DATA: Data Resources
for SMP Research
General
Oceanographic Data (return to top)
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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
IGOSS
nmc: sea surface temperature fields blended from ship,
buoy and bias-corrected satellite data (Reynolds and
Smith 1994)
Reynolds'
NCEP/CPC Global Sea Sfc Temp Anals, monthly
1950-present
Minnett's
SST data set
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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. |
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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. |
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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
Walsh's
Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Concentration
Analyses
Ropelewski's
CAC Antarctic Ice Anals, monthly 1973-1990Mar
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Nutrient Data
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Nutrients | Global
Ocean Nutrients
monthly climatologies from Louanchi & Najjar's PO4, SiO2, and NO3 Nutrient also available as direct download here from NCAR archives |
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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
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Iron |
Ina Tegen's
mineral dust aerosol data
link to NASA/Goddard Total
soil dust aerosol data
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Nitrogen |
Global
Ocean Nutrients
WOA98 1x1 and 5x5 deg annual averages, for various depths. Monthly
NO3 analysis
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Phosphorus |
Global
Ocean Nutrients
WOA98 1x1 and 5x5 deg annual averages for various depths. Monthly
PO4 analysis
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Silica |
Global
Ocean Nutrients
WOA98 1x1 and 5x5 deg annual averages for various depths. Monthly
SiO2 analysis
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Primary
Productivity Data (return to top)
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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. |
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CZCS Satellite Chlorophyll | CZCS-derived
Chlorophyll Estimates
Monthly averages computed over 3 yr period (Nov 78 - Oct 81) link to Rutgers site |
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Carbon System
Data (return to top)
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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
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CO2 |
Takahashi et al, monthly climatology sea-air pCO2
differences, global oceans
link to LDEO data server Equatorial
Air-Sea Disequilibrium
Anthropogenic
CO2 Inventories
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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 |
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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 |
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Satellite
Resources (return to top)
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Irradiance |
SeaWiFS
Surface Solar Irradiance
link to NASA/GODDARD Sea
Surface Irradiance and Photoperiod datasets
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Scatterometer |
GFDL SEASAT
scatterometer derived wind speed and direction
link to NCAR data archives Chelton's
SEASAT Wind Stress Anals, 1978Jul-Oct
NSCAT
and ERS data
NSCAT
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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
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Altimetry |
TOPEX/POSEIDON
data and information
link to JPL PO.DAAC The ERS
Pages
The ERS
Satellites - Introduction
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Other
Oceanographic Data Servers (return to top)
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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 |
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NCAR | NCAR's Data Support Section | |
NOAA/PMEL | PMEL On-Line Data | |
Ocean.US | Ocean.Us home page
Ocean.Us is part of NOPP (National Oceanographic Partnership Program) |