{"id":2390,"date":"2013-02-15T11:23:22","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T16:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/?page_id=2390"},"modified":"2013-02-15T11:31:15","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T16:31:15","slug":"oceanographic-data-sources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/?page_id=2390","title":{"rendered":"Oceanographic Data Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Real-Time Data<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n
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In Situ<\/i><\/h4><\/lh>\r\n \r\nNational Data Buoy Center<\/a>\r\nReal-Time links to moored buoy & C-MAN stations. As of 29 November 2000,\r\nactive stations were located off the US coasts (including Alaska & Hawaii)\r\nand in the Great Lakes.\r\n<\/li>
\r\nGTSPP Realtime Data Sets<\/a>\r\nGlobal Temperature-Salinity Profile Program. Real-time repository (typically\r\na 3 day lag) of an international \r\nproject<\/a> (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, and the United\r\nStates). Hosted by NODC\r\n<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n
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Remote<\/h4><\/lh>\r\n
Ocean Remote Sensing Group\r\nAVHRR Page<\/a> Johns Hopkins University. Sea Surface Temperature images\r\nfor the western North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and the Bahamas.\r\n<\/li>
\r\nCCAR Near-Real-Time Altimeter Data Homepage<\/a>\r\nColorado Center for Astrodynamics Research.\r\nUniversity of Colorado, Boulder. Near real-time images of Sea Surface Height,\r\nSignificant Wave Height and Wind Speed. Global coverage with user specified\r\nzooms.\r\n<\/li>
\r\nAFMIS Data Inventory <\/a> University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.\r\nSea Surface Temperature and Sea Surface Color for western North Atlantic.\r\nSST is real-time, SSC has a 14-day contractual delay.\r\n<\/li>
\r\nSatellite Oceanography Data Lab – UMaine<\/a> Gulf of Maine Satellite Data:\r\n
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\r\n Sea Surface Temperature<\/a>\r\n <\/li>
\r\n Sea Winds<\/a>\r\n <\/li>
\r\n SeaWIFS<\/a> Sea Surface Color (Chlorophyll)\r\n <\/li><\/ul>\r\n<\/li>
\r\nOcean & Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility<\/a>\r\n
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Sea Ice – lag time of a couple of days. Daily analyses of Arctic\r\n sea ice. Mainly European\/Atlantic side.\r\n <\/li>
Wind – few hour lag. Daily analyses.\r\n <\/li>
others\r\n <\/li><\/ul>\r\n<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n
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Data Archives (online)<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n
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In Situ<\/i><\/a><\/h4><\/lh>\r\n \r\nNational Data Buoy Center<\/a>\r\nIn addition to records from the active stations there are records from former\r\nstations in the Western Pacific, off the coast of Chile and in the Caribbean.\r\n<\/li>
\r\nWebCOAST<\/a>\r\nUniversity of New Hampshire.\r\n
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\r\n UNH Cruise Data<\/a> Western Gulf of Maine. Monthly records.\r\n <\/li><\/ul>\r\n<\/li>
\r\nNortheast Fisheries Science Center<\/a>\r\nNOAA. Includes data from CTDs, fish hauls, hull-mounted sensors, eMOLT \r\nmoorings, drifters, etc.\r\n
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\r\n Data\/Mapping Interface<\/a> Works fine on a PC. On my Sun workstation,\r\nusing Netscape 7.0, I need to navigate some of the menus using the\r\narrow keys instead of the mouse.\r\n <\/li><\/ul>\r\n<\/li>
\r\nWorld Ocean Database 2005 (WOD05)<\/a>.\r\nNODC global data.\r\n<\/li>
\r\nSIO\/NODC GOODBase (Ocean Station, CTD, XBT, & MBT Data)<\/a>\r\nScripps & NOAA data search engine. Seems to be out of business.\r\n<\/li>
\r\nIn situ<\/i> historical TS data base<\/a>\r\nThe Mediterranean Oceanic Data Base (MODB).\r\n<\/li>
\r\nGTSPP Realtime Data Sets<\/a>\r\nGlobal Temperature-Salinity Profile Program. Cleaned copy of the real-time\r\ndata, typically a 2 year lag.\r\n<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n
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Remote<\/a><\/h4><\/lh>\r\n
\r\nPO.DAAC SeaWinds on QuikSCAT<\/a>\r\nJuly 1999 to present. Wind fields can be as recent as a day. Wind\r\nstress can be as recent as 2 days old, but usually more out of date.\r\nGridded data on ¼°\r\n<\/li>
\r\nEarth Science Data (EOSDIS) Information Management System \/ IMS \/ NASA \/\r\nGlobal Change Data\/<\/a>\r\nThe Earth Observing System Data and Information System.\r\n"Gateway to over 900 free Earth science data products and services"\r\nCaution: not limited<\/i> to free products.\r\n<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n
Atmospheric<\/a><\/h4><\/lh>\r\n
\r\nComprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set<\/a>\r\nNumerous historical products. From NOAA.\r\n<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n
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Climatology – Hydrographic<\/a><\/h4><\/lh>\r\n
\r\nWorld Ocean Atlas 2001<\/a> Extract annual, seasonal or monthly climatologies.\r\nSuperceeds\r\n \r\nWorld Ocean Atlas 1998<\/a> and\r\n Levitus94<\/a>.\r\n<\/li>
\r\nGDEM: Generalized Digital Environmental Model<\/a>\r\nSeasonal or Monthly ocean profiles of Salinity, Temperature, and Sound Velocity.\r\n<\/li>
\r\nSeasonal data fields for the Mediterranean Sea<\/a>\r\nThe Mediterranean Oceanic Data Base (MODB).\r\n<\/li>
\r\nHydroBase 2.0<\/a> Not actually a climatology but a software\r\npackage (& database) for generating climatologies.\r\n<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n
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Climatology – Tidal<\/a><\/h4><\/lh>\r\n
\r\nDartmouth Circulation Models for the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank<\/a> Follow\r\nData link to bi-monthly tidal climatology fields.\r\n
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\r\nhttp:\/\/www-nml.dartmouth.edu\/Data\/globec.circ\/bimonthly-climatologies\/<\/a>\r\nThe current working directory. The N97 directory seems to be the most recent.\r\n <\/li><\/ul>\r\n<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n
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Topography<\/a><\/h4><\/lh>\r\n
\r\nNGDC\/WDC MGC, Boulder – 5 Minute Gridded Elevation Data Search<\/a>\r\nExtract from either ETOPO5 or TerrainBase gridded topography datasets.\r\n<\/li>
\r\nDigital Bathymetric Data Base – Variable resolution (DBDB-V)<\/a>\r\nSelect a regularly gridded bathymetry set. Provides values in the\r\nocean only.\r\n<\/li>
\r\nMeasured and Estimated Seafloor Topography<\/a>\r\nSmith & Sandwell.\r\nAbility to download 2-minute ASCII data sets, estimated\r\nfrom Satellite Altimetry and Ship Depth Soundings\r\n
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An alternate<\/a> version?\r\n <\/li><\/ul>\r\n<\/li>
\r\nInternational Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO)<\/a>.\r\nUsed by ETOPO2 to supplement Smith & Sandwell at high latitudes.\r\n<\/li>
\r\nEstuarine Bathymetry Home Page<\/a>\r\nNOAA. Extremly high resolution topgraphy for US estuaries.\r\n<\/li>
GLOBE\r\nProject: Home Page<\/a> The Global Land One-km Base Elevation (GLOBE)\r\nProject. Half minute resolution, only over land.\r\n<\/li>
Construction of Digital\r\nBathymetry for the Gulf of Maine<\/a> 15 & 30 arcsecond topographies of\r\nthe Gulf of Maine and vicinity.\r\n<\/li>
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute topography:\r\n flotsam.whoi.edu<\/a> under\r\n`pub\/bathymetry<\/tt>. Examine the README<\/tt> file for more details.\r\n<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n`Data Archives (off line)<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\nIn Situ<\/i><\/h4><\/lh>\r\n \r\nMediterranean Hydrographic Atlas<\/a>\r\nData available on CD-ROM. Climatologies also available.\r\n<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\nTopography<\/h4><\/lh>\r\n\r\nNGDC Bathymetry, Topography, and Relief<\/a>\r\n \r\n \r\n Coastal Relief<\/a> 3-arcsecond US coastal model.\r\n Data available on CD-ROM.\r\n <\/li> \r\n ETOPO2<\/a> 2-minute global topography data. Costs<\/b>.\r\n Data available on CD-ROMs.\r\n <\/li><\/ul>\r\n<\/li> \r\nU.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-15<\/a>\r\nCD-ROM Atlas of the Deepwater Parts of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone in the\r\nAtlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Eastern Caribbean Sea.\r\n<\/li> \r\nGeneral Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO)<\/a> Chart, isobaths and 1-minute\r\ngridded. Costs<\/b>. Data available on CD-ROMs.\r\n<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nOther Data Sources<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\nData "Clearing Houses"<\/h4><\/lh>\r\n \r\nGulf of Maine Information System<\/a> University of New Hampshire (UNH), the\r\nBedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO), Dartmouth College, and the U.S.\r\nGeological Survey (USGS).\r\n<\/li> Ocean Remote Sensing Group\r\nHome Page<\/a> Johns Hopkins University.\r\n<\/li> NOAA Home Page<\/a>\r\nNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.\r\n \r\n NOAA National\r\n Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)<\/a>\r\n <\/li> USDOC\/ NOAA\/ NESDIS\/ National\r\n Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Home Page<\/a> Limited oceanographic data.\r\n Mainly topography & coastlines.\r\n \r\n NOAA\/NGDC Marine\r\n Geology and Geophysics & World Data Center A for MGG<\/a>\r\n Topography & Coastline data\r\n <\/li><\/ul>\r\n <\/li><\/ul>\r\n<\/li> Naval Oceanographic\r\nOffice Open Data Access\/DODS Server<\/a>\r\nIncludes GDEM & DBDB-V.\r\n<\/li> \r\nMODB: The Mediterranean Oceanic Data Base<\/a>\r\n<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\nLinks to Data Sources<\/h4><\/lh>\r\n \r\nOcean Climate Laboratory Products<\/a>. NODC\/NOAA archive. Links to\r\ncurrent and past versions of the World Ocean Database<\/i> and\r\nWorld Ocean Atlas<\/i>.\r\n<\/li> \r\nCHAART Data Sources on the Internet<\/a>\r\nA list (maintained by NASA) of many data sources. Not primarily oceanographic.\r\n<\/li> \r\nPO.DAAC Links to Other Earth Science Resources<\/a>\r\nMaintained by JPL. Start off with oceanography links.\r\n<\/li> \r\nWGL collection of oceanography related pages<\/a>\r\n<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nData Platforms<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nNOAA\/NESDIS\/ORA\/Oceanic Research and Applications Division Homepage<\/a>\r\nAppears to deal with remote sensing.\r\n<\/li> \r\nSurface Wave Radar<\/a>\r\nNOAA page on COastal raDAR (CODAR). Can be used to get near coast surface\r\ncurrents.\r\n<\/li> \r\nREINAS Monterey Bay CODAR Network Home Page<\/a>\r\nSome other thoughts on CODAR from UC Santa Cruz\r\n<\/li> \r\nRemotely Sensed Data<\/a>\r\nThat table initially created by Dave Porter.\r\n<\/li><\/ul><\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"subpage.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2390","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2390"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398,"href":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2390\/revisions\/2398"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mseas.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}