The World Ocean Database

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S Levitus National Oceanographic Data Center, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
J I Antonov National Oceanographic Data Center, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
O K Baranova National Oceanographic Data Center, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
T P Boyer National Oceanographic Data Center, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
C L Coleman National Oceanographic Data Center, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
H E Garcia National Oceanographic Data Center, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
A I Grodsky National Oceanographic Data Center, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
D R Johnson National Oceanographic Data Center, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
R A Locarnini National Oceanographic Data Center, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
A V Mishonov National Oceanographic Data Center, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
J R Reagan National Oceanographic Data Center, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
C L Sazama National Oceanographic Data Center, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
D Seidov National Oceanographic Data Center, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
I Smolyar National Oceanographic Data Center, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
E S Yarosh National Oceanographic Data Center, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
M M Zweng National Oceanographic Data Center, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910

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Keywords:

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

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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Published

2013-05-02

Issue

Vol. 12 (2013): Special Issue

Section

Proceedings Papers

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