Abstract:
The Global Ocean Observation Database (GOODBase) is a relational and
object-oriented database of ocean surface and subsurface physical and
chemical profile data. It is coupled to a World Wide Web interface
which allows users to select and edit a data set, generate graphical
analysis displays, and/or retrieve the data through the Internet.
GOODBase is developed at the Joint Environmental Data
... Analysis Center
(JEDAC), a cooperative program of Scripps Institution of Oceanography
(SIO) and NOAA's National Oceangraphic Data Center (NODC).
Data types available in GOODBase are temperature, salinity, oxygen,
phosphate, silicate and nitrate.
GOODBase contains data from the Global Ocean Temperature and Salinity
(GOTS) data set, the World Ocean Atlas, and the Global Temperature and
Salinity Profile Project (GTSPP). GOTS and World Ocean Atlas data are
also available from NODC on CDROM. GTSPP data is available on
line from NODC. Note that GOODBase does not contain the most
recently archived data (especially station or bottle data), which can
be obtained from NODC User Services http://www.nodc.noaa.gov.
The GOODBase interactive data browser allows users to query the
database. Searches are directed by setting latitude and longitude
range, date range (with seasonal filter), instrument type, data
source, country and vessel ID, NODC cruise number, quality filter,
minimum depth, output fields and arrays, or standard formats. Data
generated from searches may be output to screen or file for FTP and
may be used to produce color-coded distribution maps. In addition to
starting new queries, users may recall an old query to modify the
selection and continue the analysis. Pre-formatted data distribution
maps are also available.
The analysis capabilities allow users to generate plots of parameter
vs. depth, parameter vs. parameter, parameter (at any standard depth)
vs. latitude, longitude or time. Plots can be color-coded for any
additional available parameter. 
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