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NOAA NODC WOA05

NOAA NODC WOA05: World Ocean Atlas 2005, an atlas of objectively analyzed fields of major ocean parameters at monthly, seasonal, and annual time scales.

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Datasets and variables

Grid-1x1 NOAA NODC WOA05 Grid-1x1[Monthly Annual Seasonal ]
Grid-5x5 NOAA NODC WOA05 Grid-5x5[Monthly Annual Seasonal ]
Masks NOAA NODC WOA05 Masks[landsea basin mixnumber ]

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time grid: /T (months since 01-Jan) periodic (Jan) to (Dec) by 1. N= 12 pts :grid
Longitude grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0.5E) to (0.5W) by 1. N= 360 pts :grid
Latitude grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.5S) to (89.5N) by 1. N= 180 pts :grid
Depth grid: /Z (m) ordered [ (0.0) (10.) (20.) (30.) (50.) (75.) (100.) (125.) (150.) (200.) (250.) (300.) (400.) (500.) (600.) (700.) (800.) (900.) (1000.) (1100.) (1200.) (1300.) (1400.) (1500.) (1750.) (2000.) (2500.) (3000.) (3500.) (4000.) (4500.) (5000.) (5500.)] :grid

Other Info

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References

Locarnini, R. A., A. V. Mishonov, J. I. Antonov, T. P. Boyer, and H. E. Garcia, 2006. World Ocean Atlas 2005, Volume 1: Temperature. S. Levitus, Ed. NOAA Atlas NESDIS 61, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 182 pp.

Antonov, J. I., R. A. Locarnini, T. P. Boyer, A. V. Mishonov, and H. E. Garcia, 2006. World Ocean Atlas 2005, Volume 2: Salinity. S. Levitus, Ed. NOAA Atlas NESDIS 62, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 182 pp.

Garcia, H. E., R. A. Locarnini, T. P. Boyer, and J. I. Antonov, 2006. World Ocean Atlas 2005, Volume 3: Dissolved Oxygen, Apparent Oxygen Utilization, and Oxygen Saturation. S. Levitus, Ed. NOAA Atlas NESDIS 63, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 342 pp.

Garcia, H. E., R. A. Locarnini, T. P. Boyer, and J. I. Antonov, 2006. World Ocean Atlas 2005, Volume 4: Nutrients (phosphate, nitrate, silicate). S. Levitus, Ed. NOAA Atlas NESDIS 64, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 396 pp.

Last updated: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:03:32 GMT