Publication Date:
2015-03-19
Description:
A well-documented, publicly available, global
data set of surface ocean carbon dioxide (CO2) parameters
has been called for by international groups for nearly two
decades. The Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) project was
initiated by the international marine carbon science community
in 2007 with the aim of providing a comprehensive, publicly
available, regularly updated, global data set of marine
surface CO2, which had been subject to quality control (QC).
Many additional CO2 data, not yet made public via the Carbon
Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC), were retrieved
from data originators, public websites and other data
centres. All data were put in a uniform format following a
strict protocol. Quality control was carried out according to
clearly defined criteria. Regional specialists performed the
quality control, using state-of-the-art web-based tools, specially
developed for accomplishing this global team effort.
SOCAT version 1.5 was made public in September 2011
and holds 6.3 million quality controlled surface CO2 data
points from the global oceans and coastal seas, spanning four
decades (1968–2007). Three types of data products are available:
individual cruise files, a merged complete data set and
gridded products. With the rapid expansion of marine CO2
data collection and the importance of quantifying net global
oceanic CO2 uptake and its changes, sustained data synthesis
and data access are priorities.
Repository Name:
EPIC Alfred Wegener Institut
Type:
Article
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Format:
application/pdf
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