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The NOAA NCEI Global Marine Microplastics Data Collection (1972-present)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Microplastics (i.e., plastics measuring less than 5mm) pollution is a growing problem affecting coastal communities, marine ecosystems, aquatic life, and human... -
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Global Coral Bleaching Database (NCEI Accession 0228498)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Coral reefs are one of the most important ecosystems in the world, supporting hundreds of thousands of species and providing food, coastal protection, and income to... -
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World Ocean Atlas 2023
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
World Ocean Atlas 2023 (WOA23) is a set of objectively analyzed (one degree grid and quarter degree grid) climatological fields of in situ temperature, salinity,... -
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Quality-controlled sea surface marine physical, meteorological and other in situ measurements from the NCEI Surface Underway Marine Database (NCEI-SUMD)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This collection contains global in-situ sea surface underway measurements from the NOAA NCEI Surface Underway Marine Database (NCEI-SUMD, formerly the NCEI... -
Federal
Oceanographic and meteorological data collected by over 800 sensors on nodes at over 60 sites on the 5 arrays of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) network since 2013
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) consists of seven arrays that are continually collecting data about ocean conditions. These marine arrays are outfitted with... -
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Full resolution and low resolution real-time physical trajectory profile data from gliders submitted to NCEI by the IOOS National Glider Data Assembly Center (NGDAC) from 2009-05-17 to present
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This collection includes full resolution and low resolution real-time physical trajectory profile data from gliders deployed by various institutions in seas world-... -
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CARICOOS Wave Buoy (Rincon, PR): Historical (2012 - 2025), Wave Data
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Directional wave and sea surface temperature measurements collected in situ by Datawell Waverider buoys located near RINCON, PUERTO RICO from 2011/04/29 to... -
Federal
Meteorological and oceanographic data collected from the National Data Buoy Center Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) and moored (weather) buoys
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) established the Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) for the National Weather Service in the early 1980's. NDBC has installed... -
Federal
Sea level measured by tide gauges from global oceans as part of the Joint Archive for Sea Level (JASL) since 1846
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This collection contains the complete holdings of the Joint Archive for Sea Level (JASL) for hourly and daily data that have been quality controlled, assessed, and... -
Federal
NCCOS Assessment: Assessment of Puerto Rico's coral reefs following Hurricanes Irma and Maria from 2017-09-16 to 2018-07-02 (NCEI Accession 0221189)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset contains coral colony level damage assessment data collected during both stratified random transect surveys and opportunistically selected roving diver... -
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Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas Database Version 2025 (SOCATv2025) (NCEI Accession 0304549)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The ocean absorbs one quarter of the global CO2 emissions from human activity. The community-led Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (www.socat.info) is key for the... -
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World Ocean Atlas 2018
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
World Ocean Atlas 2018 (WOA18) is a set of objectively analyzed (one degree grid and quarter degree grid) climatological fields of in situ temperature, salinity,... -
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Physical and meteorological data from the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array in the tropical Pacific Ocean
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) Array of 55 moored buoys spans the tropical Pacific from longitudes 165°E to 95°W between latitudes of approximately 8°S and... -
Federal
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Rapid Ecological Assessments of Fish Belt Transect Surveys (BLT) in the Pacific Ocean from 2000-09-09 to 2009-05-05 (NCEI Accession 0162462)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Belt transects (BLT) are a non-invasive underwater-survey method that enumerates the diverse components of diurnally active shallow-water reef fish assemblages. At... -
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Global surface ocean pH, acidity, and Revelle Factor on a 1x1 degree global grid from 1770 to 2100 (NCEI Accession 0206289)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset contains spatial distribution of surface ocean pH (total hydrogen scale), acidity (or hydrogen ion activity, unit: nmol/kg, or 10^-9 mol/kg) and Revelle... -
Federal
Global Ocean Data Analysis Project version 2.2023 (GLODAPv2.2023) (NCEI Accession 0283442)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset consists of the GLODAPv2.2023 data product composed of data from 1108 scientific cruises covering the global ocean between 1972 and 2021. It includes... -
Federal
GOBAI-O2: A Global Gridded Monthly Dataset of Ocean Interior Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations Based on Shipboard and Autonomous Observations (NCEI Accession 0259304)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset contains a global gridded data product of observation-based ocean interior dissolved oxygen concentrations. The data product is called GOBAI-O2 for... -
Federal
Cetacean, sea turtle, and seabird visual observations using line-transect survey methods from ships and aircraft during the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS) surveys from 2010 to present
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
As part of the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS), the NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC), in collaboration with the... -
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Physical and biochemical oceanographic data from the Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) program collected by University of Hawaii at Station ALOHA in the Pacific Ocean 100 miles north of Oahu, Hawaii, since 1988
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset includes physical and biochemical oceanographic observational data from the Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) Program, including thermosalinograph, CTD,... -
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Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), total alkalinity, pH on total scale, nutrients and other variables collected from profile and discrete samples observations during NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter cruise GU1902 (EXPOCODE 33GG20190815) in the North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and Mid-Atlantic Bight from 2019-08-15 to 2019-08-30 (NCEI Accession 0209156)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset contains dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, pH on total scale, nutrients and other variables measured from profile discrete observations...