Data Submission and Quality Control

For submitting data and for quality control of data, please, go to http://socat-remote.pmel.noaa.gov/. If you do not have an account please request one by sending a mail to oar.pmel.socat.support@noaa.gov.

Metadata should always accompany data. The SOCAT metadata requirements are detailed in the SOCAT cookbook (2024). Please, use this guidance for providing metadata information. SOCAT accepts metadata in any format (OME, pdf, etc). SOCAT encourages data providers to use the online metadata editor to generate the latest metadata format. Other options are available on the main SOCAT submission site, which you can access once you have an account.

Deadlines

Request for accounts (required for submission): 12 Dec 2024
Data submission for SOCATv2024: 15 Jan 2025
Quality control for SOCATv2024: 21 Mar 2025

Groups

SOCAT quality control is carried out by regional working groups with a global group for coordination. The groups for SOCAT v2025 can be found here.