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Title: World Ocean Database 2018 Updates 2023-07-01 through 2023-09-30 (NCEI Accession 0286586)
Abstract: The World Ocean Database (WOD) is the World's largest publicly available uniform format quality controlled ocean profile dataset. Ocean profile data are sets of measurements of an ocean variable at a single geographic location within a short (minutes to hours) temporal period in some portion of the water column from the surface to the bottom. To be considered a profile for the WOD, there must be more than a single depth/variable pair. Multiple profiles at the same location from the same set of instruments is an oceanographic cast. There are more than 15 million oceanographic casts in the WOD 2018 (WOD18)initial release, from the second voyage of Captain Cook (1772) to the modern Argo floats (end of 2017). Ocean variables in the WOD18 include temperature, salinity, oxygen, nutrients, tracers, and biological variables such as plankton and chlorophyll. Quality control procedures are documented and performed on each cast, the results included as flags on each measurement. The WOD18 presents data in Climate-Forecast netCDF ragged array format for ease of use mindful of space limitations. The WOD18 contains the data on the originally measured depth levels (observed) and interpolated to standard depth levels to present a more uniform iso-surface for oceanographic and climate work. The present accession includes year files which contain data which have been added or changed in WOD18 over the last three month period.
Date received: 20231004
Start date: 19970101
End date: 20230930
Seanames: Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Alboran Sea, Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Arabian Sea, Arafura Sea, Arctic Ocean, Baffin Bay, Balearic (Iberian) Sea, Baltic Sea, Banda Sea, Barents Sea, Bass Strait, Bay of Bengal, Bay of Biscay (Golfe de Gascogne), Bay of Fundy, Beaufort Sea, Bering Sea, Bismarck Sea, Black Sea, Bristol Channel, Caribbean Sea, Celebes Sea (Sulawesi Sea and Mindanao Sea), Ceram Sea or Seram Sea, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Coastal Waters of Florida, Coastal Waters of Louisiana, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Coastal Waters of Texas, Coral Sea, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Davis Strait, East China Sea (Tung Hai), English Channel (La Manche), Flores Sea, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Great Australian Bight, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, Great Lakes, Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea), Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Bothnia (Bay of Bothnia and Bothnian Sea), Gulf of California, Gulf of Finland, Gulf of Guinea, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Riga, Sound Sea, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Gulf of Suez, Halmahera Sea, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Hudson Strait, Indian Ocean, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland, Ionian Sea, Irish Sea and St. George's Channel, Japan Sea, Jawa (Java) Sea, Kara Sea, Kattegat, The Sound, Storebælt, Lillebælt, Labrador Sea, Laccadive Sea, Laptev (or Nordenskjöld) Sea, Ligurian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin, Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin, Molucca Sea, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Mozambique Channel, National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa, New York Bight, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, North Sea, Northwestern Passages, Norwegian Sea, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Persian Gulf (Gulf of Iran), Strait of Hormuz, Philippine Sea, Red Sea, Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, Ross Sea, Sawu Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Selat Makasar (Makasar Strait), Seto Naikai (Inland Sea), Skagerrak, Solomon Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea (Nan Hai), Southern Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, St. Lawrence River, Strait of Gibraltar, Sulu Sea, Tasman Sea, Timor Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, Yellow Sea (Hwang Hai)
West boundary: -180
East boundary: 180
North boundary: 89.9909
South boundary: -90
Observation types: biological, chemical, in situ, meteorological, physical, profile
Instrument types: APBT, bathythermograph - AXBT, bathythermograph - XBT, bottle, buoy - moored buoy, CTD, meteorological sensor, profiling float, Secchi disk, XCTD
Datatypes: AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB, AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB, AMMONIA (NH3), BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, BEAM ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT, biological data, CHLOROFLUOROCARBON-11 (CFC-11), CHLOROFLUOROCARBON-12 (CFC-12), CHLOROPHYLL, cloud amount/frequency, cloud type, DEPTH - BOTTOM, DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON (DIC), DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, HELIUM, HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE, NITRATE, nitrate + nitrite content (concentration), NITRITE, partial pressure of carbon dioxide - water, PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON, pH, PHAEOPHYTIN, phosphate, PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY, SALINITY, Secchi depth, silicate, total alkalinity, Tritium (Hydrogen isotope), VISIBILITY, WATER COLOR, WATER TEMPERATURE, WAVE DIRECTION, WAVE HEIGHT, WAVE PERIOD, WEATHER, WIND DIRECTION, WIND SPEED
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Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Centers for Environmental Information
Collecting institutions: Alfred-Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders, Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, CLIVAR and Carbon Hydrographic Data Office, Columbia University; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Institute of Ocean Sciences, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Institute of Ocean Sciences - Victoria, European Space Agency, Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, Florida State University, Florida State University; Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, French National Center for Scientific Research, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Great Lakes Observing System, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Hokkaido National Fisheries Research Institute, Ifremer, Institute for Baltic Research, Institute of Marine Research - Norway, Instituto Del Mar Del Peru - Callao, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan Meteorological Agency; Climate and Maritime Meteorology Department, Japan Oceanographic Data Center, Kiel University, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Korea Meteorological Administration; Meteorological Research Institute, Korean Ocean Research and Development Institute, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Louisiana State Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Meteorological Research Institute Japan, Middle East Technical University; Institute of Marine Sciences, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Mote Marine Laboratory, National Centre for Space Studies, National Marine Data and Information Service, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche-sur-Mer, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Oregon State University; College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences; Ocean Observatories Initiative Coastal Endurance, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership, Service Hydrographique de la Marine, State Oceanic Administration; Second Institute of Oceanography, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Texas A&M University - College Station; Geochemical and Environmental Research Group, Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Tohoku University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Bergen, University of Bergen; Geophysical Institute, University of California San Diego; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of Delaware; College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment; School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Gothenburg; Marine Botanical Institute, University of Maine, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Minnesota - Duluth; Large Lakes Observatory, University of Southern Mississippi; Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, University of South Florida St. Petersburg, University of Washington, University of Windsor, US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Alaska Fisheries Science Center, US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Northeast Fisheries Science Center; Woods Hole Laboratory, US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center, US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, US Navy, US Navy Naval Oceanographic Office, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Contributing projects: ACCE, ARGN, ARGO AUSTRALIA, ARGO MAURITIUS, ARGO MEXICO, ARGO UK, ASOF, CalCOFI, CANADIAN ARGO, CARIACO, CHILEAN ARGO, CHINA ARGO PROJECT, CICIO, CIRENE, CMGP, CONGAS, CORC, DAP, EGYPT, ETOBB, FLOSTRAL, FOCI, FRONTALIS, GOODHOPE, GTSPP, GYROSCOPE, HERACLES, IIOE, IMOS, INDIAN ARGO, JARE, J-ARGO, MFSTEP, NPEO, PIRATA, POMME, RAMA, SAGE, SEAMAP, SOCCOM, SOCLIM, SODA, SOOP, SPURS, STELLER SEA LION RESEARCH, TAO, TAO/TRITON, TROPAT, U.S. ARGO PROJECT, WECCON, WEN, WOCE
Platforms: AIRCRAFT (ZZ91), Alba Na Mara (74NM), Alejandro De Humboldt (57VA), Alfred Needler (18NE), ALIS (35AY), Alkor (06A6), ANL Warrnambool (MLNU), ARKTIS VISION (26AR), Armorique (351I), Ary Rongel (14AR), Atlantis (33AT), Auk (33IK), AURELIA (77UR), Aurelie (ESQT), AURORA AUSTRALIS (09AR), Autonomous Pinniped (33P2), A. V. Humboldt (06VH), BALTICA (67BC), BALTICA (77LT), BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRE (35B5), BELGICA (11BE), Bell M. Shimada (3322), Benguela Stream (642B), Bigelow (31IW), bios anna2 (335E), BIOS JACK (33YC), BIOS MINNIE (33JL), BJARNI SAEMUNDSSON (46BS), BOSEI MARU (4935), Botnica (77XV), Bremen Express (065U), BREMEN EXPRESS (pid: 13896), Bristol Explorer (33UP), CAPITAINE BARET (SIKK), CAPITELLA (74RP), Capt Jacques Cartier (18QL), ce 311 (33NW), ce 319 (33M8), ce 320 (330B), ce 326 (33JZ), ce 381 (33W6), ce 382 (33NO), ce 383 (33N9), ce 386 (333A), ce 871 (33M0), ce 917 (33T6), Cefas Endeavour (74E9), Celtic Explorer (45CE), CELTIC VOYAGER (45CV), CHICAGO EXPRESS (060Q), Comet (066P), CORIOLIS II (18OL), Cormorant (pid: 13766), CORYSTES (74RY), cp 339 (33W0), cp 340 (33JF), cp 376 (33YJ), cp 379 (33Z3), cp 380 (33TV), cp 387 (330L), cp 388 (33AA), cp 559 (33QN), cp 564 (33F0), cp 583 (335R), Crate (35Q5), CRUZEIRO DO SUL (14CS), DANA (26DA), Delaware II (316G), DFO-BB046 (188K), DFO-MIKE (pid: 13720), DFO-ROSIE (18F6), DFO-WALLE (18GI), Dipsy (068E), Discovery (74EQ), DURIN (58NR), DVALIN (580T), EL COQUI (33OT), Electra Af Asko (77WX), Elisabeth Mann Borgese (06EZ), Encounter (641I), Enoshima Maru (49FF), FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES (317F), FIXED PLATFORMS OF GERMANY (067F), FREDERICK VIII (26FR), Fukushima Maru (4936), FUSAMI MARU NO.2 (49FX), FYRBYGGAREN (77FY), FYRHOLM (26FY), GALAKTYKA (67HV), GARCIA DEL CID (29GD), GENKAI (pid: 13908), GEORGE R. PEARKES (18GP), gi 469 (pid: 13743), gi 515 (33LZ), gi 537 (pid: 13744), gi 565 (pid: 13745), GLORIA MICHELE (33GL), G. M. DANNEVIG (58GD), Gordon Gunter (33GG), gp 566 (336U), GRAASUGGAN (77GA), Hakuho Maru (49HH), Hakusan Maru (490K), hal-1002 (pid: 13841), Heian Maru (49QC), HEIYO (49WY), HELICOPTER (77HP), Helmer Hanssen (58HJ), Henry B. Bigelow (33HH), HERMANO GINES (93HG), HOKKO MARU (49I1), HORIZON ENTERPRISE (33HO), Horizon Spirit (33RC), Houyou (497U), HUDSON (18HU), Hugh R. Sharp (33H5), Hydrograf 27 (674I), Hydromet (6735), IBARAKI MARU (49LR), IFM03 (06I3), IFM13 (066B), IFM14 (06DI), Investigator (096U), Iwaki Maru (4948), IWATE MARU (49JF), JAMES CLARK ROSS (74JC), James Cook (740H), JOHAN HJORT (58JH), John Cabot (18KF), JOHN P. TULLY (18DD), JOSE OLAYA BALANDRA (65GT), K-999 (18D0), KAIKO-MARU (49OI), KA'IMIKAI-O-KANALOA (33KI), Kaisei (493V), KAIYO (49F5), Kaiyo Maru (490S), KAIYO MARU (4978), Kaiyu Maru (49QS), Kasia (671X), KBV 001 POSEIDON (77KB), KBV 002 TRITON (77KC), KBV005 (77K5), KBV181 (77K9), KBV 592 (77K2), KEIFU MARU (49UF), KILO MOANA (33KB), Kinokuni (49QR), Knorr (316N), Kontroler 12 (672B), Kontroler 16 (67I0), Kontroler 17 (6755), KONTROLER-21 (67Y5), Koyo (4956), KOYO MARU (49LO), Kraken (35ZJ), KUROSHIO (49XV), L'Astrolabe (35O7), L'ATALANTE (35A3), Laurence M. Gould (33LG), Leim (18LO), L'EUROPE (35EU), LIBERTY ACE (493Y), LIMANDA (77LA), Litoral (67LL), LITTORINA (67LT), LM MIR (67LM), LOTTY (77LY), Lucynka (67OJ), Luis Flores Portugal (65PD), maang (pid: 13648), Maersk Vilnius (SIMV), Maersk Visby (SIVY), Magda (67CU), Malwina (67WC), MARGAREE (18X0), MARIA S. MERIAN (06M2), Marion Dufresne (35MV), MARTHA L. BLACK (18MF), MAUNGANUI (26MU), MEIYO (49GQ), METEOR (06M3), Mir 2 (67U8), MIRAI (49NZ), MIYAZAKI MARU (49OZ), MIZ-30 (67XK), Mogami Maru (pid: 12437), mote-dora (33TZ), M. Perley (18MU), MULTIPLE SHIPS OF FINLAND (3490), MULTIPLE SHIPS OF GERMANY (0690), MULTIPLE SHIPS OF HOLLAND (6490), Nathaniel B. Palmer (3206), Neil Armstrong (33VB), Nereus (77NE), NEW HORIZON (32NM), ng222 (pid: 13862), ng230 (33P9), ng252 (pid: 13861), ng278 (33V9), ng347 (pid: 13747), ng357 (331O), ng447 (pid: 13748), ng619 (334E), ng644 (pid: 13749), ng645 (33A1), ng666 (pid: 13687), ng738 (pid: 13750), Norrbylabb 1 (77UT), Northwest Explorer (33QV), Northwest Sanderling (09WX), Northwest Sandpiper (0970), OCEANIA (67CE), Oceanograf (67XB), OCEAN STARR (32I1), OCEANUS (32OC), Okeanos Explorer (334A), OOCL HOUSTON (HKHO), OOCL Panama (HKPA), Oscar Dyson (33OA), OSCAR VON SYDOW (77VS), Pelagia (64PE), PENELOPE (741Q), Pisces (334B), Polarstern (06AQ), POURQUOI PAS? (35PK), Professor Khromov (90CI), PROFILING FLOAT (18FP), PROFILING FLOAT (33PF), PROFILING FLOAT (49FP), PROFILING FLOAT (74PT), PROFILING FLOAT (76PF), PROFILING FLOAT (99PF), Reveille (33T0), Reykjanes (26RK), RODVIG (26RO), Roger Revelle (33RR), Ronald H. Brown (33RO), RU29 (33QW), RU32 (33LT), ru34 (33KV), ru36 (pid: 13857), Rybka-MS (67VY), Ryofu Maru (49UP), Salme (ESSA), SANTA INES (267A), Sarmiento De Gamboa (29AH), sbu02 (pid: 13891), SCANDICA (77SA), Scotia (748S), SDEEP01 (29VG), sdeep04 (291O), sdeep06 (29H1), sdeep07 (291N), sdeep08 (295I), sdeep09 (29XV), SEA003 (3554), SEA019 (182V), SEA021 (18E5), SEA022 (18XZ), SEA023 (35GX), SEA030 (35SQ), SEA032 (18GV), SEA038 (3508), SEA057 (774X), SEATRADE BLUE (54JH), Sebastian (06CQ), Senshu Maru (49IV), SENSOR (77SN), SG-212 (67NA), SG-214 (678K), SG-216 (67TL), SG508 (35ZU), SG560 (5825), SG562 (58OT), SG564 (587V), SG649 (33Y7), SG663 (33Q1), SG667 (33RT), SG668 (33LP), SG669 (33U9), SG670 (33ZK), SG677 (pid: 13664), SG678 (pid: 13688), Shimane Maru (49QD), Shirochidori (49UW), SHOYO (49U7), SHUNYO MARU (49SC), Sir David Attenborough (FKAD), SIR JOHN FRANKLIN (18SZ), Sir John Murray (74IQ), SKAGERAK (77SK), skuld (583H), SL209 (09GX), SL210 (09GY), SL248 (09G0), SL286 (09G3), SL287 (09G5), SL502 (09YX), SONNE (06BE), Sonne (06SN), SOUTHERN SURVEYOR (09SS), Soyo Maru (49WB), SP007 (33LJ), SP011 (33YY), SP013 (330O), SP025 (336M), SP028 (33WQ), sp029 (33ZA), SP030 (33ZC), SP034 (33OZ), SP035 (33XQ), SP039 (33ZD), SP040 (33KT), SP041 (330W), SP047 (33Y1), SP048 (33M2), SP054 (330Z), SP055 (33TO), SP058 (33ZZ), SP062 (33NG), SP064 (33L8), SP065 (33YH), SP066 (33LO), SP067 (33GQ), SP069 (33AX), sp071 (pid: 13787), STEADY (26ST), Stella (74XK), Strelasund (06NR), Sunfish (180T), Suruga Maru (49VN), SVEA (77SE), Swan River Bridge (SISR), sylvia (33Y0), SYRIUSZ (67SR), Taino (337H), TAJIMA (49FZ), Takunan (49Z4), TAKUYO (49TK), TALLAHASSEE (SIF3), Tanshu Maru (49W1), Teleost (18TL), TENYO (49ET), Tenyo Maru (4963), Téthys II (35TT), THALASSA (35HT), THOMAS G. THOMPSON (3250), Tintin (35ZX), TOGA-TAO BUOYS (33TT), Tokushima (49U1), TONAN-MARU (49TO), Tottori Maru NO.1 (49Y4), TRIDENS (64TD), Triton (74U1), TURBOT C.N. (676B), um 242 (pid: 13663), UMITAKA MARU (49Z5), UNIT 191 (33KQ), Unit 334 (18NT), URD (58YB), usf-gansett (pid: 13668), USHIO MARU (495F), USHIO MARU (49UJ), Varita (LAVR), Varonis (LAVA), VEJUNAS (LTVJ), verd (588T), Victoria I (ESEC), Vienna Express (0628), Vienna Express (pid: 13910), VIKING (26VI), Vilma (ESVI), Viola M Davidson (18AU), Vital De Oliveira (14KU), Vladykov (18VD), WAKATAKA MARU (49WA), Wakatake Maru (4976), Warren Jr (33L4), WEATHERBIRD II (320G), YOKO MARU (pid: 11699)
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Metadata version: 2
Keydate: 2023-12-27 16:29:50+00
Editdate: 2023-12-31 17:16:55+00