{"id":39,"date":"2017-04-05T15:46:26","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T13:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.socat.info\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2025-05-22T08:21:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T06:21:05","slug":"version-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socat.info\/index.php\/version-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SOCAT Version 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center; border: 2px solid #264f72; width: 90%; padding: 10px; background-color: #c8d4e0;\"><strong>Before using SOCAT data products, please read the <a style=\"color: #db6846;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DataUseStatement_v2.pdf\">Data Use Statement<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h3>Data Access<\/h3>\n<p>SOCAT version 2 data products are available in a variety of formats:<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 1595px;\" width=\"875\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\" rowspan=\"3\" width=\"20%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ferret.pmel.noaa.gov\/LAS\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-720\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/las.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<h5><strong>Interactive viewers<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\">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<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ferret.pmel.noaa.gov\/socat\/las\/UI.vm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Interactive Data Set Viewer<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ferret.pmel.noaa.gov\/socat\/las\/UI.vm#panelHeaderHidden=false;differences=false;autoContour=false;globalMin=141.0201;globalMax=421.6432;xCATID=SOCATv2_gridded_decadal;xDSID=socat_v2_decadal;varid=FCO2_AVE_WEIGHTED_DECADE-socat_v2_decadal;imageSize=auto;over=xy;compute=Nonetoken;tlo=1-JAN-2005;thi=1-JAN-2005;catid=SOCATv2_gridded_decadal;dsid=socat_v2_decadal;varid=FCO2_AVE_WEIGHTED_DECADE-socat_v2_decadal;avarcount=0;xlo=-180;xhi=180;ylo=-90;yhi=90;operation_id=Plot_2D_XY_zoom;view=xy\" rel=\"noopener\">Interactive Gridded Data Viewer<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; padding-top: 60px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncei.noaa.gov\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-261\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/NCEI-logo-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 60px;\">\n<h5><strong>Synthesis and gridded files in text format<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\">Global and regional synthesis files, as well as gridded files, are available as text files and netcdf, respectively, via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Matlab code is available for reading these text files.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Synthesis files<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Main source (NCEI)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>GEOMAR Mirror (Zipped)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>All data<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.nodc.noaa.gov\/nodc\/archive\/arc0102\/0157631\/1.1\/data\/0-data\/SOCATv2.tsv\">1.6 Gb<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/socat_files\/v2\/SOCATv2.tsv.zip\">216 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arctic data<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.nodc.noaa.gov\/nodc\/archive\/arc0102\/0157631\/1.1\/data\/0-data\/SOCATv2_Arctic.tsv\">49 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/socat_files\/v2\/SOCATv2_Arctic.tsv.zip\">7 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Coastal data<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.nodc.noaa.gov\/nodc\/archive\/arc0102\/0157631\/1.1\/data\/0-data\/SOCATv2_Coastal.tsv\">605 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/socat_files\/v2\/SOCATv2_Coastal.tsv.zip\">83 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Indian Ocean data<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.nodc.noaa.gov\/nodc\/archive\/arc0102\/0157631\/1.1\/data\/0-data\/SOCATv2_Indian.tsv\">35 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/socat_files\/v2\/SOCATv2_Indian.tsv.zip\">4 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Atlantic data<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.nodc.noaa.gov\/nodc\/archive\/arc0102\/0157631\/1.1\/data\/0-data\/SOCATv2_NorthAtlantic.tsv\">143 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/socat_files\/v2\/SOCATv2_NorthAtlantic.tsv.zip\">21 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Pacific data<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.nodc.noaa.gov\/nodc\/archive\/arc0102\/0157631\/1.1\/data\/0-data\/SOCATv2_NorthPacific.tsv\">58 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/socat_files\/v2\/SOCATv2_NorthPacific.tsv.zip\">9 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Southern Ocean data<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.nodc.noaa.gov\/nodc\/archive\/arc0102\/0157631\/1.1\/data\/0-data\/SOCATv2_SouthernOceans.tsv\">450 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/socat_files\/v2\/SOCATv2_SouthernOceans.tsv.zip\">56 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tropical Atlantic data<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.nodc.noaa.gov\/nodc\/archive\/arc0102\/0157631\/1.1\/data\/0-data\/SOCATv2_TropicalAtlantic.tsv\">71 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/socat_files\/v2\/SOCATv2_TropicalAtlantic.tsv.zip\">11 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tropical Pacific data<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.nodc.noaa.gov\/nodc\/archive\/arc0102\/0157631\/1.1\/data\/0-data\/SOCATv2_TropicalPacific.tsv\">207 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/socat_files\/v2\/SOCATv2_TropicalPacific.tsv.zip\">29 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"\/socat_files\/v2\/Instructions%20for%20Read_SOCATv2.pdf\">Instructions for reading synthesis files<\/a><\/span>\n<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: small;\">253 Kb<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"\/socat_files\/v2\/Read_SOCATv2.m\">Matlab code for reading synthesis files<\/a><\/span>\n<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: small;\">16 Kb<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Gridded files<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Main source (NCEI)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>BCDC Mirror (Zipped)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monthly Gridded<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.nodc.noaa.gov\/nodc\/archive\/arc0102\/0157631\/1.1\/data\/0-data\/SOCATv2_Gridded_Dat\/SOCAT_tracks_gridded_monthly_v2.nc\">1.3 Gb<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/socat_files\/v2\/SOCAT_tracks_gridded_monthly_v2.nc.zip\">8 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monthly Clim Gridded<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.nodc.noaa.gov\/nodc\/archive\/arc0102\/0157631\/1.1\/data\/0-data\/SOCATv2_Gridded_Dat\/SOCAT_tracks_gridded_month_clim_v2.nc\">42 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/socat_files\/v2\/SOCAT_tracks_gridded_month_clim_v2.nc.zip\">2 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Yearly Gridded<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.nodc.noaa.gov\/nodc\/archive\/arc0102\/0157631\/1.1\/data\/0-data\/SOCATv2_Gridded_Dat\/SOCAT_tracks_gridded_yearly_v2.nc\">125 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/socat_files\/v2\/SOCAT_tracks_gridded_yearly_v2.nc.zip\">3 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Decadal Gridded<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.nodc.noaa.gov\/nodc\/archive\/arc0102\/0157631\/1.1\/data\/0-data\/SOCATv2_Gridded_Dat\/SOCAT_tracks_gridded_decades_v2.nc\">12 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/socat_files\/v2\/SOCAT_tracks_gridded_decades_v2.nc.zip\">1 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Quarter-degree gridded monthly coastal<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.nodc.noaa.gov\/nodc\/archive\/arc0102\/0157631\/1.1\/data\/0-data\/SOCATv2_Gridded_Dat\/SOCAT_qrtrdeg_gridded_coast_monthly_v2.nc\">170 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/socat_files\/v2\/SOCAT_qrtrdeg_gridded_coast_monthly_v2.nc.zip\">67 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; padding-top: 60px;\" rowspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pangaea.de\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-263\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/pangaea_logo-e1497953285537.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 60px;\">\n<h5><strong>Individual data sets in text format<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\">Individual data set files are archived in Pangaea and can be downloaded in text format.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Text files<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Main source (Pangaea)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>GEOMAR Mirror<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>All data sets<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.pangaea.de\/10.1594\/PANGAEA.767698?format=zip\">308 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/socat_files\/v2\/SOCAT_v2_all.zip\">308 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.pangaea.de\/10.1594\/PANGAEA.815157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Metadata overview<\/a><\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Description<\/h3>\n<p>For a detailed description of data products, file formats and tools, see:<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 34px; text-indent: -34px;\">Pfeil et al. (2013) A uniform, quality controlled Surface Ocean CO\u2082 Atlas (SOCAT), Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 5, 125-143.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.earth-syst-sci-data.net\/5\/125\/2013\/\">doi:10.5194\/essd-5-125-2013<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 34px; text-indent: -34px;\">Sabine et al. (2013)<span class=\"c2\">\u00a0Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) gridded data products. Earth System Science Data 5: 145-153.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c5 c2\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.earth-syst-sci-data.net\/5\/145\/2013\/\">doi:10.5194\/essd-5-145-2013<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 34px; text-indent: -34px;\"><\/div>\n<h3>Recalculation<\/h3>\n<p>Recalculation in SOCAT V2 took place using Matlab codes by Are Olsen (University of Bergen\/Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research). The Matlab codes can be obtained\u00a0<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SOCAT_matlab.zip\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a name=\"credits\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Credits<\/h3>\n<p>For SOCAT V2 we would like to thank all SOCAT QC-ers, early testers, meeting participants and data contributors:<\/p>\n<p>D. C. E. Bakker, B. Pfeil, K. Smith, S. Hankin, A. Olsen, S. R. Alin, C. Cosca, B. Hales, S. Harasawa, A. Kozyr, Y. Nojiri, K. M. O\u2019Brien, U. Schuster, M. Telszewski, B. Tilbrook, C. Wada, J. Akl, L. Barbero, N. Bates, J. Boutin, W.-J. Cai, R. D. Castle, F. P. Chavez, L. Chen, M. Chierici, K. Currie, H. J. W. De Baar, W. Evans, R. A. Feely, A. Fransson, Z. Gao, N. Hardman-Mountford, M. Hoppema, W.-J. Huang, C. W. Hunt, B. Huss, T. Ichikawa, A. Jacobson, T. Johannessen, E. M. Jones, S. Jones, Sara Jutterstr\u00f8m, V. Kitidis, A. K\u00f6rtzinger, P. Landsch?tzer, S. K. Lauvset, N. Lef\u00e8vre, A. B. Manke, J. T. Mathis, L. Merlivat, N. Metzl, P. Monteiro A. Murata, T. Newberger, T. Ono, G.-H. Park, K. Paterson, D. Pierrot, A. F. R\u00edos, C.L. Sabine, S. Saito, J. Salisbury, V. V. S. S. Sarma, R. Schlitzer, R. Sieger, I. Skjelvan, T. Steinhoff, K. Sullivan, S. C. Sutherland, T. Suzuki, A. J. Sutton,, C. Sweeney, T. Takahashi, J. Tjiputra, N. Tsurushima, S. M. A. C. van Heuven, D. Vandemark, P. Vlahos, D. W. R. Wallace, R. Wanninkhof and A. J. Watson.<\/p>\n<h3>Groups<\/h3>\n<p>SOCAT quality control is carried out by regional working groups with a global group for coordination.<br \/>\nThe groups for SOCAT Version 2 can be found <a href=\"\/index.php\/groups-for-socat-version-2\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before using SOCAT data products, please read the Data Use Statement Data Access SOCAT version 2 data products are available in a variety of formats: Interactive viewers 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.). 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