Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Data Set; Release 1

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• Spatial_Reference_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Slutz, R.J., S.J. Lubker, J.D. Hiscox, S.D. Woodruff, R.L. Jenne, D.H. Joseph, P.M. Steurer, and J.D. Elms

Publication_Date: 1985

Title: Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Data Set; Release 1

Edition:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:

Series_Information:

Series_Name: NTIS PB86-105723

Issue_Identification:

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Boulder, CO

Publisher: NOAA ERL, Climate Research Program

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/coads

Description:

Abstract:

The Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (COADS) is the most extensive and widely used set of surface marine data currently available for the world ocean back to 1854, the year marking the beginning of an internationally organized system for recording shipboard meteorological observations. COADS is the result of a continuing cooperative project between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-specifically its Environmental Research Laboratories (ERL), National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES, conducted jointly with the University of Colorado)-and the National Science Foundation's National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The NOAA portion of COADS is currently supported by the NOAA Climate and Global Change Program and the NOAA Environmental Services Data and Information Management (ESDIM) Program. The COADS netCDF files are grouped according to the time period and spatial domain covered, and the gridbox size. For data starting in 1950, the files are subdivided into "standard" and "enhanced" products, which reflect the "trimming" (quality control) procedure used and the data mixture. In the standard products, the data have been edited using climatological 3.5 standard-deviation limits, with the observations limited (as nearly as practical) to those from ships. In the "enhanced" products, the data have been edited using broader 4.5 sigma limits to better represent extreme climate events, with observations from ships and other in situ marine platforms. The 2-degree data are separated into two periods. The first known as the Release 1 products covers the period 1854 to 1949. The second period 1950 to 1997 is coverd by the COADS 2-degree products. This second period has both standard and enchanced products. The COADS 2-Degree data is available from: "http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cdc/data.coads.2deg.html" and "ftp://ftp.cdc.noaa.gov/Datasets/coads/2degree/" Further information and documentation is available from the COADS web site at: "http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/coads/"

Purpose:

Not Available

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Slutz, R. J., S.J. Lubker, J.D. Hiscox, S.D. Woodruff, R.L. Jenne, P.M. Steurer, and J. D. Elms, 1985: 'Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set; Release 1', Climate Research Program, Boulder, Colorado. "http://web1.cdc.noaa.gov/coads/Release_1/coads.html" For other references, see: "http://web1.cdc.noaa.gov/coads/publications.html"

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19500101

Ending_Date: 19971231

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > STORMS > PRESENT WEATHER

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY > SPECIFIC HUMIDITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND STRESS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FREQUENCY > TOTAL CLOUD AMOUNT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES > LOWER CLOUD TYPE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > HEAT FLUX > LATENT HEAT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > HEAT FLUX > SENSIBLE HEAT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION > WAVE DIRECTION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > WIND STRESS

Theme_Keyword: BUOYS

Theme_Keyword: SHIPS

Theme_Keyword: BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS

Theme_Keyword: XBT > EXPENDABLE BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS

Theme_Keyword: COADS > COMPREHENSIVE OCEAN ATMOSPHERE DATA SET

Theme_Keyword: GCOS > GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM

Theme_Keyword: Air-sea Interaction

Theme_Keyword: Climatology

Theme_Keyword: Coads

Theme_Keyword: Grid Data

Theme_Keyword: Marine

Theme_Keyword: Monthly Data

Theme_Keyword: Physical Oceanography

Theme_Keyword: Sea Surface Temperature

Theme_Keyword: Statistics

Theme_Keyword: Wind Stress

Theme_Keyword: Idn=g3os/gcos

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: ENVIRONMENT

Theme_Keyword: OCEANS

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN

Place_Keyword: VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA SURFACE

Access_Constraints: Not Available

Use_Constraints:

Not Available

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: SCOTT D. WOODRUFF

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Climate Diagnostics Center

Address: NOAA/ERL (R/E/CD1)

Address: 325 Broadway

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80303-3328

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-497-6747

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sdw@cdc.noaa.gov

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Not Available

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

Completeness_Report:

Not Available

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Not Available

Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 2 deg

Longitude_Resolution: 2 deg

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: DOC/NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD/CAB > Climate Analysis Branch, Physical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Contact_Person: ESRL/PSD DATA INQUIRIES

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: esrl.psd.data@noaa.gov

Resource_Description: COADS-2degree

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: netCDF

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/psd1/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.coads.2d...

Access_Instructions:

COADS 2-degree enhanced products

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.coads.2d...

Access_Instructions:

COADS 2-degree standard products

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

ftp://ftp.cdc.noaa.gov/Datasets/coads/1degree/

Access_Instructions:

COADS 1-degree enhanced and standard products 1960-1997

Fees: None From Noaa/cdc

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date:

Metadata_Review_Date: 20090616

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GCMD User Support Office

Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Not Available

City: Lanham

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20706

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Not Available

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time