from NOAA NODC WOA01: World Ocean Atlas 2001, an atlas of objectively analyzed fields of major ocean parameters at monthly, seasonal, and annual time scales. Superseded by WOA05.
Independent Variables (Grids)
- Time (time)
- grid: /T (months since 01-Jan) periodic (Jan) to (Dec) by 1.0 N= 12 pts :grid
- Longitude (longitude)
- grid: /X (degree_east) ordered (0.5E) to (0.5W) by 1.0 N= 360 pts :grid
- Latitude (latitude)
- grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.5S) to (89.5N) by 1.0 N= 180 pts :grid
- Depth
- grid: /Z (m) ordered [ (5.0) (15.0) (25.0) (40.0) (62.5) (87.5) (112.5) (137.5) (175.0) (225.0) (275.0) (350.0) (450.0) (550.0) (650.0) (750.0) (850.0) (950.0) (1050.0) (1150.0) (1250.0) (1350.0) (1450.0)] :grid
Other Info
- datatype
- realarraytype
- file_missing_value
- -99.999901
- missing_value
- NaN
- units
- 0.01 meter-1
References
M.E. Conkright, and Boyer, T. P. 2002: World Ocean Atlas 2001: Objective Analyses, Data Statistics, and Figures, CD-ROM Documentation. National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD, 17 pp.
Levitus, S. E.. Climatological atlas of the world ocean, NOAA Professional Paper 13, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
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