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World Ocean Atlas 2013 (NCEI Accession 0114815)

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World Ocean Atlas 2013 (WOA13) is a set of objectively analyzed (1 degree grid and 1/4 degree grid) climatological fields of in situ temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, Apparent Oxygen Utilization, percent oxygen saturation, phosphate, silicate, and nitrate at standard depth levels for annual, seasonal, and monthly compositing periods for the World Ocean. 1/4 degree fields are for temperature and salinity only. It also includes associated statistical fields of observed oceanographic profile data interpolated to standard depth levels on 1/4 degree, 1 degree, and 5 degree grids. Temperature and salinity fields are available for six decades (1955-1964, 1965-1974, 1975-1984, 1985-1994, 1995-2004, and 2005-2012) and an average of all decades representing the period 1955-2012. Nutrient and oxygen fields are available using all quality controlled data for the entire sampling period 1878-2012.
  • Cite as: Levitus, Sydney; Boyer, Tim P.; García, Hernán E.; Locarnini, Ricardo A.; Zweng, Melissa M.; Mishonov, Alexey V.; Reagan, James R.; Antonov, John I.; Baranova, Olga K.; Biddle, Mathew; Hamilton, Melanie; Johnson, Daphne R.; Paver, Christopher R.; Seidov, Dan (2014). World Ocean Atlas 2013 (NCEI Accession 0114815). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5f769gt. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 1878-06-27 to 2012-12-31
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -180
East: 180
South: -90
North: 90
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • Ionin, Raisa; Hager, Lori. Data Stewardship Maturity Report for World Ocean Atlas 2013 (NCEI Accession 0114815). NOAA Technical Information Series NESDIS DSMR; 00147. 2021. https://doi.org/10.25923/4baq-3p70
  • Locarnini, Ricardo A.; Mishonov, Alexey V.; Antonov, John I.; Boyer, Timothy P.; Garcia, Hernan E.; Baranova, Olga K.; Zweng, Melissa M.; Paver, Christopher R.; Reagan, James R.; Johnson, Daphne R.; Hamilton, Melanie; Seidov, Dan; Levitus, Sydney. World ocean atlas 2013. Volume 1, Temperature; Temperature; WOA13, temperature. NOAA atlas NESDIS; 73. 2013. https://doi.org/10.7289/v55x26vd
  • Zweng, Melissa M.; Reagan, James R.; Antonov, John I.; Locarnini, Ricardo A.; Mishonov, Alexey V.; Boyer, Timothy P.; Garcia, Hernan E.; Baranova, Olga K.; Johnson, Daphne R.; Seidov, Dan; Biddle, Mathew M.; Levitus, Sydney. World ocean atlas 2013. Volume 2, Salinity; Salinity; WOA13, salinity. NOAA atlas NESDIS; 74. 2013. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5251g4d
  • Garcia, Hernan E.; Boyer, Timothy P.; Locarnini, Ricardo A.; Antonov, John I.; Mishonov, Alexey V.; Baranova, Olga K.; Zweng, Melissa M.; Reagan, James R.; Johnson, Daphne R.; Levitus, Sydney. World ocean atlas 2013. Volume 3, Dissolved oxygen, apparent oxygen utilization, and oxygen saturation; Dissolved oxygen, apparent oxygen utilization, and oxygen saturation; WOA13, oxygen. NOAA atlas NESDIS; 75. 2013. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5xg9p2w
  • Garcia, Hernan E.; Locarnini, Ricardo A.; Boyer, Timothy P.; Antonov, John I.; Baranova, Olga K.; Zweng, Melissa M.; Reagan, James R.; Johnson, Daphne R.; Mishonov, Alexey V.; Levitus, Sydney. World ocean atlas 2013. Volume 4, Dissolved inorganic nutrients (phosphate, nitrate, silicate); Dissolved inorganic nutrients (phosphate, nitrate, silicate); WOA13, nutrients. NOAA atlas NESDIS; 76. 2013. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5j67dwd
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2014-02-07
  • revision: 2015-10-14
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
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In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number.
Purpose This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Levitus, Sydney; Boyer, Tim P.; García, Hernán E.; Locarnini, Ricardo A.; Zweng, Melissa M.; Mishonov, Alexey V.; Reagan, James R.; Antonov, John I.; Baranova, Olga K.; Biddle, Mathew; Hamilton, Melanie; Johnson, Daphne R.; Paver, Christopher R.; Seidov, Dan (2014). World Ocean Atlas 2013 (NCEI Accession 0114815). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5f769gt. Accessed [date].
  • When using temperature, please also cite: Locarnini, R. A., A. V. Mishonov, J. I. Antonov, T. P. Boyer, H. E. García, O. K. Baranova, M. M. Zweng, C. R. Paver, J. R. Reagan, D. R. Johnson, M. Hamilton, and D. Seidov, 2013. World Ocean Atlas 2013, Volume 1: Temperature. S. Levitus, Ed., A. Mishonov Technical Ed.; NOAA Atlas NESDIS 73, 40 pp.
  • When using salinity, please also cite: Zweng, M.M, J.R. Reagan, J.I. Antonov, R.A. Locarnini, A.V. Mishonov, T.P. Boyer, H.E. García, O.K. Baranova, D.R. Johnson, D.Seidov, M.M. Biddle, 2013. World Ocean Atlas 2013, Volume 2: Salinity. S. Levitus, Ed., A. Mishonov Technical Ed.; NOAA Atlas NESDIS 74, 39 pp.
  • When using oxygen, please also cite: García, H. E., R. A. Locarnini, T. P. Boyer, J. I. Antonov, A. V. Mishonov, O. K. Baranova, M. M. Zweng, J. R. Reagan, D. R. Johnson, 2013. World Ocean Atlas 2013 Volume 3: Dissolved Oxygen, Apparent Oxygen Utilization, and Oxygen Saturation. S. Levitus, Ed.; A. Mishonov, Technical Ed., NOAA Atlas NESDIS 75, 29 pp.
  • When using nutrients, please also cite: García, H. E., R. A. Locarnini, T. P. Boyer, J. I. Antonov, O. K. Baranova, M. M. Zweng, J. R. Reagan, D. R. Johnson, 2013. World Ocean Atlas 2013 Volume 4: Dissolved Inorganic Nutrients (phosphate, nitrate, silicate). S. Levitus, Ed.; A. Mishonov, Technical Ed., NOAA Atlas NESDIS 76, 25 pp.
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  • Cite as: Levitus, Sydney; Boyer, Tim P.; García, Hernán E.; Locarnini, Ricardo A.; Zweng, Melissa M.; Mishonov, Alexey V.; Reagan, James R.; Antonov, John I.; Baranova, Olga K.; Biddle, Mathew; Hamilton, Melanie; Johnson, Daphne R.; Paver, Christopher R.; Seidov, Dan (2014). World Ocean Atlas 2013 (NCEI Accession 0114815). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5f769gt. Accessed [date].
  • When using temperature, please also cite: Locarnini, R. A., A. V. Mishonov, J. I. Antonov, T. P. Boyer, H. E. García, O. K. Baranova, M. M. Zweng, C. R. Paver, J. R. Reagan, D. R. Johnson, M. Hamilton, and D. Seidov, 2013. World Ocean Atlas 2013, Volume 1: Temperature. S. Levitus, Ed., A. Mishonov Technical Ed.; NOAA Atlas NESDIS 73, 40 pp.
  • When using salinity, please also cite: Zweng, M.M, J.R. Reagan, J.I. Antonov, R.A. Locarnini, A.V. Mishonov, T.P. Boyer, H.E. García, O.K. Baranova, D.R. Johnson, D.Seidov, M.M. Biddle, 2013. World Ocean Atlas 2013, Volume 2: Salinity. S. Levitus, Ed., A. Mishonov Technical Ed.; NOAA Atlas NESDIS 74, 39 pp.
  • When using oxygen, please also cite: García, H. E., R. A. Locarnini, T. P. Boyer, J. I. Antonov, A. V. Mishonov, O. K. Baranova, M. M. Zweng, J. R. Reagan, D. R. Johnson, 2013. World Ocean Atlas 2013 Volume 3: Dissolved Oxygen, Apparent Oxygen Utilization, and Oxygen Saturation. S. Levitus, Ed.; A. Mishonov, Technical Ed., NOAA Atlas NESDIS 75, 29 pp.
  • When using nutrients, please also cite: García, H. E., R. A. Locarnini, T. P. Boyer, J. I. Antonov, O. K. Baranova, M. M. Zweng, J. R. Reagan, D. R. Johnson, 2013. World Ocean Atlas 2013 Volume 4: Dissolved Inorganic Nutrients (phosphate, nitrate, silicate). S. Levitus, Ed.; A. Mishonov, Technical Ed., NOAA Atlas NESDIS 76, 25 pp.
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  • 2014-02-07T00:52:23Z - NCEI Accession 0114815 v1.1 was published.
  • 2014-02-22T07:09:19Z - NCEI Accession 0114815 was revised and v2.2 was published.
    Rationale: Updates were received for this dataset. These updates were copied into the data/0-data/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession.
  • 2015-10-14T01:43:34Z - NCEI Accession 0114815 was revised and v3.3 was published.
    Rationale: Updates were received for this dataset. These updates were copied into the data/0-data/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession.
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  • 2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
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