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NODC World Ocean Database 2001: Plankton Data on CD-ROM

Entry ID: NODC_WOD01_Plankton

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Summary

Abstract: The World Ocean Database 2001 (WOD01) is an eight CD-ROM product
containing over seven million oceanographic stations. Only one disk
(WOD01 disk #1) contains plankton tows, which are co-located with two
million other Ocean Station Data (OSD) profiles. These two million
profiles are then divided into 648 separate "WMO" files, each one
representing a single 10x10-degree latitude-longitude WMO grid ...

Related URL

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Description: World Ocean Database 2001 Plankton Subset information page

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -80.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: NOAA/NESDIS/NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER

Dataset Title: NODC World Ocean Database 2001 on CD-ROM

Dataset Release Date: 2002/04

Version: 1

Online Resource: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov

Parent DIF

This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
NODC_WOD01_Database

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN

Science Keywords

OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ALKALINITY

OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

OCEANS

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Use Constraints NOAA and NODC would appreciate recognition as the resource from which
these data were obtained in any publications and/or other
representations of these data.

Ancillary Keywords

TEMPERATURE - WATER

SALINITY

Originating Center

Data Center

Ocean Climate Laboratory, National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Data Center URL: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NODC USER SERVICES Phone: 301-713-3277 Fax: 301-713-3302 Email: NODC.Services at noaa.gov Contact Address: National Oceanographic Data Center User Services Branch NOAA/NESDIS E/OC1 SSMC3, 4th Floor 1315 East-West Highway City: Silver Spring Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20910-3282 Country: USA

Personnel

SYDNEY LEVITUS

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Email: sydney.levitus at goaa.gov

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2002-09-18

Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-02-28

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