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  Global Data Resource 3.0
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 Data Sets on WOCE Data DVD Disk 2:

  Bathymetry
  Satellite Sea Level
  Satellite Sea Surface Temperature
  Satellite Surface Winds
  Sea Level - Delayed Mode
  Sea Level - Fast Return
  eWOCE
 

Summary Table of the WOCE Global Resource 3.0 (highlighted parameters are in searchable inventory)

Measurement Type

Content of each folder

Number of folders

Parameters (sampling resolution)

Comments

Current Meters

One instrument record

2243

 u,v,t,p (~30min)

1965 current meters plus thermistor chain data

Sub-surface Floats

One float

2526

u,v,t,p (1day)

Zipped

Drifters

Ocean basin and year

59

u,v,t (6hr)

Zipped

Shipboard ADCP

Cruise

552

u,v,p(1hr, 10m)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hydrography

Station

38001 +time series

s,t,o2,p (1db) ,nutrients,tracers (~100db)

 

Profiling Floats

Single profile

31933

t,s.p (~10db)

Zipped into one file/ PI (12)

Upper Ocean Thermal (XBTs)

Single profile

914951

t,s,p (1m)

Zipped into one file for each ocean basin and quarter (216)

 

 

 

 

 

Surface Meteorology

One day in Cruise

6479

u,v,t,p (10min-3hr)

High resolution files are zipped

Sat. Surface Winds

Global

890

u,v |U| weekly, 100km grid 

Zipped

Sea Surface salinity and Temperature

Cruise

80 approx

s,t

 

Satellite Sea Surface Temperature

Global

1442

t.  5 days, 50km grid

Zipped

Sea Level-fast return

Station

390

h Hr,day,month

 

Sea Level-delayed mode

Station

162

h 1hr

Zipped

Satellite Sea Level

Global

985

h 10days, 50km

Zipped

         

Bathymetry

Cruise

 85

1minute-1hr