{"id":3698,"date":"2026-06-15T09:48:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socat.info\/?page_id=3698"},"modified":"2026-06-15T18:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T16:49:19","slug":"version-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socat.info\/index.php\/version-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"SOCAT Version 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
Before using SOCAT data products, please read the Data Use Statement<\/span>
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Data Access<\/h3>\n

SOCAT version 2026 data products (DOI : 10.25921\/8dba-fr90<\/a>) are available in a variety of formats. Please provide feedback<\/a> about issues (data usage or updated data submissions of existing data).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Interactive viewers<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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>\n1.4 Gb<\/a> (.zip)<\/td>\nComing soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arctic<\/td>\n534 Mb<\/a><\/td>\nComing soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coastal<\/td>\n3.8 Gb<\/a><\/td>\nComing soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indian Ocean<\/td>\n74 Mb<\/a><\/td>\nComing soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Atlantic<\/td>\n567 Mb<\/a><\/td>\nComing soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Pacific<\/td>\n313 Mb<\/a><\/td>\nComing soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Southern Ocean<\/td>\n1.9 Gb<\/a><\/td>\nComing soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tropical Atlantic<\/td>\n318 Mb<\/a><\/td>\nComing soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tropical Pacific<\/td>\n870 Mb<\/a><\/td>\nComing soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flag E<\/td>\n1.5 Gb<\/a><\/td>\nComing soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
Instructions for reading synthesis files<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Gridded files<\/strong><\/td>\nMain source (NCEI)<\/strong><\/td>\nGEOMAR Mirror (Zipped)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monthly (nc)<\/td>\n3.9 Gb<\/a><\/td>\nComing soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monthly (csv)<\/td>\n48 Mb<\/a><\/td>\nComing soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yearly (nc)<\/td>\n222 Mb<\/a><\/td>\nComing soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yearly (csv)<\/td>\n25 Mb<\/a><\/td>\nComing soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Decadal (nc)<\/td>\n24 Mb<\/a><\/td>\nComing soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Decadal (csv)<\/td>\n9.9 Mb<\/a><\/td>\nComing soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quarter-degree monthly coastal (nc)<\/td>\n419 Mb<\/a><\/td>\nComing soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quarter-degree monthly coastal (csv)<\/td>\n122 Mb<\/a><\/td>\nComing soon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
Matlab code for reading gridded files (Zipped)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/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