Oceanographic, biological, and meteorological data collected as part of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) project from 1907 to 1998
This collection contains in situ oceanographic measurements and parameters including profile and meteorological data. Specific measurements and parameters include in situ barometric pressure; current; water depth; sea surface, air and dew-point temperature; absolute and relative humidity; cloud, wind and wave parameters; salinity; nutrients; chlorophyll; phaeophytin values; carbon fixation and productivity index. Data were collected from drifting buoys, from ships, and from satellites. The data were collected as part of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) project. The data were processed by NODC and are currently available in NODC F156 Drifting Buoy Data file format, NODC F015 Ocean Currents Data file format, NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format, and other formats.
Dataset Citation
- Cite as: World Climate Research Program (WCRP); US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) (1999). Oceanographic, biological, and meteorological data collected as part of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) project from 1907 to 1998. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/WCRP-TOGA. Accessed [date].
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ISO 19115-2 Metadata
gov.noaa.nodc:WCRP-TOGA
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Ordering Instructions | Contact NCEI for other distribution options and instructions. |
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information +1-301-713-3277 NCEI.Info@noaa.gov |
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Time Period | 1907-04-03 to 1998-10-27 |
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East: 180
South: -89.19972
North: 86.24972
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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 |
Supplemental Information | Note: Metadata for this dataset was extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). Principal Investigator (PI) and organization contact information accurately represents all available information from the legacy database at the time that this description was created. However, proper attribution of a PI to a specific institution or the role (submitting or collecting) taken by an institution may not be correct due to inexact mapping between fields in the legacy database and the CSDGM. Due to this uncertainty, the contact information was initially recorded in the Supplemental Information element of the CSDGM description. To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all datasets on an ongoing basis. |
Purpose | To provide data on a basin scale for at least 10 years without significant temporal gaps, so that a continuous record of climate variability could be assembled. |
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