Oceanographic Data in the IRI Data Library

Dataset NameSpatial Resolution (Lon/Lat) / Number of StationsSpatial ExtentTime PeriodTemporal Resolution
ARCTIC STATION 35 STATIONS[14.855W,163.68E], [70N,88.333N]NANA
Description: Oceanic station data for the Arctic Region .
CARTON-GIESE SODA 0.5x0.5 GLOBAL [75.25S,89.25N] Jan 1958-Dec 2001, Jan 2000-Dec 2004MONTHLY
Description: Simple Ocean Data Assimilation: A Reanalysis of Ocean Climate.
CMA BCC GODAS 1.875x1.860121 GLOBAL [79.271S,90N] Jan 1982,May 2010MONTHLY
Description: Global Ocean Data Assimilation Operational System.
EPCU 16 STATIONS [130W,60W], [50S,50N] Jan 1991, Dec 1998MONTHLY
Description: Eastern pacific coastal upwelling data for the Americas from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
GEOSECS 310 STATIONSGLOBAL, [69.3S,74.933N]NANA
Description: Geochemical Ocean Sections Study, a global survey of the three-dimensional distribution of chemical, isotopic, and radiochemical tracers in the ocean .
LDEO Deep_Sea_Core 8182 STATIONSGLOBAL, [65.65S,78.9N]NANA
Description: Deep sea core data from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory .
LEVITUS94 1x1 GLOBAL Jan, DecMONTHLY, SEASONAL, ANNUAL
Description: World Ocean Atlas 1994, an atlas of objectively analyzed fields of major ocean parameters at the annual, seasonal, and monthly time scales..
NASA GISS LeGrande_Schmidt2006 v1p0 1x1GLOBALNANA
Description: Global gridded dataset of the oxygen isotopic composition in seawater .
NASA GISS LeGrande_Schmidt2006 v1p1 1x1GLOBALNANA
Description: Global gridded dataset of the oxygen isotopic composition in seawater .
NASA ISLSCP GDSLAM Snow-Ice-Oceans 1x1 GLOBAL Jan 1987,Dec 1988MONTHLY
Description: Global data sets for land-atmosphere models, including snow cover and depth, sea ice, and sea surface temperature data.
NASA ISLSCP GDSLAM Snow-Ice-Oceans 1x1 GLOBAL Jan 1987,Dec 1988MONTHLY
Description: Global data sets for land-atmosphere models, including snow cover and depth, sea ice, and sea surface temperature data.
NASA ISLSCP GDSLAM Snow-Ice-Oceans 1x1 GLOBAL Jan 1987,Dec 1988MONTHLY
Description: Global data sets for land-atmosphere models, including snow cover and depth, sea ice, and sea surface temperature data.
NASA ISLSCP GDSLAM Snow-Ice-Oceans 1x1 GLOBAL Jan 1987,Dec 1988MONTHLY
Description: Global data sets for land-atmosphere models, including snow cover and depth, sea ice, and sea surface temperature data.
NOAA NCEP EMC CMB GODAS 1x0.3333309 GLOBAL [74.5S,64.499N] Jan 1980,May 2010MONTHLY
Description: Global Ocean Data Assimilation System.
NOAA NGDC MGS 47029 STATIONSGLOBAL, [78.583S,90N]NANA
Description: Inventory and basic lithology from marine core samples .
NOAA NODC WOA01 1x1, 5x5 GLOBAL Jan, DecMONTHLY, SEASONAL, ANNUAL
Description: World Ocean Atlas 2001, an atlas of objectively analyzed fields of major ocean parameters at monthly, seasonal, and annual time scales.
NOAA NODC WOA05 1x1, 5x5 GLOBAL Jan, DecMONTHLY, SEASONAL, ANNUAL
Description: World Ocean Atlas 2005, an atlas of objectively analyzed fields of major ocean parameters at monthly, seasonal, and annual time scales.
NOAA NODC WOA98 1x1 GLOBAL Jan, DecMONTHLY, SEASONAL, ANNUAL
Description: World Ocean Atlas 1998, an atlas of objectively analyzed fields of major ocean parameters at monthly, seasonal, and annual time scales.
REVERDIN BUOY 15M 5x1[122.5E,82.5W], [19.5S,19.5N]Jan,DecMONTHLY
Description: 15 meter tropical Pacific seasonal currents .
Sandwell seafloor 0.03333334x0.02273114GLOBAL, [-72.0009 ln(tan(pi/4+lat/2))*39.06657,72.0009 ln(tan(pi/4+lat/2))*39.06657]NANA
Description: Measured and estimated seafloor topography .
UMD Carton goa 1x0.9447244; 2x1.888254 GLOBAL [59.99S,58.97N]Jan 1950,Dec 2001;
Jan 1950,Nov 1998
MONTHLY
Description: Global Ocean Analysis.
WORLDBATH 0.08333333x0.08333334GLOBALNANA
Description: ETOPO5 5x5 minute Navy bathymetry .