The World Ocean Database

S Levitus; J I Antonov; O K Baranova; T P Boyer; C L Coleman; H E Garcia; A I Grodsky; D R Johnson; R A Locarnini; A V Mishonov; J R Reagan; C L Sazama; D Seidov; I Smolyar; E S Yarosh; M M Zweng

doi:10.2481/dsj.WDS-041

Proceedings of the 1st WDS Conference in Kyoto 2011

The World Ocean Database

S Levitus, J I Antonov, O K Baranova, T P Boyer, C L Coleman, H E Garcia, A I Grodsky, D R Johnson, R A Locarnini, A V Mishonov, J R Reagan, C L Sazama, D Seidov, I Smolyar, E S Yarosh, M M Zweng

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S Levitus
National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
J I Antonov
National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
O K Baranova
National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
T P Boyer
National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
C L Coleman
National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
H E Garcia
National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
A I Grodsky
National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
D R Johnson
National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
R A Locarnini
National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
A V Mishonov
National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
J R Reagan
National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
C L Sazama
National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
D Seidov
National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
I Smolyar
National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
E S Yarosh
National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA
M M Zweng
National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA

Keywords: World Ocean Database, Ocean profile data, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), International Council of Science (ICSU), National Oceanographic Data Center, World Data Center

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2013 Volume 12 Pages WDS229-WDS234

DOI https://doi.org/10.2481/dsj.WDS-041

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Abstract

The World Ocean Database (WOD) is the most comprehensive global ocean profile-plankton database available internationally without restriction. All data are in one well-documented format and are available both on DVDs for a minimal charge and on-line without charge. The latest DVD version of the WOD is the World Ocean Database 2009 (WOD09). All data in the WOD are associated with as much metadata as possible, and every ocean data value has a quality control flag associated with it. The WOD is a product of the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center and its co-located World Data Center for Oceanography. However, the WOD exists because of the international oceanographic data exchange that has occurred under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the International Council of Science (ICSU) World Data Center (WDC) system. World Data Centers are part of the ICSU World Data System.

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