Before using SOCAT data products, please read the Fair Data Use Statement
Data Access
SOCAT version 6 data products are available in a variety of formats:
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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 data | 3.6 Gb | 560Mb |
| Arctic Data | 194 Mb | 28 Mb |
| Coastal Data | 1.5 Gb | 233 Mb |
| Indian Ocean Data | 47 Mb | 5 Mb |
| North Atlantic | 337 Mb | 55 Mb |
| North Pacific Data | 105 Mb | 17 Mb |
| Southern Ocean Data | 949 Mb | 141 Mb |
| Tropical Atlantic Data | 172 Mb | 28 Mb |
| Tropical Pacific Data | 363 Mb | 55 Mb |
| Flag E Data | 189 Mb | 28 Mb |
| Instructions for reading synthesis files | 259 Kb |
| Matlab code for reading synthesis files | 20 Kb |
| Gridded files | Main source (NCEI) | BCDC Mirror (Zipped) |
| Monthly gridded | 3.3 Gb | 30 Mb |
| Yearly gridded | 190 Mb | 8 Mb |
| Decadal gridded | 20 Mb | 3 Mb |
| Quarter-degree gridded monthly coastal | 400 Mb | 181 Mb |
| Matlab code for reading gridded files | 7 Kb |
Individual data sets in text format
Individual data set files are archived in Pangaea and can be downloaded in text format.
| Text files | Main source (Pangaea) | GEOMAR Mirror |
| All data sets | 816 Mb | 816 Mb |
Ocean Data View format
The synthesis and gridded files are available in Ocean Data View (ODV) format from the ODV website.
Description
More description on SOCAT Version 6 can be found in the V6 release poster.
For a detailed description of data products, file formats and tools, see:
Recalculation
Recalculation in SOCAT V6 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 V6 we would like to thank all SOCAT data contributors, quality controllers, and members of the automation team:
Bakker, Dorothee C.E.; Lauvset, Siv K.; Wanninkhof, Rik; Castaño-Primo, Rocío; Currie, Kim I.; Jones, Stephen D.; Landa, Camilla S.; Metzl, Nicolas; Nakaoka, Shin-Ichiro; Nojiri, Yukihiro; Nonaka, Isao; O’Brien, Kevin M.; Olsen, Are; Pfeil, Benjamin; Pierrot, Denis; Schuster, Ute; Smith, Karl; Sullivan, Kevin; Sutton, Adrienne; Tilbrook, Bronte; Alin, Simone; Becker, Meike; Benoit-Cattin-Breton, Alice; Bott, Randy; Bozec, Yann; Bozzano, Roberto; Burger, Eugene; Burgers, Tonya; Cai, Wei-Jun; Chen, Liqi; Chierici, Melissa; Corredor, Jorge; Cosca, Cathy; Cross, Jessica; Dandonneau, Yves; De Carlo, Eric; Dietrich, Colin; Else, Brent; Emerson, Steven; Farías, Laura; Fransson, Agneta; Garreaud, René D.; Gkritzalis, Thanos; Glockzin, Michael; González-Dávila, Melchor; Gregor, Luke; Hartman, Susan E.; Hermes, Rudolf; Hoppema, Mario; Howden, Stephan; Hunt, Christopher W.; Hydes, David; Ibanhez, J. Severino P.; Kitidis, Vassilis; Körtzinger, Arne; Kozyr, Alex; Kuwata, Akira; Lampitt, Richard; Lefèvre, Nathalie; Lo Monaco, Claire; Maenner, Stacy M.; Manke, Ansley B.; Manzello, Derek; McGillis, Wade; Mickett, John; Monteiro, Pedro M.S.; Morell, Julio; Morrison, John (Ru); Mucci, Alfonso; Munro, David R.; Musielewicz, Sylvia; Negri, Rubén; Newberger, Timothy; Newton, Jan; Noakes, Scott; O’Brien, Chris; Ólafsdóttir, Sólveig Rósa; Ólafsson, Jón S.; Ono, Tsuneo; Osborne, John; Ouyang, Zhangxian; Padín, Xose Antonio; Papakyriakou, Tim; Pluddemann, Albert J.; Rehder, Gregor; Sabine, Christopher L.; Sakurai, Keizo; Salisbury, Joe; Santana-Casiano, Juana Magdalena; Schlitzer, Reiner; Schneider, Bernd; Send, Uwe; Skjelvan, Ingunn; Steinhoff, Tobias; Sulpis, Oliver; Sutherland, Stewart C.; Sweeney, Colm; Tadokoro, Kazuaki; Takahashi, Taro; Telszewski, Maciej; Thomas, Helmuth; Tomlinson, Michael; Trull, Tom; Valdimarsson, Héðinn; van Heuven, Steven; Vandemark, Doug; Wada, Chisato; Wallace, Douglas W.R.; Watson, Andrew J.; Weller, Robert A.; Xu, Suqing.
Groups
SOCAT quality control is carried out by regional working groups with a global group for coordination.
The groups for SOCAT Version 6 can be found here.