Before using SOCAT data products, please read the Fair Data Use Statement
Data Access
SOCAT version 2023 data products (DOI: 10.25921/r7xa-bt92) are available in a variety of formats. Please provide feedback about issues (data usage or updated data submissions of existing data) to submit@socat.info.
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Interactive viewers
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Synthesis and gridded files
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| Synthesis files | Main source (NCEI) | GEOMAR Mirror (Zipped) |
| All | 7.2 Gb | 1.2 Gb |
| Arctic | 436 Mb | 65 Mb |
| Coastal | 3.5 Gb | 586 Mb |
| Indian Ocean | 66 Mb | 9 Mb |
| North Atlantic | 512 Mb | 90 Mb |
| North Pacific | 225 Mb | 40 Mb |
| Southern Oceans | 1.6 Gb | 264 Mb |
| Tropical Atlantic | 292 Mb | 50 Mb |
| Tropical Pacific | 685 Mb | 115 Mb |
| Flag E | 1.3 Gb | 211 Mb |
| Instructions for reading synthesis files | |
| Matlab code for reading synthesis files (ZIPped) |
| Gridded files | Main source (NCEI) | GEOMAR Mirror (Zipped) |
| Monthly (nc) | 3.7 Gb | 36 Mb |
| Monthly (csv) | 43 Mb | 13 Mb |
| Yearly (nc) | 214 Mb | 10 Mb |
| Yearly (csv) | 23 Mb | 7 Mb |
| Decadal (nc) | 24 Mb | 4 Mb |
| Decadal (csv) | 9 Mb | 3 Mb |
| Quarter-degree monthly coastal (nc) | 389 Mb | 150 Mb |
| Quarter-degree monthly coastal (csv) | 106 Mb | 36 Mb |
| Matlab code for reading gridded files (ZIPped) | 3 Kb |
Ocean Data View format
The synthesis and gridded files are available in Ocean Data View (ODV) format from the ODV website. Users can also explore the data online at webODV.
Description
Further details on on SOCAT version 2023 can be found in the version 2023 release poster.
For a detailed description of data products, file formats and tools, see:
Recalculation
Recalculation in SOCAT version 2023 took place using Ferret scripts, based on Matlab codes by Are Olsen (University of Bergen/Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research). The Matlab codes can be obtained here.
Credits
For SOCAT version 2023 we would like to thank all SOCAT data contributors, quality controllers, and members of the automation team:
Bakker, Dorothee, C.E.; Alin, Simone, R.; Bates, Nicholas, R.; Becker, Meike; Feely, Richard, A.; Gkritzalis, Thanos; Jones, Steve D.; Kozyr, Alex; Lauvset, Siv, K.; Munro, David, R.; Nakaoka, Shin‑Ichiro; Nojiri, Yukihiro; O’Brien, Kevin, M.; Olsen, Are; Pierrot, Denis; Rehder, Gregor; Steinhoff, Tobias; Sutton, Adrienne; Sweeney, Colm; Tilbrook, Bronte; Wada, Chisato; Wanninkhof, Rik; Akl, John; Barbero, Leticia; Beatty, Cory; Berghoff, Carla F.; Bittig, Henry; Bott, Randy; Burger, Eugene; Cai, Wei Jun; Castaño Primo, Rocío; Corredor, Jorge; Cronin, Margot; DeCarlo, Eric; DeGrandpre, Michael D.; Dietrich, Colin; Drennan, William M.; Emerson, Steven; Enochs, Ian; Enyo, Kazutaka; Epherra, Lucía ; Evans, Wiley; Fiedler, Björn; Fontela, Marcos; Frangoulis, Constantin; Gehrung, Martina; Giannoudi, Louisa; Glockzin, Michael; Hales, Burke; Howden, Stephan; Ibánhez, Severino; Kamb, Linus; Körtzinger, Arne; Lefèvre, Nathalie; Lo Monaco, Claire; Lutz, Vivian; Macovei, Vlad; Maenner, Stacy M.; Manalang, Dana; Manzello, Derek; Metzl, Nicolas; Mickett, John; Millero, Frank; Monacci, Natalie; Morell, Julio M.; Musielewicz, Sylvia; Neill, Craig; Newberger, Timothy; Newton, Jan A.; Noakes, Scott; Ólafsdóttir, Sólveig Rósa; Ono, Tsuneo; Osborne, John; Padin, X. Antonio; Paulsen, Melf; Perivoliotis, Leonidas; Petersen, Wilhelm; Petihakis, George; Plueddemann, Albert J.; Rodriguez, Carmen; Rutgersson, Anna; Sabine, Christopher L.; Salisbury, Joe; Schlitzer, Reiner; Skjelvan, Ingunn; Stamataki, Natalia; Sullivan, Kevin; Sutherland, Stewart C.; T’Jampens, Michiel; Tadokoro, Kazuaki; Tanhua, Toste; Telszewski, Maciej; Theetaert, Hannelore; Tomlinson, Michael; Vandemark, Doug; Velo, Antón; Voynova, Yoana; Weller, Robert A.; Whitehead, Chris; Wimart‑Rousseau, Cathy
Groups
SOCAT quality control is carried out by regional working groups with a global group for coordination. The groups for SOCAT version 2023 can be found here.