Carbon cycle

Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT)

The Surface Ocean CO₂ Atlas (SOCAT) is a synthesis activity for quality-controlled, surface ocean fCO₂ (fugacity of carbon dioxide) observations by the international marine carbon research community (>100 contributors). It has  over 20 million fCO₂ measurements.

Access to gridded data can be found here: https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ocads/data/0173715.xml

Figure 1 from Bakker et al. (2016)
Figure 1 from Bakker et al. (2016)
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Available formats:
.nc
.odv
.tsv
.txt
Published:
Published
Availability:
Public
Gridded:
Yes
No
Time range:
1957–2017
Spatial depth:
Surface
Spatial resolution:
Global 1° by 1° coastal 0.25° by 0.25°
Temporal climatology:
Data types:
Observations (raw)
Data temporal period:
Historical
Data temporal resolution:
Decadal
Annual
Monthly
Instantaneous
Spatial coverage:
Global
Variables:
fugacity of carbon dioxide
partial pressure of carbon dioxide
References:

Bakker, D et al. (2016). A multi-decade record of high quality fCO₂ data in version 3 of the Surface Ocean CO₂ Atlas (SOCAT). Earth System Science Data, 8, 383-413

Bakker, D et al. (2016). A multi-decade record of high quality fCO₂ data in version 3 of the Surface Ocean CO₂ Atlas (SOCAT). Earth System Science Data, 8, 383-413

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