{"id":3090,"date":"2024-06-19T10:02:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T08:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socat.info\/?page_id=3090"},"modified":"2025-06-24T11:25:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T09:25:32","slug":"version-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socat.info\/index.php\/version-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"SOCAT Version 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
Before using SOCAT data products, please read the Data Use Statement<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Data Access<\/h3>\n

SOCAT version 2024 data products (DOI: 10.25921\/9wpn-th28<\/a>) 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Interactive viewers
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Use the Interactive Viewers from the Live Access Server to explore and download gridded or non-gridded data following selected criteria (region, year, platform, etc.). Making maps and property plots is straight forward and a good way to to get a quick overview of the data collection.<\/p>\n

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ERDDAP\u2122<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Complete and Decimated versions of SOCAT from Version 3 onwards are available via ERDDAP\u2122:<\/p>\n

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Synthesis and gridded files
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Global and regional synthesis files, as well as gridded files, are available as text files and netcdf, respectively, via the OCADS Metadata Page<\/a> at the National Centers for Environmental Information. Matlab code is available for reading these text files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Synthesis files<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nMain source (NCEI)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nGEOMAR Mirror (Zipped)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
All<\/td>\n7.4 Gb<\/a><\/td>\n1.2 Gb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arctic<\/td>\n457 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n66 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coastal<\/td>\n3.4 Gb<\/a><\/td>\n563 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indian Ocean<\/td>\n72 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n9 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Atlantic<\/td>\n536 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n91 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Pacific<\/td>\n264 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n46 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Southern Oceans<\/td>\n1.7 Gb<\/a><\/td>\n278 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tropical Atlantic<\/td>\n299 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n49 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tropical Pacific<\/td>\n739 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n120 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flag E<\/td>\n1.5 Gb<\/a><\/td>\n226 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
Instructions for reading synthesis files<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matlab code for reading synthesis files (ZIPped)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Gridded files<\/strong><\/td>\nMain source (NCEI)<\/strong><\/td>\nGEOMAR Mirror (Zipped)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monthly (nc)<\/td>\n3.8 Gb<\/a><\/td>\n36 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monthly (csv)<\/td>\n44 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n14 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yearly (nc)<\/td>\n214 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n11 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yearly (csv)<\/td>\n24 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n7 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Decadal (nc)<\/td>\n24 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n4 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Decadal (csv)<\/td>\n10 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n3 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quarter-degree monthly coastal (nc)<\/td>\n398 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n149 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quarter-degree monthly coastal (csv)<\/td>\n110 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n36 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
Matlab code for reading gridded files (ZIPped)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ocean Data View format
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\nThe 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n