Global Marine Observations in 10-degree Bins derived from the International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS)

Description

The Global Marine Observations in 10-degree bins are reformatted data from the International Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS). ICOADS consists of digital data archived at the National Center for Environmental Information (NCEI). ICOADS is the world's largest collection of marine surface in situ observations with 500+ million unique records from 1662-present. The coverage is global and sampling density varies depending on date and position relative to major ocean shipping routes. ICOADS data are made available through observations that are taken primarily from ships (merchant, ocean research, fishing, navy, etc.) and moored and drifting buoys. Each report contains individual observations of meteorological and oceanographic variables, such as sea surface and air temperatures, winds, pressure, humidity, wet bulb, dew point, ocean waves, and cloudiness. Also available are monthly statistics of observations. After the observations are summarized the data are not interpolated or analyzed to fill data voids. A monthly summary for an area box includes statistics (e.g. mean, median, standard deviation, etc.) for observed and computed variables (e.g. sea surface and air temperature, wind, pressure, humidity, cloudiness, etc.). The original ICOADS data are available in ASCII, native binary, and NetCDF4 formats. The Global Marine data are available in the 10-degree bins in CSV and PDF formats. The PDFs are available for Certification.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 GIS mapping application to view the Global Marine data. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/marine/
0 Documentation of the dataset including a data description, format layout, and definitions. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/global-marine/doc/
8 This sample data file shows how the data are formatted in CSV and is for example purposes only. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/global-marine/doc/Marine_CSV_sample.csv
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Direct download links for the ICOADS files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/international-comprehensive-ocean-atmosphere/v3/
0 Direct download links for the Global Marine files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/global-marine/
0 This sample data file shows how the data are formatted in ASCII and is for example purposes only. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/global-marine/doc/Marine_TEXT_sample.dat
0 NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00606/html
0 Interface to search and access Global Marine files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/search/data-search/global-marine
0 https://icoads.noaa.gov
0 Informational resources for NCEI Marine datasets. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/marine
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
33 This sample data file shows how the data are formatted in PDF and is for example purposes only https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/global-marine/doc/Marine_PDF_sample.pdf
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords

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  • cloud ceiling
  • humidity
  • ice pellets
  • vertical location
  • cloud properties
  • dew point temperature
  • precipitation
  • ocean pressure
  • sea surface
  • national climatic data center
  • atmospheric temperature
  • nesdis
  • sea surface temperature
  • precipitation amount
  • oceans
  • surface winds
  • snow
  • sea level pressure
  • cloud frequency
  • atmospheric water vapor
  • atmosphere
  • air quality
  • noaa
  • global ocean
  • ocean temperature
  • cloud types
  • ocean waves
  • troposphere
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • visibility
  • earth science
  • rain
  • geographic region
  • sea ice
  • ocean
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • atmospheric pressure measurements
  • swells
  • sea ice concentration
  • solid precipitation
  • liquid precipitation
  • atmospheric pressure
  • ice edges
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncdc
  • hail
  • sleet
  • clouds
  • wave height
  • atmospheric winds
  • wave speed/direction
  • wave period
  • cloud height
  • surface temperature
  • water vapor indicators
  • national centers for environmental information
  • stratosphere
  • pressure tendency

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