World Ocean Atlas 2013 (NCEI Accession 0114815)
World Ocean Atlas 2013 (WOA13) is a set of objectively analyzed (1 degree grid and 1/4 degree grid) climatological fields of in situ temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, Apparent Oxygen Utilization, percent oxygen saturation, phosphate, silicate, and nitrate at standard depth levels for annual, seasonal, and monthly compositing periods for the World Ocean. 1/4 degree fields are for temperature and salinity only. It also includes associated statistical fields of observed oceanographic profile data interpolated to standard depth levels on 1/4 degree, 1 degree, and 5 degree grids. Temperature and salinity fields are available for six decades (1955-1964, 1965-1974, 1975-1984, 1985-1994, 1995-2004, and 2005-2012) and an average of all decades representing the period 1955-2012. Nutrient and oxygen fields are available using all quality controlled data for the entire sampling period 1878-2012.
Dataset Citation
- Cite as: Levitus, Sydney; Boyer, Tim P.; García, Hernán E.; Locarnini, Ricardo A.; Zweng, Melissa M.; Mishonov, Alexey V.; Reagan, James R.; Antonov, John I.; Baranova, Olga K.; Biddle, Mathew; Hamilton, Melanie; Johnson, Daphne R.; Paver, Christopher R.; Seidov, Dan (2014). World Ocean Atlas 2013 (NCEI Accession 0114815). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5f769gt. Accessed [date].
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Time Period | 1878-06-27 to 2012-12-31 |
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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 |
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Purpose | This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. |
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