Science: Data Sources

Salinity data are available on-line from these sources:

GLOBAL DATA

NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)

• World Ocean Atlas/Database
     ~ Raw Data On-line (WOD01):
         * Search & Retrieval System
         * Files sorted by time or area
     ~ Analyzed fields (WOA01)
     ~ Searchable images (WOA01F)

• Argo Daily Data
• The Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program
• World Ocean Database 2001 Atlas Series Volume 3: Temporal Distribution of Conductivity/ Salinity-Temperature-Depth (Pressure) Casts (2 MB .pdf file)
• World Ocean Database 2001 Atlas Series Volume 4: Temporal Distribution of Temperature, Salinity and Oxygen Profiles (23 MB .pdf file)

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NOAA "Live Access Server"

• Live Access to the National Virtual Ocean Data System (NVODS) HINT: Type the word "salinity" into the "SEARCH" window
• Environmental Systems Science Center (ESSC) HINT: Click on the "+" signs in the lefthand menu to find salinity data sets

REGIONAL DATA

Atlantic Ocean

NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory: Realtime PIRATA (Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic) Salinity Data

Data are received daily via satellite from ATLAS buoys.
• Realtime PIRATA salinity data

U.S. Geological Survey: South Florida Information Access (SOFIA)

SOFIA provides information in support for the South Florida ecosystem restoration effort.
• Salinity data from 1994 - 2001

University of Miami / Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas

All data collected aboard the Explorer of the Seas are freely available to any registered user for scientific research.
• Realtime salinity data

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Arctic Ocean

NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center: Ocean Climate Laboratory

• 36-year time series (1963 - 1998) of Zooplankton, Temperature, and Salinity in the White Sea
  In this study, the influence of long-term salinity-and-temperature variations on the plankton community is examined.
  • Salinity and temperature graphs over time (e.g., climatology, years with positive salinity or temperature anomalies, etc.)
• Biologicial Atlas of the Arctic Seas 2000: Plankton of the Barents and Kara Seas
  Physical and biological data from the Barents and Kara Seas during 158 scientific cruises for the period 1913-1999.
  • Salinity and temperature maps (surface and 100 meters depth)
• Hydrochemcial Atlas of the Sea of Okhotsk
  Data maps from the Sea of Okhotsk during the 1990 - 1997 period for the months of June - August.
  • Salinity, temperature, and various chemistry maps (surface and four depths)
           *Observation network of the Barents Sea
  The time and space distribution of 74,256 ocean stations (temperature, salinity, and oxygen) occupied in the Barents Sea during 1898.
  • Monthly averaged salinity and temperature maps (surface and four depths)

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Pacific Ocean

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory "Live Access to Our Ocean"

Users can easily access and view ocean science data and data assimilation models.
• U.S. West Coast Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS)
  • Surface salinity, temperature, currents and height maps (nowcasts, 1-day forecasts, and archives)
• Central California Coast Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS)
• Surface salinity, temperature, currents, height, winds, plankton, and various chemsitry maps
• Monterey Bay Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS)
  • Surface salinity, temperature, winds, currents and height maps (various depths)