Data Library
Finding Data
Tutorial
Questions & Answers
Function Documentation

NOAA NODC WOA98 documentation

help@iri
NOAA NODC WOA98 ANNUAL analyzed options Help Expert Mode
display data as colors display data as contours display data as line Data Selection Data Downloads & Files Data Tables
served from IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library

SOURCESNOAANODCWOA98*ANNUALanalyzed

NOAA NODC WOA98 ANNUAL analyzed

ANNUAL analyzed from NOAA NODC WOA98: World Ocean Atlas 1998, an atlas of objectively analyzed fields of major ocean parameters at monthly, seasonal, and annual time scales. Superceeded by WOA01.

Documents

outlinean outline showing all sub-datasets and variables contained in this dataset
WOA01World Ocean Atlas 2001

Datasets and variables

apparent oxygen utilization NOAA NODC WOA98 ANNUAL analyzed AOU[ X Y | Z]
chlorophyll NOAA NODC WOA98 ANNUAL analyzed chlorophyll[ X Y | Z]
nitrate NOAA NODC WOA98 ANNUAL analyzed nitrate[ X Y | Z]
dissolved oxygen NOAA NODC WOA98 ANNUAL analyzed O2[ X Y | Z]
o2sat NOAA NODC WOA98 ANNUAL analyzed o2sat[ X Y | Z]
Phosphate NOAA NODC WOA98 ANNUAL analyzed phosphate[ X Y | Z]
salinity NOAA NODC WOA98 ANNUAL analyzed salinity[ X Y | Z]
silicate NOAA NODC WOA98 ANNUAL analyzed silicate[ X Y | Z]
temperature NOAA NODC WOA98 ANNUAL analyzed temperature[ X Y | Z]

Independent Variables (Grids)

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

References

Conkright, M.E., S. Levitus, T. O'Brien, T.P. Boyer, C. Stephens, D. Johnson, L. Stathoplos, O. Baranova, J. Antonov, R. Gelfeld, J. Burney, J. Rochester, & C. Forgy (1998) World Ocean Database 1998 Documentation and Quality Control. National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD.

Conkright, M.E., T.D. O'Brien, S. Levitus, T.P. Boyer, C. Stephens, J.I. Antonov, 1998: World Ocean Atlas 1998 Vol. 10: Nutrient and Chlorophyll of the Atlantic Ocean. NOAA Atlas NESDIS 36, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

Last updated: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:02:22 GMT