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Ocean Data

Most data downloaded
online is free of charge.
For customized requests
or CDs and publications,
there may be a user fee.

Oceanographic data at NODC title


Archived Original Data
- NODC's Ocean Archive System

Parameters and Data Types

- all parameters
- biology data
- buoy data
- chlorophyll
- nutrients
- ocean currents
- oxygen

- plankton
- profile data
- salinity
- satellite data
- sea level
- temperature
- waves


look elsewhere in
NOAA for these
--->

Popular NOAA Links
(you will be leaving NODC)

- bathymetry
- CoastWatch SST data
- El Niño
- fisheries
- hurricanes
- marine sediments
- nautical charts
- photo library
- real-time buoy data

- snow and ice

- tides
- weather: real-time
- weather: historical


Processed Data and Project Data at NODC
- Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)
- Argo Daily Data (profiling floats)
<-- near-realtime data
- Biological Data: Taxonomic Names, Plankton Data, & more
- Blended in situ CZCS Chlorophyll
- Coastal Water Temperature Guide (CWTG)
<-- near-realtime data
- NODC Coral Reef Data & Information Pages
   - you may also want NOAA's Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS)
- Global Argo Data Repository
- Global Ocean Data, Archaeology & Rescue (GODAR)
- Global Plankton Database
- Global Temperature Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP)
<-- near-realtime data
- Interactive Data Access & Retrieval System (IDARS)
<-- near-realtime data
- Joint Archive for Sealevel (JASL)
<-- near-realtime data
[JASL is hosted at the Univ. of Hawaii, you will be leaving the federal government webspace]
- Louisiana - Texas Shelf Physical Oceanography Program (LATEX)
- Monthly Sea Surface Temperature Animations
- Monthly Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies
- NCEP Optimum Interpolation SST Analysis
- NOAA CoastWatch Retrospective Data - AVHRR
<-- near-realtime data
- NOAA Marine Environmental Buoy Data
- National Virtual Data System (NVDS)
- Ocean Time Series Database (TSDB)
- Satellite Oceanography Group (SOG)
- Shipboard Sensor Database (SSD)
- World Ocean Atlas (WOA) & World Ocean Database (WOD)
- World Ocean DataBase
Search and Retrieval System (WODSelect)
- World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE)
- Yearly and Pentadal Anomalies from the World Ocean Atlas


There are other projects and data products available on CD-ROM, DVD, and in print. Also, check out the major program data page (some of which are listed above).

CD-ROMs, DVDs, Data Codes, & Publications
CD-ROMs-DVDs | Data Formats & Codes | Publications | Online Store

Data by NODC Organizational Component
Ocean Climate Laboratory | Coastal Ocean Laboratory | National Coastal Data Development Center | NOAA Central Library

If you can't find what you need, please contact us.

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