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World Ocean Database and World Ocean Atlas

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Metadata:

Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS > Data Support Section, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: World Ocean Database and World Ocean Atlas

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Publisher: UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS > Data Support Section, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds285.0/

Description:

Abstract:: The World Ocean Database (WOD) has observed data from the ocean surface and subsurface profiles. The World Ocean Atlas (WOA) has gridded analyses for annual, seasonal, and monthly means of temperature, salinity, oxygen, nutrients, and other parameters on standard levels (typically at 33 depths). Both products were derived at the Ocean Climate Laboratory (OCL) of the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). Development of the World Ocean products began in 1982 and they have been updated in 1994, 1998, 2001, 2005 and 2009. The featured products are now based on the 2009 versions. Some products from older version are still unique. The WOD is the world's largest profile collection covering the global ocean and contains measurements from 1800 through 2009. The WOA are climatological grids at fixed depths derived from quality checked WOD profiles. This is a recognized world-wide standard and is often referenced in oceanographic research.
Purpose:: Not Available
Supplemental_Information:: Not Available

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 18000101
Ending_Date: 20091231

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: Not Available
East_Bounding_Coordinate: Not Available
North_Bounding_Coordinate: Not Available
South_Bounding_Coordinate: Not Available

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > DISSOLVED GASES
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > DISSOLVED SOLIDS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PHOSPHATE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SILICATE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL
Theme_Keyword: BUOYS
Theme_Keyword: MOORINGS
Theme_Keyword: OCEAN WEATHER STATIONS
Theme_Keyword: SHIPS
Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM
Theme_Keyword: Moving Ships
Theme_Keyword: Gridding Methods
Theme_Keyword: OCEANS
Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Access_Constraints: Not Available

Use_Constraints:

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Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: ZAIHUA JI

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: STEVEN WORLEY

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Address: CISL/DSS
Address: P.O. Box 3000
City: Boulder
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80307
Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Address: CISL/DSS
Address: P.O. Box 3000
City: Boulder
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80307
Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303)-497-1819

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303)-497-1248

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303)-497-1291

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: zji@ucar.edu

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: worley@ucar.edu

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: Not Available

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Process_Description:: Not Available
Process_Date: Unknown

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Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS > Data Support Section, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Contact_Person: RDA HELP DESK

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Address: CISL/DSS
Address: P.O. Box 3000
City: Boulder
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80307
Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303)-497-1231

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303)-497-1291

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dssweb@ucar.edu

Resource_Description: 285.0

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 16.718 Gbytes

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

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Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://rda.ucar.edu/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

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Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/index.html

Access_Instructions:

NODC's Ocean Climate Laboratory

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date:

Metadata_Review_Date: 20110202

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: BOB DATTORE

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Address: CISL/DSS
Address: P.O. Box 3000
City: Boulder
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80307
Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303)-497-1825

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303)-497-1291

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dattore@ucar.edu

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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