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NODC Standard Product: World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) global data, version 3.0, 2002 (2 disc set) (NCEI Accession 0000841)

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The World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) was a part of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) which used resources from nearly 30 countries to make unprecedented in-situ and satellite observations of the global ocean between 1990-1998, and to observe poorly-understood but important physical processes. The Scientific Steering Group (SSG) of WOCE oversaw the scientific development and the International Project Office (IPO) managed the implementation of the Experiment.

The WOCE Global Data DVD suite consists of two single-sided and double-layered DVDs. A Web browser is required to fully explore and access the DVD contents. Data on these disks cover most of the global ocean and are from the period of 1990 to 1998, the intensive observation phase of WOCE. Some data from before and after this period are also included.

The WOCE data streams were: Bathymetry, Current Meters, Drifters, Hydrography, In-Situ Sea Level-Fast Delivery, In-Situ Seal Level-Delayed Mode, Profiling Floats, Satellite Sea Surface Height, Satellite Sea Surface Temperature, Satellite Surface Winds, Sea Surface Salinity, Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers, Subsurface Floats, Surface Meteorology, and Upper Ocean Thermal.

Presentations given during the WOCE and Beyond Conference are archived with this DVD product, but are not part of the two DVD set.
  • Cite as: WOCE Data Products Committee (2002). NODC Standard Product: World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) global data, version 3.0, 2002 (2 disc set) (NCEI Accession 0000841). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000841. In WOCE Data Products Committee. NODC Standard Product: World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Global Data Resource (GDR), versions 1-3, on CD-ROM and DVD. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/NODC-WOCE-GDR. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 1990-01-01 to 2000-12-31
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -180
East: 180
South: -90
North: 90
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • NODC Standard Product: World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Global Data Resource (GDR), versions 1-3, on CD-ROM and DVD
  • Keeley, Robert; Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS) (2015). Global distribution of temperature and salinity profiles from profiling floats as part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) project, from 1994-11-07 to 2002-01-19 (NCEI Accession 0000936). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000936.
  • Weiss, R. F., Van Woy, F. A., Salameh, P. K., & Sepanski, R. J. (1992). Surface water and atmospheric carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide observations by shipboard automated gas chromatography: Results from expeditions between 1977 and 1990. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). https://doi.org/10.2172/6726159
  • Chipman, D. W., Takahashi, T., Breger, D., Sutherland, S. C., Kozyr, A., & Gaslightwala, A. F. (1994). Carbon dioxide, hydrographic, and chemical data obtained during the R/V Meteor Cruise 11/5 in the South Atlantic and Northern Weddell Sea areas (WOCE sections A-12 and A-21). Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). https://doi.org/10.2172/10191502
  • Kozyr, A. (2001). Carbon Dioxide, Hydrographic, and Chemical Data Obtained During the R/V John V. Vickers Cruise in the Pacific Ocean (WOCE Section P13, NOAA CGC92 Cruise, August 4 - October 21, 1992). Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). https://doi.org/10.2172/777689
  • Johnson, Kenneth M.; Haines, Meredith; Key, Robert M.; Neill, Craig; Tilbrook, Bronte; Wilke, Richard J.; Wallace, Douglas W. R. (2013). Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide, dissolved inorganic carbon, temperature, salinity and other variables collected from discrete sample and profile observations using CTD, bottle and other instruments from the KNORR in the South Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea from 1992-05-02 to 1992-07-30 (NCEI Accession 0115018). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.3334/cdiac/otg.ndp077.
  • Rubin, S., Goddard, J. G., Chipman, D. W., Takahashi, T., Sutherland, S. C., Reid, J. L., Swift, J. H., & Talley, L. D. (1998). Carbon dioxide, hydrographic, and chemical data obtained in the South Pacific Ocean (WOCE Sections P16A/P17A, P17E/P19S, and P19C, R/V Knorr, October 1992--April 1993). Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). https://doi.org/10.2172/304072
  • Goyet, C., Key, R. M., Sullivan, K. F., Tsuchiya, M., & Kozyr, A. (1997). Carbon dioxide, hydrographic, and chemical data obtained during the R/V Thomas Washington TUNES-1 in the equatorial Pacific Ocean (WOCE Section P17C). Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). https://doi.org/10.2172/676895
  • Sabine, C. L., Key, R. M., Hall, M., & Kozyr, A. (1999). Carbon Dioxide, Hydrographic, and Chemical Data Obtained During the R/V Thomas G. Thompson Cruise in the Pacific Ocean. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). https://doi.org/10.2172/14108
  • Millero, F. J. (2000). Carbon Dioxide, Hydrographic, and Chemical Data Obtained During the R/V Hesperides Cruise in the Atlantic Ocean. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). https://doi.org/10.2172/814134
  • Carbon Dioxide, Hydrographic, and Chemical Data Obtained During the R/V Meteor Cruise 22/5 in the South Atlantic Ocean (WOCE Section AlO, December 1992-January 1993)
  • (1991). Carbon dioxide, hydrographic, and chemical data obtained in the Central South Pacific Ocean (WOCE sections P17S and P16S) during the tunes-2-expedition of the R/V Thomas Washington, July--August 1991. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). https://doi.org/10.2172/231325
  • Goyet, C., Guenther, P. R., Keeling, C. D., Talley, L. D., & Kozyr, A. (1996). Carbon dioxide, hydrographic, and chemical data obtained during the Thomas Washington Cruise TUNES-3 in the equatorial Pacific Ocean (WOCE Section P16C). Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). https://doi.org/10.2172/676894
  • Lamb, M. F., Feely, R. A., & Moore, L. (1995). Total carbon dioxide, hydrographic, and nitrate measurements in the Southwest Pacific during Austral autumn, 1990: Results from NOAA/PMEL CGC-90 cruise. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). https://doi.org/10.2172/114581
  • Chemical and hydrographic measurements in the eastern Pacific during the CGC94 expedition (WOCE section P18)
  • Carbon dioxide, hydrographic, and chemical data obtained during the R/V Meteor cruise 28/1 in the South Atlantic Ocean (WOCE section A8, March 29-May 12, 1994) / contributed by Kenneth M. Johnson... et al.; prepared by Alexander Kozyr and Tammy W. Beaty; Oak Ridge, Tenn.: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2002
  • Carbon dioxide, hydrographic, and chemical data obtained during the nine R/V Knorr cruises comprising the Indian Ocean CO₂ survey (WOCE sections I8SI9S, I9N, I8NI5E, I3, I5WI4, I7N, I1, I10, and I2, December 1, 1994-January 19, 1996 / contributed by Kenneth M. Johnson et al....; prepared by Alexander Kozyr; Oak Ridge, Tenn.: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2002
  • World Ocean Circulation Experiment global data resource 3.0 electronic resource / WOCE International Project Office; Southampton, U.K.: WOCE Data Products Committee, WOCE International Project Office, 2002
    • Parent ID (indicates this dataset is related to other data):
    • gov.noaa.nodc:NODC-WOCE-GDR
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2002-12-20
  • revision: 2026-01-24
  • creation: 2002-12-20
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed - NCEI Accession 0000841 was revised and a new version of the archival package was published. Updates to existing archival packages may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. The latest version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession. Please see journal.txt in the /about directory for additional details on changes made.
Supplemental Information
This dataset is also available from NODC on a two DVD set, entitled WOCE Global Data, Version 3.0, 2002. You may purchase one or both DVDs from NODC Customer Service.

Presentations given during the WOCE and Beyond Conference are archived with this DVD product, but are not part of the two DVD set.
Purpose To develop ocean models useful for predicting climate change and to collect the data needed to test them, and to determine the representativeness of the WOCE data sets for the longterm behaviour of the ocean and to find methods for determining the long–term changes in ocean circulation
Use Limitations
  • accessLevel: Public
  • Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives.
Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: WOCE Data Products Committee (2002). NODC Standard Product: World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) global data, version 3.0, 2002 (2 disc set) (NCEI Accession 0000841). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000841. In WOCE Data Products Committee. NODC Standard Product: World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Global Data Resource (GDR), versions 1-3, on CD-ROM and DVD. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/NODC-WOCE-GDR. Accessed [date].
Cited Authors
  • WOCE Data Products Committee
Contributors
Resource Providers
Publishers
Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
Project keywords NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: WOCE Data Products Committee (2002). NODC Standard Product: World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) global data, version 3.0, 2002 (2 disc set) (NCEI Accession 0000841). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000841. In WOCE Data Products Committee. NODC Standard Product: World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Global Data Resource (GDR), versions 1-3, on CD-ROM and DVD. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/NODC-WOCE-GDR. Accessed [date].
  • This directory should be referenced as "WOCE Data Products Committee. 2002. WOCE Global Data, Version 3.0, WOCE International Project Office, WOCE Report No. 180/02, Southampton, UK."
Access Constraints
  • Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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Lineage information for: dataset
Processing Steps
  • 2002-12-20T18:07:58Z - NCEI Accession 0000841 v1.1 was published.
  • 2026-01-24T18:03:52Z - NCEI Accession 0000841 was revised and v1.2 was published.
    Rationale: Additional metadata files were received or created for this dataset. These updates were copied into the about/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession.
Output Datasets
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Processing Steps
  • 2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • ADCP
  • bathythermograph - XBT
  • bottle
  • CTD
  • current meter
  • meteorological sensor
  • mooring
  • profiling float
  • satellite sensor - general
  • thermosalinograph
Last Modified: 2026-01-24T22:32:24Z
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