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): 11 Dec 2025
Data submission for SOCATv2026: 15 Jan 2026
Quality control for SOCATv2026: 20 Mar 2026
SOCAT QC Hackathon 3rd February 2026
We will organise a 24-hour SOCAT QC hackathon on 3rd February 2026. We invite old and new SOCAT data enthusiasts to join us for 24 hours of secondary quality control. Experienced data QCers will be on hand for the whole day, and every 4 hours we will have a short SOCAT QC presentation. Let’s get secondary QC done together!
More information about the hackathon will be available nearer the date.
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.