Data · dataset · 2026
World Ocean Database and World Ocean Atlas
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research
The World Ocean Database (WOD) has global ocean observed and standard depth data profiles.
Description
The World Ocean Atlas (WOA) has objectively analyzed climatological mean fields on both a quarter-degree and on a one-degree longitude by latitude grids. The gridded analyses are for annual, seasonal, and monthly means of six oceanographic variables: temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, phosphate, and silicate on standard levels (typically at 102 depths, dependent on data availability).
The products were derived at the Ocean Climate Laboratory (OCL) of the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). Development of the World Ocean products began in 1982 and they have been updated in 1994, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2018 and 2023. The featured products are now based on the 2023 versions.
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Some products from older version are still unique. The WOD is the world's largest profile collection covering the global ocean and contains measurements from 1800 through 2023. The WOA are climatological grids at fixed depths derived from quality checked WOD profiles.
This is a recognized world-wide standard and is often referenced in oceanographic research.
Links
Get the data
- Resource Homepage doi.org/10.5065/bc03-2g95 ↗
download · DOI / persistent id · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/world-ocean-database-and-world-ocean-atlas ↗
National Center for Atmospheric Research dataset page
landing page · from data ucar edu
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=e666f143-b2fa-4953-a7ae-19777340c… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
Topics
- From keywords
- Chemistry · Earth & Environmental Science · Engineering · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
- Inferred from text
- Oceanography 72%
Provenance · 1 source records, 10 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Center for Atmospheric Research | e666f143-b2fa-4953-a7ae-19777340c2b5 | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3708 | enrichment · data ucar edu | taxonomy-embedding@1.1.0 | title+keywords+description (72%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:chemistry | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /notes |
| publication_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 |