAR data archives Ropelewski's CAC Antarctic Ice Anals, monthly 1973-1990Mar link to NCAR data archives
Nutrient Data (return to top)
Nutrients	Global Ocean Nutrients monthly climatologies from Louanchi & Najjar's PO4, SiO2, and NO3 Nutrient also available as direct download here from NCAR archives
Oxygen	Monthly O2 climatology from WOA'98 1x1 deg, annual, seasonal and monthly climatologies for dissolved oxygen, apparent oxygen utilization (AOU) and oxygen saturation. Note that annual and seasonal data are analyzed to full ocean depth; monthly data are analyzed only to 1500 m. Monthly O2 climatology from Najjar & Keeling 2x2 deg equal area, monthly; vert grid same as Levitus to 500m; micromol O2/kg; most recent O2 analysis by Najjar R.G. and Keeling R.F. "Analysis of the mean annual cycle of the dissolved oxygen anomaly in the World Ocean." J. Mar. Res. (1997) vol.55 n.1 pp: 117-151. will soon be available via ftp to NCAR - with plans to be provided through SMP data server
Iron	Ina Tegen's mineral dust aerosol data link to NASA/Goddard Total soil dust aerosol data link to NASA/GISS Aerosol Optical Thickness results from Chemistry/Transport Models
Nitrogen	Global Ocean Nutrients WOA98 1x1 and 5x5 deg annual averages, for various depths. Monthly NO3 analysis Louanchi & Najjar 2x2 degree monthly averages, for various depths to 500 m Also direct download from here
Phosphorus	Global Ocean Nutrients WOA98 1x1 and 5x5 deg annual averages for various depths. Monthly PO4 analysis Louanchi & Najjar 2x2 degree monthly averages, for various depths to 500 m Also direct download from here
Silica	Global Ocean Nutrients WOA98 1x1 and 5x5 deg annual averages for various depths. Monthly SiO2 analysis Louanchi & Najjar 2x2 degree monthly averages, for various depths to 500 m Also direct download from here
Primary Productivity Data (return to top)
Primary Productivity	Global Oceanic Primary Productivity Estimates: VGPM Results link to Rutgers site Data calculated by Behrenfeld and Falkowski (1997) using the Vertically Generalized Production Model (VGPM) developed from the BNL Primary Productivity Database. Input data fields and model results for productivity calculations are provided.
CZCS Satellite Chlorophyll	CZCS-derived Chlorophyll Estimates Monthly averages computed over 3 yr period (Nov 78 - Oct 81) link to Rutgers site
Carbon System Data (return to top)
General Carbon System Data	GLODAP - Global Ocean Data Analysis Project link to CDIAC Information on anthropogenic CO2, natural and bomb 14C, and seasonal and interannual variability of inorganic carbon Repeat Hydrography website This site is set up to keep the oceanographic community up to date on the efforts of the working group on repeat hydrography in support of the objectives of the US Carbon Cycle Program and US CLIVAR.
CO₂	Takahashi et al, monthly climatology sea-air pCO2 differences, global oceans link to LDEO data server Equatorial Air-Sea Disequilibrium link to NOAA/PMEL. Interannual Variability of CO2 Fluxes in Surface Waters Anthropogenic CO2 Inventories link to NOAA/PMEL
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC)	NDP-076 (2000) including data and ASCII documentation files "Global Distribution of Total Inorganic Carbon and Total Alkalinity Below the Deepest Winter Mixed Layer Depths" by Catherine Goyet, Richard Healy, and John Ryan
Total Alkalinity (TA)	NDP-076 (2000) including data and ASCII documentation files "Global Distribution of Total Inorganic Carbon and Total Alkalinity Below the Deepest Winter Mixed Layer Depths" by Catherine Goyet, Richard Healy, and John Ryan
Satellite Resources (return to top)
Irradiance	SeaWiFS Surface Solar Irradiance link to NASA/GODDARD Sea Surface Irradiance and Photoperiod datasets link to Rutgers. 12 monthly irradiance data files with clouds, ideal PAR distribution without clouds, and photo-period (day length) distribution at different times of year and on different locations of the earth, interpolated to 2048x1024 pixels.
Scatterometer	GFDL SEASAT scatterometer derived wind speed and direction link to NCAR data archives Chelton's SEASAT Wind Stress Anals, 1978Jul-Oct link to NCAR data archives NSCAT and ERS data link to NASA/JPL data download page NSCAT gridded level 3 data and other NSCAT links link to PO.DAAC NASA.JPL data site
Ocean Color	CZCS and SeaWiFS ocean color data link to NASA Goddard data archives See also on this site their links to sites outside DAAC that contain ocean color data. MODIS home page link to NASA/GSFC. MODIS will provide a series of global observations of the Earth's land, oceans, and atmosphere in the visible and infrared spectrum in such a way as to view the entire surface of the Earth every two days. MODIS will extend data sets taken by such instruments as AVHRR, (e.g. sea surface temperature, sea ice, and vegetation); and CZCS (e.g. oceanic biomass and ocean circulation patterns.) Launch of the Terra spacecraft (the EOS flagship) is scheduled for Aug 27, 1999, or later.
Altimetry	TOPEX/POSEIDON data and information link to JPL PO.DAAC The ERS Pages link to European Space Operations Centre The ERS Satellites - Introduction link to DEOS, Delft Inst. for Earth-Oriented Space Research
Other Oceanographic Data Servers (return to top)
Brookhaven Nat. Lat	JGOFS/Synthesis and Modeling OCEAN MARGINS PROGRAM
CDIAC	Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
IRI/LDEO	IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library
NASA/JPL	JPL PO.DAAC Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center. A Scientific Data Distribution Site
NCAR	NCAR's Data Support Section
NOAA/PMEL	PMEL On-Line Data NOAA data server NOAA/NGDC World Data Center A for Oceanography
Ocean.US	Ocean.Us home page Ocean.Us is part of NOPP (National Oceanographic Partnership Program)