Before using SOCAT data products, please read the Fair Data Use Statement
Data Access
SOCAT version 2024 data products (DOI: 10.25921/9wpn-th28) are available in a variety of formats. Please provide feedback about issues (data usage or updated data submissions of existing data) to submit@socat.info.
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Interactive viewers
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Synthesis and gridded files
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| Synthesis files | Main source (NCEI) | GEOMAR Mirror (Zipped) |
| All | 7.4 Gb | 1.2 Gb |
| Arctic | 457 Mb | 66 Mb |
| Coastal | 3.4 Gb | 563 Mb |
| Indian Ocean | 72 Mb | 9 Mb |
| North Atlantic | 536 Mb | 91 Mb |
| North Pacific | 264 Mb | 46 Mb |
| Southern Oceans | 1.7 Gb | 278 Mb |
| Tropical Atlantic | 299 Mb | 49 Mb |
| Tropical Pacific | 739 Mb | 120 Mb |
| Flag E | 1.5 Gb | 226 Mb |
| Instructions for reading synthesis files | |
| Matlab code for reading synthesis files (ZIPped) |
| Gridded files | Main source (NCEI) | GEOMAR Mirror (Zipped) |
| Monthly (nc) | 3.8 Gb | 36 Mb |
| Monthly (csv) | 44 Mb | 14 Mb |
| Yearly (nc) | 214 Mb | 11 Mb |
| Yearly (csv) | 24 Mb | 7 Mb |
| Decadal (nc) | 24 Mb | 4 Mb |
| Decadal (csv) | 10 Mb | 3 Mb |
| Quarter-degree monthly coastal (nc) | 398 Mb | 149 Mb |
| Quarter-degree monthly coastal (csv) | 110 Mb | 36 Mb |
| Matlab code for reading gridded files (ZIPped) |
Ocean Data View format
The synthesis and gridded files are available in Ocean Data View (ODV) format from the ODV website. Users can also explore the data online at webODV.
Description
Further details on on SOCAT version 2024 can be found in the version 2024 release poster.
For a detailed description of data products, file formats and tools, see:
Recalculation
Recalculation in SOCAT version 2023 took place using Ferret scripts, based on Matlab codes by Are Olsen (University of Bergen/Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research). The Matlab codes can be obtained here.
Credits
For SOCAT version 2024 we would like to thank all SOCAT data contributors, quality controllers, and members of the automation team:
Bakker, Dorothee C.E.; Alin, Simone R.; Bates, Nicholas R.; 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; Takao, Shintaro; Tilbrook, Bronte; Wada, Chisato; Wanninkhof, Rik; Akl, John; Arbilla, Lisandro A.; Arruda, Ricardo; Azetsu‑Scott, Kumiko; Barbero L., Leticia; Beatty, Cory; Berghoff, Carla F.; Bittig, Henry; Burger, Eugene; Campbell, Katie; Cardin, Vanessa R.; Collins, Andrew U.; Coppola, Laurent; Cronin, Margot; Cross, Jessica; Currie, Kim; Emerson S, Steven; Enright, Matt; Enyo, Kazutaka; Evans, Wiley; Feely, Richard A.; Flohr, Anita; Gehrung, Martina; Glockzin, Michael; González‑Dávila, Melchor; Hamnca, Siyabulela; Hartman, Sue; Howden, Stephan; Kam, Kitty; Kamb, Linus; Körtzinger, Arne; Kosugi, Naohiro; Lefèvre, Nathalie; Lo Monaco, Claire; Macovei, Vlad; Maenner‑Jones, Stacy M.; Manalang, Dana; Martz, Todd R.; Mdokwana, Baxolele W.; Monacci, Natalie; Monteiro, Pedro M.; Mordy, Calvin W.; Morell, Julio M.; Murata, Akihiko; Neill, Craig; Noh, Jae‑Hoon; Nojiri, Yukihiro; Ohman, Mark; Olivier, Léa; Ono, Tsuneo; Petersen, Wilhelm; Plueddemann, Albert J.; Pryterch, John; Rehder, Gregor; Rutgersson, Anna; Santana‑Casiano, J. Magdalena; Schlitzer, Reiner; Send, Uwe; Skjelvan, Ingunn; Sullivan, Kevin; T’Jampens, Michiel; Tadokoro, Kazuaki; Telszewski, Maciej; Theetaert, Hannelore; Tsanwani, Mutshutshu; Vandemark, Doug; Ooijen, Erik van; Veccia, Martín H.; Voynova, Yoana; Wang, Hongjie; Weller, Robert A.; Woosley, Ryan
Groups
SOCAT quality control is carried out by regional working groups with a global group for coordination. The groups for SOCAT version 2024 can be found here.