Dataset Identification:
- This collection contains observations of global ocean meteorological and oceanographic variables, such as sea surface and air temperatures, wind, pressure, humidity, and cloudiness, from many national and international data sources, including ships (merchant, navy, research), moored and drifting buoys, coastal stations, and other marine and near-surface ocean platforms in the netCDF 4.0 format. These observations have been merged to create the International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) Release 3.0. The spatial coverage is global and sampling density varies depending on date and geographic position relative to shipping routes and ocean observing systems. The temporal coverage is from 1662 to present and organized by one file per month. This is the netCDF version of the ICOADS Release 3.0 (R3.0), which is converted from the original IMMA1 format. Useful metadata have been added in the global and variable attributes of each file to make the netCDF self-contained. R3.0 includes changes designed to enable more effective exchange of information describing data quality between ICOADS, reanalysis centers, data set developers, scientists and the public. These user-driven innovations include the assignment of a unique identifier (UID) to each marine report, to enable tracing of observations, linking with reports and improved data sharing. Many new input data and metadata sources have been assembled, and updates and improvements to existing data sources, or removal of erroneous data, made.
- Title International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) R3.0 netCDF version
- publication Date 2017-04-04
- organisation Name DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Contact information
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- Telephone
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- Voice 301-713-3277
- Fax 301-713-3300
- Address
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- Federal Building 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC, 28801-5001 Country USA
- electronic Mail Address NODC.DataOfficer@noaa.gov
- name NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information website
- URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/
- protocol HTTPS
- link function information
- Description Main NCEI website providing links to access data and data services.
- target application profile Web browser
- individual Name Zhankun Wang
- organisation Name US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
- Contact information
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- Telephone
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- Voice 301-713-4841
- Address
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- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910-3282 Country USA
- electronic Mail Address zhankun.wang@noaa.gov
- organisation Name US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
- Contact information
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- Address
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- Federal Building 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC, 28801-5001 Country USA
- individual Name Zhankun Wang
- organisation Name US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
- Contact information
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- Telephone
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- Voice 301-713-4841
- Address
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- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910-3282 Country USA
- electronic Mail Address zhankun.wang@noaa.gov
- individual Name Zhankun Wang
- organisation Name US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
- Contact information
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- Telephone
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- Voice 301-713-4841
- Address
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- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910-3282 Country USA
- electronic Mail Address zhankun.wang@noaa.gov
dataCenter
Keywords
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
- publication Date 2015
- organisation Name Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Contact information
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- Address
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- , Greenbelt, MD
- Linkage for online resource
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- name NASA GCMD Keyword Community Page
- URL: http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/learn/keywords.html
- protocol HTTP
- link function information
- Description Overview of the NASA GCMD Keywords.
- target application profile Web Browser
Keywords
- Title NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
- publication Date 2017-05-12
instrument
Keywords
- Title NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS
platform
Keywords
- Title NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS
dataCenter
Keywords
- Title NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS
project
Keywords
- Title NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS
Location keywords:
- Title NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS
Theme keywords (theme):
aerology
marineMeteorology
meteorology
oceanography
weatherObservations
- Title WMO_CategoryCode
- publication Date 2012-09-15
project
Keywords
ICOADS > International Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set
- Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords
- publication Date 2016
- organisation Name Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Contact information
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- Address
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- , Greenbelt, MD
- Linkage for online resource
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- name NASA GCMD Keyword Community Page
- URL: http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/learn/keywords.html
- protocol HTTP
- link function information
- Description Overview of the NASA GCMD Keywords.
- target application profile Web Browser
Theme keywords (theme):
Air Temperature
Alkalinity
Alkalinity Depth
Characteristics of Pressure Tendency
Cloud Height
Cloud Height Indicator
Country Code
Country Code 2
Deck
Dew Point Temperature
Dew Point Temperature Indicator
Dissolved Oxygen
Dissolved Oxygen Depth
Duplicate Check
Duplicate Status
High Cloud Type
Hour
IMMT Version
Ice Accretion On Ship
Identification
Identification Indicator
Intermediate Reject Flag
Latitude
Latitude Longitude Indicator
Longitude
Low Cloud Amount
Low Cloud Type
Middle Cloud Type
National Source Indicator
Night/Day Flag
Nitrate
Nitrate Depth
Observation Platform
Observation Source
One Degree Box Number
PH
PH Depth
Past Weather
Past Weather 2
Phosphate
Phosphate Depth
Platform Type Indicator
Precipitation Amount
Precipitation Indicator
Present Weather
Pressure Bias
Pressure Tendency
Provider's Unique Record Identification
Rate of Ice Accretion on Ship
Relative Humidity
Relative Humidity Indicator
SST 2
SST Depth 2
Salinity
Salinity Depth
Sea Level Pressure
Sea Surface Temperature
Sea Surface Temperature Method Indicator
Ship's Course
Ship's Speed
Silicate
Silicated Depth
Source
Swell Direction
Swell Height
Swell Period
Swell Period Indicator
Temperature Indicator
Ten Degree Box Number
Thickness of Ice Accretion On Ship
Time Indicator
Total Chlorophyll
Total Chlorophyll Depth
Total Cloud Amount
Track Check
Unique Report ID
Visibility
Visibility Indicator
Wave Direction
Wave Height
Wave Measurement Indicator
Wave Period
Wave Period Indicator
Wet Bulb Temperature
Wet Bulb Temperature Indicator
Wind Direction
Wind Direction Indicator
Wind Speed
Wind Speed Indicator
date in YYYYMMDD
time
- Title ICOADS Variable Long Names
Theme keywords (theme):
air_pressure_at_sea_level
air_temperature
cloud_area_fraction
cloud_base_altitude
dew_point_temperature
latitude
longitude
low_type_cloud_area_fraction
mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_nitrate_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_phosphate_in_sea_water
mole_concentration_of_silicate_in_sea_water
sea_surface_swell_wave_period
sea_surface_swell_wave_significant_height
sea_surface_temperature
sea_surface_wave_from_direction
sea_surface_wind_wave_period
sea_surface_wind_wave_significant_height
sea_water_alkalinity_expressed_as_mole_equivalent
sea_water_ph_reported_on_total_scale
sea_water_salinity
sea_water_temperature
tendency_of_surface_air_pressure
time
visibility_in_air
volume_fraction_of_oxygen_in_sea_water
wet_bulb_temperature
wind_from_direction
wind_speed
- Title NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Convention Standard Name Table
instrument
Keywords
CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
MBT > Mechanical Bathythermographs
TIDE GAUGES
XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs
- Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
- publication Date 2016
- organisation Name Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Contact information
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- Address
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- , Greenbelt, MD
- Linkage for online resource
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- name NASA GCMD Keyword Community Page
- URL: http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/learn/keywords.html
- protocol HTTP
- link function information
- Description Overview of the NASA GCMD Keywords.
- target application profile Web Browser
platform
Keywords
BUOYS
- Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
- publication Date 2016
- organisation Name Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Contact information
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- Address
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- , Greenbelt, MD
- Linkage for online resource
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- name NASA GCMD Keyword Community Page
- URL: http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/learn/keywords.html
- protocol HTTP
- link function information
- Description Overview of the NASA GCMD Keywords.
- target application profile Web Browser
Location keywords:
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN
- Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
- publication Date 2016
- organisation Name Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Contact information
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- Address
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- , Greenbelt, MD
- Linkage for online resource
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- name NASA GCMD Keyword Community Page
- URL: http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/learn/keywords.html
- protocol HTTP
- link function information
- Description Overview of the NASA GCMD Keywords.
- target application profile Web Browser
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Science Domain > Earth Science
- publication Date 2018-12-14
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Equipment > Platform
- publication Date 2018-12-14
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Process > Ocean Process
- publication Date 2018-12-14
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Organization > GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES
- publication Date 2018-12-14
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Material > Chemical
- publication Date 2018-12-14
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Activity > Observation
- publication Date 2018-12-14
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Realm > Critical Zone
- publication Date 2018-12-14
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Material > Mineral
- publication Date 2018-12-14
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Feature > Marine Feature
- publication Date 2018-12-14
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Property > Measure
- publication Date 2018-12-14
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Science Domain > Atmospheric Sciences
- publication Date 2018-12-14
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Equipment > Instrument
- publication Date 2018-12-14
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Corporate Names
- publication Date 2018-12-14
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Realm > marine
- publication Date 2018-12-14
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Feature > Environmental Feature
- publication Date 2018-12-14
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Process > Atmospheric Process
- publication Date 2018-12-14
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Realm > Atmosphere
- publication Date 2018-12-14
purpose:
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- maintenance or update frequency: asNeeded
- Constraints
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- Use limitation statement:
- accessLevel: Public
- Legal Constraints
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- use constraint: otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Cite as: Wang, Z. and US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Centers for Environmental Information (2017). International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) R3.0 netCDF version. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. [access date]
- Legal Constraints
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- Access Constraints otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
- Legal Constraints
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- Use Limitation
- Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives.
Resource extent
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- westBoundLongitude 180
- eastBoundLongitude -180
- northBoundLatitude -90
- southBoundLatitude 90
Geographic Bounding Box - Temporal Extent
Geographic Extent
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- Conversion of ICOADS data from IMMA1 to netCDF format by NCEI is supported by the NOAA Big Earth Data Initiative (BEDI).
- organisation Name DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Contact information
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- Telephone
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- Voice 301-713-3277
- Fax 301-713-3300
- Address
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- Federal Building 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC, 28801-5001 Country USA
- electronic Mail Address NCEI.Info@noaa.gov
- name NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information website
- URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/
- protocol HTTPS
- link function information
- Description Main NCEI website providing links to access data and data services.
- target application profile Web browser
Resource distribution information
Distributor
- organisation Name DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Contact information
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- Telephone
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- Voice 301-713-3277
- Fax 301-713-3300
- Address
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- Federal Building 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC, 28801-5001 Country USA
- electronic Mail Address NCEI.Info@noaa.gov
- Format name netCDF-4
- Format version
- specification > ACDD-1.3, CF-1.6, NCEI_NetCDF_Point_Template_v2.0
- fees Digital data may be downloaded from NCEI at no charge in most cases. For custom orders of digital data or to obtain a copy of analog materials, please contact NCEI Information Services for information about current fees.
- Ordering Instructions Data may be searched and downloaded using online services provided by NCEI using the online resource URLs in this record. Contact NCEI Information Services for custom orders. When requesting data from NCEI, the desired data set may be referred to by the unique package identification number listed in this metadata record.
- Linkage for online resource
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- name Descriptive Information
- URL: https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:ICOADS-netCDF
- protocol HTTPS
- link function information
- Description Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links.
- target application profile Web browser
- Linkage for online resource
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- name Granule Search
- URL: https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/search/granule/rest/find/document?searchText=fileIdentifier%3AICOADS-netCDF.*&start=1&max=100&f=searchPage
- protocol HTTPS
- link function search
- Description Search for data granules belonging to this collection (a granule is the smallest aggregation of data that can be independently described and retrieved).
- target application profile Web browser
- Linkage for online resource
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- name THREDDS
- URL: https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog/icoads/
- protocol THREDDS
- link function download
- Description These data are available through a variety of services via a THREDDS (Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services) Data Server (TDS). Depending on the dataset, the TDS can provide WMS, WCS, DAP, HTTP, and other data access and metadata services as well. For more information on the TDS, see http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/thredds/current/tds/.
- target application profile Web browsers can browse THREDDS Data Servers and specialized THREDDS software can enable more sophisticated data access and visualizations.
- Linkage for online resource
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- name OPeNDAP
- URL: https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/icoads/
- protocol DAP
- link function download
- Description These data are available through the Data Access Protocol (DAP) via an OPeNDAP Hyrax server. For a listing of OPeNDAP clients which may be used to access OPeNDAP-enabled data sets, please see the OPeNDAP website at http://opendap.org/.
- target application profile Web browsers can browse OPeNDAP servers and specialized OPeNDAP software can enable more sophisticated data access and visualizations.
- Linkage for online resource
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- name HTTPS
- URL: https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/icoads/
- protocol HTTPS
- link function download
- Description Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download.
- target application profile Web browser
- Linkage for online resource
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- name FTP
- URL: ftp://ftp.nodc.noaa.gov/pub/data.nodc/icoads/
- protocol FTP
- link function download
- Description These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). You may use any FTP client to download these data.
- target application profile Any FTP client
- maintenance or update frequency: asNeeded
- notes: Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness.
- organisation Name DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
- position Name Data Officer
- Contact information
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- Telephone
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- Voice 301-713-3277
- Fax 301-713-3300
- Address
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- Federal Building 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC, 28801-5001 Country USA
- electronic Mail Address NODC.DataOfficer@noaa.gov
- name NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information website
- URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/
- protocol HTTPS
- link function information
- Description Main NCEI website providing links to access data and data services.
- target application profile Web browser