NODC Standard Product: World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Global Data Resource (GDR), versions 1-3, on CD-ROM and DVD

NODC produced twelve (12) CD-ROMs containing WOCE Version 1 project data in the summer of 1998. NODC produced fifteen (15) CD-ROMs containing WOCE Version 2 project data in the fall of 2000. The WOCE Global Data Version 3.0 suite consists of two (2) DVDs.

NODC produced twelve (12) CD-ROMs containing WOCE Version 1 project data in the summer of 1998. Each CD was assigned an NODC accession number for inventory purposes.

WOCE CD Data Information Unit & Bathymetry - NCEI Accession Number 9800097
WOCE CD Hydrography - NCEI Accession Number 9800098
WOCE CD Hydrographic Products - NCEI Accession Number 9800099
WOCE CD XBTs - NCEI Accession Number 9800100
WOCE CD Subsurface Floats - NCEI Accession Number 9800101
WOCE CD Drifting Buoys - NCEI Accession Number 9800102
WOCE CD Current Meters - NCEI Accession Number 9800103
WOCE CD ADCP - NCEI Accession Number 9800104
WOCE CD Sea Level - NCEI Accession Number 9800105
WOCE CD Surface Meteorology - NCEI Accession Number 9800106
WOCE CD Surface Fluxes - NCEI Accession Number 9800107
WOCE CD Satellite Altimetry & Temperature - NCEI Accession Number 9800108

NODC produced fifteen (15) CD-ROMs containing WOCE project data in the fall of 2000. This is version 2.0 of WOCE project data. Each CD was assigned an NODC accession number for inventory purposes:

Data Information Unit & Bathmetry - NCEI Accession Number 0000306 Disk 1
Hydrographic Programme - NCEI Accession Number 0000307 Disk 2
Upper Ocean Thermal - NCEI Accession Number 0000308 Disk 3
Subsurface Floats - NCEI Accession Number 0000309 Disk 4
Surface Velocity Programme - NCEI Accession Number 0000310 Disk 5
Current Meter Moorings - NCEI Accession Number 0000311 Disk 6
Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers - NCEI Accession Number 0000312 Disk 7
Sea Level - NCEI Accession Number 0000313 Disk 8
Surface Meteorology - NCEI Accession Number 0000314 Disk 9
Surface Fluxes - NCEI Accession Number 0000315 Disk 10
Satellite Data - Sea Surface Height - NCEI Accession Number 0000316 Disk 11
Satellite Data - Sea Surface Temperature - NCEI Accession Number 0000317 Disk 12
Satellite Data - Wind Data - NCEI Accession Number 0000318 Disk 13
eWOCE: Electronic Atlas of WOCE Data - NCEI Accession Number 0000319 Disk 14
Hydrographic Programme - BATS/HOTS Timeseries - NCEI Accession Number 0000320 Disk 15

The WOCE Global Data Version 3.0 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.

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.