NODC Standard Product: World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Global Data Resource (GDR), versions 1-3, on CD-ROM and DVD

The US National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) produced twelve (12) CD-ROMs containing World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Version 1 project data in the summer of 1998. NODC produced fifteen (15) CD-ROMs containing WOCE Version 2 project data in the fall of 2000. The WOCE Global Data Version 3.0 suite consists of two (2) DVDs.

The WOCE Global Data Version 3.0 DVD suite consists of 2 single-sided and double-layered DVDs. A Web browser is required to fully explore and access the DVD contents. Data on these disks cover most of the global ocean and are from the period of 1990 to 1998, the intensive observation phase of WOCE. Some data from before and after this period are also included. The 2 DVDs were archived in NCEI Accession 0000841.

The WOCE GDR data streams were: Bathymetry, Current Meters, Drifters, Hydrography, In-Situ Sea Level-Fast Delivery, In-Situ Seal Level-Delayed Mode, Profiling Floats, Satellite Sea Surface Height, Satellite Sea Surface Temperature, Satellite Surface Winds, Sea Surface Salinity, Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers, Subsurface Floats, Surface Meteorology, and Upper Ocean Thermal.

Presentations given during the WOCE and Beyond Conference are archived with this DVD product, but are not part of the two DVD set.

NODC produced fifteen (15) CD-ROMs containing WOCE project data in the fall of 2000. This is version 2.0 of WOCE project data. Each CD was assigned an accession number for inventory purposes:

  Data Information Unit & Bathymetry             - NCEI Accession 0000306   Disk 1
  Hydrographic Programme                         - NCEI Accession 0000307   Disk 2
  Upper Ocean Thermal                            - NCEI Accession 0000308   Disk 3
  Subsurface Floats                              - NCEI Accession 0000309   Disk 4
  Surface Velocity Programme                     - NCEI Accession 0000310   Disk 5
  Current Meter Moorings                         - NCEI Accession 0000311   Disk 6
  Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers             - NCEI Accession 0000312   Disk 7
  Sea Level                                      - NCEI Accession 0000313   Disk 8
  Surface Meteorology                            - NCEI Accession 0000314   Disk 9
  Surface Fluxes                                 - NCEI Accession 0000315   Disk 10
  Satellite Data - Sea Surface Height            - NCEI Accession 0000316   Disk 11
  Satellite Data - Sea Surface Temperature       - NCEI Accession 0000317   Disk 12
  Satellite Data - Wind Data                     - NCEI Accession 0000318   Disk 13
  eWOCE: Electronic Atlas of WOCE Data           - NCEI Accession 0000319   Disk 14
  Hydrographic Programme  - BATS/HOTS Timeseries - NCEI Accession 0000320   Disk 15

NODC produced twelve (12) CD-ROMs containing WOCE Version 1 project data in the summer of 1998. Each CD was assigned an accession number for inventory purposes.

  WOCE CD Data Information Unit & Bathymetry - NCEI Accession 9800097
  WOCE CD Hydrography                        - NCEI Accession 9900198
  WOCE CD Hydrographic Products              - NCEI Accession 9800099
  WOCE CD XBTs                               - NCEI Accession 9800100
  WOCE CD Subsurface Floats                  - NCEI Accession 9800101
  WOCE CD Drifting Buoys                     - NCEI Accession 9800102
  WOCE CD Current Meters                     - NCEI Accession 9800103
  WOCE CD ADCP                               - NCEI Accession 9800104
  WOCE CD Sea Level                          - NCEI Accession 9800105
  WOCE CD Surface Meteorology                - NCEI Accession 9800106
  WOCE CD Surface Fluxes                     - NCEI Accession 9800107
  WOCE CD Satellite Altimetry & Temperature  - NCEI Accession 9800108

WOCE was a part of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) which used resources from nearly 30 countries to make unprecedented in-situ and satellite observations of the global ocean between 1990-1998, and to observe poorly-understood but important physical processes. The Scientific Steering Group (SSG) of WOCE oversaw the scientific development and the International Project Office (IPO) managed the implementation of the Experiment.

Tags: oceanography
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce