SOCAT
Welcome to SOCAT   

A Collection of Underway Ocean CO2 Observations Quality Controlled by the Science Community
  The Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study   The International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project
  Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Escosystem Research  
  SOCAT Data Products: Publications/Documents and Presentations

Please cite SOCAT as

Pfeil, B., Olsen, A., Bakker, D. C. E., Hankin, S., Koyuk, H., Kozyr, A., Malczyk, J., Manke, A., Metzl, N., Sabine, C. L., Akl, J., Alin, S. R., Bates, N., Bellerby, R. G. J., Borges, A., Boutin, J., Brown, P. J., Cai, W.-J., Chavez, F. P., Chen, A., Cosca, C., Fassbender, A. J., Feely, R. A., González-Dávila, M., Goyet, C., Hales, B., Hardman-Mountford, N., Heinze, C., Hood, M., Hoppema, M., Hunt, C. W., Hydes, D., Ishii, M., Johannessen, T., Jones, S. D., Key, R. M., Körtzinger, A., Landschützer, P., Lauvset, S. K., Lefčvre, N., Lenton, A., Lourantou, A., Merlivat, L., Midorikawa, T., Mintrop, L., Miyazaki, C., Murata, A., Nakadate, A., Nakano, Y., Nakaoka, S., Nojiri, Y., Omar, A. M., Padin, X. A., Park, G.-H., Paterson, K., Perez, F. F., Pierrot, D., Poisson, A., Ríos, A. F., Santana-Casiano, J. M., Salisbury, J., Sarma, V. V. S. S., Schlitzer, R., Schneider, B., Schuster, U., Sieger, R., Skjelvan, I., Steinhoff, T., Suzuki, T., Takahashi, T., Tedesco, K., Telszewski, M., Thomas, H., Tilbrook, B., Tjiputra, J., Vandemark, D., Veness, T., Wanninkhof, R., Watson, A. J., Weiss, R., Wong, C. S., and Yoshikawa-Inoue, H.: A uniform, quality controlled Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT), Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 5, 125-143, doi:10.5194/essd-5-125-2013, 2013.

and the gridded SOCAT products as:

Sabine, C. L., Hankin, S., Koyuk, H., Bakker, D. C. E., Pfeil, B., Olsen, A., Metzl, N., Kozyr, A., Fassbender, A., Manke, A., Malczyk, J., Akl, J., Alin, S. R., Bellerby, R. G. J., Borges, A., Boutin, J., Brown, P. J., Cai, W.-J., Chavez, F. P., Chen, A., Cosca, C., Feely, R. A., González-Dávila, M., Goyet, C., Hardman-Mountford, N., Heinze, C., Hoppema, M., Hunt, C. W., Hydes, D., Ishii, M., Johannessen, T., Key, R. M., Körtzinger, A., Landschützer, P., Lauvset, S. K., Lefčvre, N., Lenton, A., Lourantou, A., Merlivat, L., Midorikawa, T., Mintrop, L., Miyazaki, C., Murata, A., Nakadate, A., Nakano, Y., Nakaoka, S., Nojiri, Y., Omar, A. M., Padin, X. A., Park, G.-H., Paterson, K., Perez, F. F., Pierrot, D., Poisson, A., Ríos, A. F., Salisbury, J., Santana-Casiano, J. M., Sarma, V. V. S. S., Schlitzer, R., Schneider, B., Schuster, U., Sieger, R., Skjelvan, I., Steinhoff, T., Suzuki, T., Takahashi, T., Tedesco, K., Telszewski, M., Thomas, H., Tilbrook, B., Vandemark, D., Veness, T., Watson, A. J., Weiss, R., Wong, C. S., and Yoshikawa-Inoue, H.: Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) gridded data products, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 5, 145-153, doi:10.5194/essd-5-145-2013, 2013.


SOCAT-based data products:

Publications using SOCAT:

2013

Pfeil, B., Olsen, A., Bakker, D. C. E., Hankin, S., Koyuk, H., Kozyr, A., Malczyk, J., Manke, A., Metzl, N., Sabine, C. L., Akl, J., Alin, S. R., Bates, N., Bellerby, R. G. J., Borges, A., Boutin, J., Brown, P. J., Cai, W.-J., Chavez, F. P., Chen, A., Cosca, C., Fassbender, A. J., Feely, R. A., González-Dávila, M., Goyet, C., Hales, B., Hardman-Mountford, N., Heinze, C., Hood, M., Hoppema, M., Hunt, C. W., Hydes, D., Ishii, M., Johannessen, T., Jones, S. D., Key, R. M., Körtzinger, A., Landschützer, P., Lauvset, S. K., Lefčvre, N., Lenton, A., Lourantou, A., Merlivat, L., Midorikawa, T., Mintrop, L., Miyazaki, C., Murata, A., Nakadate, A., Nakano, Y., Nakaoka, S., Nojiri, Y., Omar, A. M., Padin, X. A., Park, G.-H., Paterson, K., Perez, F. F., Pierrot, D., Poisson, A., Ríos, A. F., Santana-Casiano, J. M., Salisbury, J., Sarma, V. V. S. S., Schlitzer, R., Schneider, B., Schuster, U., Sieger, R., Skjelvan, I., Steinhoff, T., Suzuki, T., Takahashi, T., Tedesco, K., Telszewski, M., Thomas, H., Tilbrook, B., Tjiputra, J., Vandemark, D., Veness, T., Wanninkhof, R., Watson, A. J., Weiss, R., Wong, C. S., and Yoshikawa-Inoue, H. (2013) A uniform, quality controlled Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT), Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 5, 125-143, doi:10.5194/essd-5-125-2013.

Rödenbeck, C., Keeling, R.F., Bakker, D.C.E., Metzl, N., Olsen, A., Sabine, C.L., Heimann, M. (2013) Global surface-ocean pCO2 and sea-air CO2 flux variability from an observation-driven ocean mixed-layer scheme. Ocean Science 9: 193-216, doi:10.5194/os-9-193-2013.

Sabine, C. L., Hankin, S., Koyuk, H., Bakker, D. C. E., Pfeil, B., Olsen, A., Metzl, N., Kozyr, A., Fassbender, A., Manke, A., Malczyk, J., Akl, J., Alin, S. R., Bellerby, R. G. J., Borges, A., Boutin, J., Brown, P. J., Cai, W.-J., Chavez, F. P., Chen, A., Cosca, C., Feely, R. A., González-Dávila, M., Goyet, C., Hardman-Mountford, N., Heinze, C., Hoppema, M., Hunt, C. W., Hydes, D., Ishii, M., Johannessen, T., Key, R. M., Körtzinger, A., Landschützer, P., Lauvset, S. K., Lefčvre, N., Lenton, A., Lourantou, A., Merlivat, L., Midorikawa, T., Mintrop, L., Miyazaki, C., Murata, A., Nakadate, A., Nakano, Y., Nakaoka, S., Nojiri, Y., Omar, A. M., Padin, X. A., Park, G.-H., Paterson, K., Perez, F. F., Pierrot, D., Poisson, A., Ríos, A. F., Salisbury, J., Santana-Casiano, J. M., Sarma, V. V. S. S., Schlitzer, R., Schneider, B., Schuster, U., Sieger, R., Skjelvan, I., Steinhoff, T., Suzuki, T., Takahashi, T., Tedesco, K., Telszewski, M., Thomas, H., Tilbrook, B., Vandemark, D., Veness, T., Watson, A. J., Weiss, R., Wong, C. S., and Yoshikawa-Inoue, H. (2013) Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) gridded data products, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 5, 145-153, doi:10.5194/essd-5-145-2013.

Schuster, U., McKinley, G.A., Bates, N., Chevallier, F., Doney, S.C., Fay, A.R., González-Dávila, M.,  Gruber, N., Jones, S., Krijnen, J.,  Landschützer, P., Lefčvre, N., Manizza, M., Mathis, J., Metzl, N., Olsen, A., Rios, A.F., Rödenbeck, C., Santana-Casiano, J.M., Takahashi, T., Wanninkhof, R., Watson, A.J.: Atlantic and Arctic sea-air CO2 fluxes, 1990–2009. Biogeosciences, 10, 607-627, doi:10.5194/bg-10-607-2013, 2013.

Wanninkhof, R., Park, G.-H., Takahashi, T., Sweeney, C., Feely, R., Nojiri, Y,. Gruber, N., Doney, S. C., McKinley, G. A., Lenton, A., Le Quéré, C., Heinze, C., Schwinger, J., Graven, H., and Khatiwala, S. (2013) Global ocean carbon uptake: magnitude, variability and trends, Biogeosciences, 10, 1983-2000, doi:10.5194/bg-10-1983-2013.

2012

Bakker, D.C.E., Pfeil, B., Olsen, A., Sabine, C., Metzl, N., Hankin, S., Koyuk, H., Kozyr, A., Malczyk, J., Manke, A., Telszewski, M. (2012) Global data products help assess changes to the ocean carbon sink. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 93(12):125-126. doi:10.1029/2012EO120001.

Chierici, M., Signorini, S.R., Mattsdotter-Björk, M., Fransson, A., Olsen, A. (2012) Surface water fCO2 algorithms for the high-latitude Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean. Remote Sensing of Environment 119:184-196. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2011.12.020

Tjiputra, J. F., Olsen, A., Assmann, K., Pfeil, B., and Heinze, C.: A model study of the seasonal and long–term North Atlantic surface pCO2 variability, Biogeosciences, 9, 907-923, doi:10.5194/bg-9-907-2012, 2012.  

2011

Lourantou, A., and N. Metzl (2011) Decadal evolution of carbon sink within a strong bloom area in the subantarctic zone. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38: L23608, doi:10.1029/2011GL049614.

SOCAT presentations:

Bakker, D.C.E. et al. (2011): Public release of SOCAT Version 1.5

Bakker, D.C.E. et al. (2012): Update on SOCAT Version 2.0

SOCAT automationgroup (2012): SOCAT Version 3 Automation

SOCAT publications:

Bakker, D.C.E., Pfeil, B., Olsen, A., Sabine, C., Metzl, N., Hankin, S., Koyuk, H.,
Kozyr, A., Malczyk, J., Manke, A and Telszewski, M. (2012) Global synthesis products for assessing changes in the ocean carbon sink.
EOS, TRANSACTIONS AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION, VOL. 93, NO. 12, PAGE 125, 2012
doi:10.1029/2012EO120001

Olsen, A and N. Metzl (2010) SOCAT QC Cookbook for SOCAT participants

Olsen, A (2009) SOCAT Matlab routines used for calculations

Olsen. A and B. Pfeil (2009) Detailed information about the SOCAT input database (procedures, equations, etc.)

Olsen, A. and D. Pierrot (2010)  MATLAB routines to aid QC of SOCAT data


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