SOCAT’s Fair Data Use Statement requires that each use of the SOCAT database be cited to ensure that its creators and the data providers receive due credit for their work.
Due to resource limitations, there is not a corresponding journal article for each release of the SOCAT dataset. Therefore it is important to cite both the published dataset and the publication that describes how SOCAT is constructed.
This page provides the citations strings required for each version of SOCAT.
Acknowledgements
In addition to citing SOCAT, please also include the following text in the acknowledgements section of your publication:
The Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) is an international effort, endorsed by the International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP), the Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) and the Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBeR) program, to deliver a uniformly quality-controlled surface ocean CO₂ database. The many researchers and funding agencies responsible for the collection of data and quality control are thanked for their contributions to SOCAT.
Citations
SOCAT v2024
Methods
Bakker, D. C. E., Pfeil, B. Landa, C. S., Metzl, N., O’Brien, K. M., Olsen, A., Smith, K., Cosca, C.,
Harasawa, S., Jones, S. D., Nakaoka, S., Nojiri, Y., Schuster, U., Steinhoff, T., Sweeney, C.,
Takahashi, T., Tilbrook, B., Wada, C., Wanninkhof, R., Alin, S. R., Balestrini, C. F., Barbero, L.,
Bates, N. R., Bianchi, A. A., Bonou, F., Boutin, J., Bozec, Y., Burger, E. F., Cai, W.-J., Castle, R. D.,
Chen, L., Chierici, M., Currie, K., Evans, W., Featherstone, C., Feely, R. A., Fransson, A., Goyet,
C., Greenwood, N., Gregor, L., Hankin, S., Hardman-Mountford, N. J., Harlay, J., Hauck, J.,
Hoppema, M., Humphreys, M. P., Hunt, C. W., Huss, B., Ibánhez, J. S. P., Johannessen, T.,
Keeling, R., Kitidis, V., Körtzinger, A., Kozyr, A., Krasakopoulou, E., Kuwata, A., Landschützer, P.,
Lauvset, S. K., Lefèvre, N., Lo Monaco, C., Manke, A., Mathis, J. T., Merlivat, L., Millero, F. J.,
Monteiro, P. M. S., Munro, D. R., Murata, A., Newberger, T., Omar, A. M., Ono, T., Paterson, K.,
Pearce, D., Pierrot, D., Robbins, L. L., Saito, S., Salisbury, J., Schlitzer, R., Schneider, B.,
Schweitzer, R., Sieger, R., Skjelvan, I., Sullivan, K. F., Sutherland, S. C., Sutton, A. J., Tadokoro,
K., Telszewski, M., Tuma, M., Van Heuven, S. M. A. C., Vandemark, D., Ward, B., Watson, A. J.,
Xu, S. (2016) A multi-decade record of high quality fCO2 data in version 3 of the Surface Ocean
CO2 Atlas (SOCAT). Earth System Science Data 8: 383-413. doi:10.5194/essd-8-383-2016.
Dataset
Bakker, Dorothee C. E.; Alin, Simone R.; Bates, Nicholas; Becker, Meike; Gkritzalis, Thanos; Jones, Steve D.; Kozyr, Alex; Lauvset, Siv K.; Metzl, Nicolas; Nakaoka, Shin-ichiro; O’Brien, Kevin M.; Olsen, Are; Pierrot, Denis; Steinhoff, Tobias; Sutton, Adrienne J.; Takao, Shintaro; Tilbrook, Bronte; Wada, Chisato; Wanninkhof, Rik; Akl, John; Arbilla, Lisandro A.; Arruda, Ricardo; Azetsu-Scott, Kumiko; Barbero, Leticia; Beatty, Cory M.; Berghoff, Carla F.; Bittig, Henry C.; Burger, Eugene F.; Campbell, Katie; Cardin, Vanessa; Collins, Andrew; Coppola, Laurent; Cronin, Margot; Cross, Jessica N.; Currie, Kim I.; Emerson, Steven R.; Enright, Matt P.; Enyo, Kazutaka; Evans, Wiley; Feely, Richard A.; Flohr, Anita; Gehrung, Martina; Glockzin, Michael; González-Dávila, Melchor; Hamnca, Siyabulela; Hartman, Sue; Howden, Stephan D.; Kam, Kitty; Kamb, Linus; Körtzinger, Arne; Kosugi, Naohiro; Lefèvre, Nathalie; Lo Monaco, Claire; Macovei, Vlad A.; Maenner Jones, Stacy; Manalang, Dana; Martz, Todd R.; Mdokwana, Baxolele; Monacci, Natalie M.; Monteiro, Pedro M. S.; Mordy, Calvin; Morell, Julio M.; Murata, Akihiko; Neill, Craig; Noh, Jae-Hoon; Nojiri, Yukihiro; Ohman, Mark D.; Olivier, Léa; Ono, Tsuneo; Petersen, Wilhelm; Plueddemann, Albert J.; Prytherch, John; Rehder, Gregor; Rutgersson, Anna; Santana-Casiano, J. Magdalena; Schlitzer, Reiner; Send, Uwe; Skjelvan, Ingunn; Sullivan, Kevin F.; T’Jampens, Michiel; Tadokoro, Kazuaki; Telszewski, Maciej; Theetaert, Hannelore; Tsanwani, Mutshutshu; Vandemark, Douglas; van Ooijen, Erik; Veccia, Martín H.; Voynova, Yoana G.; Wang, Hongjie; Weller, Robert A.; Woosley, Ryan J. (2024). Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas Database Version 2024 (SOCATv2024) (NCEI Accession 0293257). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. doi:10.25921/9wpn-th28.
SOCAT v2023
Methods
Bakker, D. C. E., Pfeil, B. Landa, C. S., Metzl, N., O’Brien, K. M., Olsen, A., Smith, K., Cosca, C.,
Harasawa, S., Jones, S. D., Nakaoka, S., Nojiri, Y., Schuster, U., Steinhoff, T., Sweeney, C.,
Takahashi, T., Tilbrook, B., Wada, C., Wanninkhof, R., Alin, S. R., Balestrini, C. F., Barbero, L.,
Bates, N. R., Bianchi, A. A., Bonou, F., Boutin, J., Bozec, Y., Burger, E. F., Cai, W.-J., Castle, R. D.,
Chen, L., Chierici, M., Currie, K., Evans, W., Featherstone, C., Feely, R. A., Fransson, A., Goyet,
C., Greenwood, N., Gregor, L., Hankin, S., Hardman-Mountford, N. J., Harlay, J., Hauck, J.,
Hoppema, M., Humphreys, M. P., Hunt, C. W., Huss, B., Ibánhez, J. S. P., Johannessen, T.,
Keeling, R., Kitidis, V., Körtzinger, A., Kozyr, A., Krasakopoulou, E., Kuwata, A., Landschützer, P.,
Lauvset, S. K., Lefèvre, N., Lo Monaco, C., Manke, A., Mathis, J. T., Merlivat, L., Millero, F. J.,
Monteiro, P. M. S., Munro, D. R., Murata, A., Newberger, T., Omar, A. M., Ono, T., Paterson, K.,
Pearce, D., Pierrot, D., Robbins, L. L., Saito, S., Salisbury, J., Schlitzer, R., Schneider, B.,
Schweitzer, R., Sieger, R., Skjelvan, I., Sullivan, K. F., Sutherland, S. C., Sutton, A. J., Tadokoro,
K., Telszewski, M., Tuma, M., Van Heuven, S. M. A. C., Vandemark, D., Ward, B., Watson, A. J.,
Xu, S. (2016) A multi-decade record of high quality fCO2 data in version 3 of the Surface Ocean
CO2 Atlas (SOCAT). Earth System Science Data 8: 383-413. doi:10.5194/essd-8-383-2016.
Dataset
Bakker, Dorothee C. E.; Alin, Simone R.; Bates, Nicholas; Becker, Meike; Feely, Richard A.; Gkritzalis, Thanos; Jones, Steve D.; Kozyr, Alex; Lauvset, Siv K.; Metzl, Nicolas; Munro, David R.; Nakaoka, Shin-ichiro; Nojiri, Yukihiro; O’Brien, Kevin M.; Olsen, Are; Pierrot, Denis; Rehder, Gregor; Steinhoff, Tobias; Sutton, Adrienne J.; Sweeney, Colm; Tilbrook, Bronte; Wada, Chisato; Wanninkhof, Rik; Akl, John; Barbero, Leticia; Beatty, Cory M.; Berghoff, Carla F.; Bittig, Henry C.; Bott, Randy; Burger, Eugene F.; Cai, Wei-Jun; Castaño-Primo, Rocío; Corredor, Jorge E.; Cronin, Margot; De Carlo, Eric H.; DeGrandpre, Michael D.; Dietrich, Colin; Drennan, William M.; Emerson, Steven R.; Enochs, Ian C.; Enyo, Kazutaka; Epherra, Lucía; Evans, Wiley; Fiedler, Björn; Fontela, Marcos; Frangoulis, Constantin; Gehrung, Martina; Giannoudi, Louisa; Glockzin, Michael; Hales, Burke; Howden, Stephan D.; Ibánhez, J. Severino P.; Kamb, Linus; Körtzinger, Arne; Lefèvre, Nathalie; Lo Monaco, Claire; Lutz, Vivian A.; Macovei, Vlad A.; Maenner Jones, Stacy; Manalang, Dana; Manzello, Derek P.; Metzl, Nicolas; Mickett, John; Millero, Frank J.; Monacci, Natalie M.; Morell, Julio M.; Musielewicz, Sylvia; Neill, Craig; Newberger, Tim; Newton, Jan; Noakes, Scott; Ólafsdóttir, Sólveig Rósa; Ono, Tsuneo; Osborne, John; Padín, Xose A.; Paulsen, Melf; Perivoliotis, Leonidas; Petersen, Wilhelm; Petihakis, George; Plueddemann, Albert J.; Rodriguez, Carmen; Rutgersson, Anna; Sabine, Christopher L.; Salisbury, Joseph E.; Schlitzer, Reiner; Skjelvan, Ingunn; Stamataki, Natalia; Sullivan, Kevin F.; Sutherland, Stewart C.; T’Jampens, Michiel; Tadokoro, Kazuaki; Tanhua, Toste; Telszewski, Maciej; Theetaert, Hannelore; Tomlinson, Michael; Vandemark, Douglas; Velo, Antón; Voynova, Yoana G.; Weller, Robert A.; Whitehead, Chris; Wimart-Rousseau, Cathy (2023). Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas Database Version 2023 (SOCATv2023) (NCEI Accession 0278913). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. doi:10.25921/r7xa-bt92.