Identification
Title
International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) Release 2.5, Monthly Summaries
Alternative title(s)
d540001
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This dataset is superseded by ICOADS Release 3, Monthly Summary [https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds548.1/]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/d540001/
protocol:
https
applicationProfile:
browser
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Dataset Description
description:
Related Link
function:
information
https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/d540001/dataaccess/
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
Resource Typereference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference date
date type
revision
effective date
2024-07-23
Keyword set
keyword value
ICOADS > International Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set
originating controlled vocabulary
title
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference date
date type
revision
effective date
2024-07-24
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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference date
date type
revision
effective date
2024-07-24
Geographic location
West bounding longitude
-180
East bounding longitude
180
North bounding latitude
90
South bounding latitude
-52
Extent
Extent group
authority code
title
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference date
date type
revision
effective date
2015-03-26
code identifying the extent
Ocean > Indian Ocean > Brunei Darussalam
Extent group
authority code
title
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference date
date type
revision
effective date
2015-03-26
code identifying the extent
Ocean > Arctic Ocean
Extent group
authority code
title
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference date
date type
revision
effective date
2015-03-26
code identifying the extent
Ocean > Indian Ocean > Indonesia
Extent group
authority code
title
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference date
date type
revision
effective date
2015-03-26
code identifying the extent
Ocean > Indian Ocean > Indonesia > Sumatra
Extent group
authority code
title
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference date
date type
revision
effective date
2015-03-26
code identifying the extent
Ocean > Indian Ocean > Malaysia
Extent group
authority code
title
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directoryreference 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
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Limitations on public access
None
Responsible organisations
Responsible party
organisation name
UCAR/NCAR - Research Data Archive
full postal address
National Center for Atmospheric Research
CISL/DECS
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/DECS
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 Engineering and Curation Section (DECS) 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
2024-08-04T02:11:12Z
Metadata language
eng; USA