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NODC Standard Product: World Ocean Database 2001 (8 disc set) (NCEI Accession 0000720)

Metadata Updated: February 1, 2025

World Ocean Database 2001 (WOD01) is comprised of 8 CD-ROMs and contains in situ profile data such as temperature, salinity, nutrients, oxygen, chlorophyll, plankton biomass data and more. It is an update to the World Ocean Database 1998, plus it contains some new parameters.

Some changes since WOD98: - addition and specification of data from undulating oceanographic recorders, profiling floats, drifting buoys, moored buoys, surface only data, and autonomous pinniped bathythermograph data; - addition of carbon variables to the database; - submitter-defined data quality flags received as part of data submissions are now kept in the database; - modifications to the data format.

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Metadata Date 2024-09-06T14:09:39Z
Metadata Created Date March 12, 2021
Metadata Updated Date February 1, 2025
Reference Date(s) May 3, 2002 (publication)
Frequency Of Update asNeeded

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Harvested from NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date 2024-09-06T14:09:39Z
Metadata Created Date March 12, 2021
Metadata Updated Date February 1, 2025
Reference Date(s) May 3, 2002 (publication)
Responsible Party (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
Guid gov.noaa.nodc:0000720
Access Constraints Cite as: Levitus, Sydney; US National Oceanographic Data Center (2002). NODC Standard Product: World Ocean Database 2001 (8 disc set) (NCEI Accession 0000720). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000720. Accessed [date]., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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Metadata Language eng
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Temporal Extent Begin 1772-01-01
Temporal Extent End 2001-12-31

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