Identification

Title

International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) Release 2.5, Monthly Summaries

Alternative title(s)

ds540.1

Abstract

This dataset is superseded by ICOADS Release 3, Monthly Summary [https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds548.1/] The International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) is a global ocean marine meteorological and surface ocean dataset. It is formed by merging many national and international data sources that contain measurements and visual observations from ships (merchant, navy, research), moored and drifting buoys, coastal stations, and other marine platforms. The coverage is global and sampling density varies depending on date and geographic position relative to shipping routes and ocean observing systems. The monthly summary time series are available at 2-degree (since 1800) and 1-degree (since 1960) spatial resolutions. Observations (22 observed and computed parameters) taken in each month for a give spatial latitude by longitude box are statistically summarized (e.g. mean, median, number of observations, etc) and NOT interpolated or analyzed to fill data voids. All three U.S. ICOADS partners (NOAA/ESRL, NOAA/NCDC, NCAR) offer various data access and format options. To review all available options see the ICOADS website [http://icoads.noaa.gov/products.html]. IMPORTANT: The time period of data available is defined in two segments. * ICOADS Monthly Summary Release 2.5 covers 1800 through 2007 * All data following the Release 2.5 end date is based exclusively on real-time GTS data with minimal quality control. These data should be considered preliminary and will be subject to change in new Releases of ICOADS

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds540.1/

protocol: https

applicationProfile: browser

name: Dataset Description

description: Related Link

function: information

https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds540.1/#!access

protocol: https

applicationProfile: browser

name: Data Access

description: Related Link

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

Ships

BUOYS

COASTAL STATIONS > COASTAL STATIONS

OCEAN WEATHER STATIONS

MOORINGS

MOVING SHIPS

DRIFTING OBSERVATION STATIONS

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2023-12-21

Keyword set

keyword value

ICOADS > International Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2023-12-19

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > WIND STRESS

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FREQUENCY

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2023-12-21

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-180

East bounding longitude

180

North bounding latitude

90

South bounding latitude

-52

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Arctic Ocean

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Cuba

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Dominican Republic

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Haiti

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Jamaica

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Puerto Rico

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Mediterranean Sea > Corsica

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Mediterranean Sea > Sardinia

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Mediterranean Sea > Sicily

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > South Atlantic Ocean > Falkland Islands

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Indian Ocean > Brunei Darussalam

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Indian Ocean > Indonesia

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Indian Ocean > Indonesia > Sumatra

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Indian Ocean > Malaysia

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Guam

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Kiribati

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Wake Island

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Eastern Pacific Ocean > Galapagos Islands

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Melanesia > New Caledonia

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Melanesia > Solomon Islands

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Melanesia > Vanuatu

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > Cook Islands

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > Fiji

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > French Polynesia

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > Niue

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > Samoa

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > Tokelau

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > Tonga

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > Tuvalu

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Federated States of Micronesia

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Marshall Islands

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Northern Mariana Islands

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Palau

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2015-03-26

code identifying the extent

Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Philippines

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1800-01

End position

2022-03

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

1984-04-18

Frequency of update

monthly

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Use of this dataset is subject to UCAR's Terms of Use, except that commercial use is generally not prohibited.

Limitations on public access

Registration on the RDA web site is a requirement for access to the data.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Research Data Archive

full postal address

National Center for Atmospheric Research

CISL/DSS

P.O. Box 3000

Boulder

80307

U.S.A.

telephone number

720-937-8442

facsimile number

303-497-1291

email address

zji@ucar.edu

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

NCAR Research Data Archive

full postal address

National Center for Atmospheric Research

CISL/DSS

P.O. Box 3000

Boulder

80307

U.S.A.

facsimile number

303-497-1291

email address

rdahelp@ucar.edu

web address

https://rda.ucar.edu/

name: NCAR Research Data Archive

description: The Research Data Archive (RDA), managed by the Data Support Section (DSS) of the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at NCAR, contains a large and diverse collection of meteorological and oceanographic observations, operational and reanalysis model outputs, and remote sensing datasets to support atmospheric and geosciences research, along with ancillary datasets, such as topography/bathymetry, vegetation, and land use.

function: downlaod

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-01-03T15:11:46-07:00

Metadata language