SOCAT: Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas
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SOCAT (Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas) represents an effort to "provide a comprehensive, publicly available, regularly updated, global data set of marine surface CO2, which had been subject to quality control (QC)." The data sets are comprised of observations (ship track) and gridded data.
Key Strengths
Key Strengths
Quality controlled
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Suggested Data Citation
Hosted Climate Index Files
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Data Access
Usage Restrictions
None
Key Figures
SOCAT May climatology. (Climate Data Guide; D. Shea)
SOCAT 2007 yearly file. (Climate Data Guide; D. Shea)
Other Information
Type of data product
Dataset collections
Years of record
to
Data time period extended
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Timestep
Climatology, Monthly, Annual
Domain
Formats:
Input Data
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Vertical Levels:
Missing Data Flag
None
Ocean or Land
Ocean Only
Spatial Resolution
0.25x0.25
,1x1
Model Resolution (reanalysis)
None
Data Assimilation Method
None
Model Vintage (reanalysis)
None
Key Publications
- Bakker, D.C.C. and Coauthors, 2014: An update to the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT version 2), Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 6, 69-90.
- Pfeil, B. and Coauthors, 2013: A uniform, quality controlled Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT), Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 5, 125-143.
- Sabine, C.L. and Coauthors, 2013: Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) gridded data products, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 5, 145-153.
- Pfeil, B., A. Olsen, D.C.E. Bakker, et al. (2011) A uniform, quality controlled, Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT).: Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 5, 125-143, 2013
- Sabine, S.L. et al (2012): Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) gridded data products, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 5, 145-153