MARINE OBSERVATION SOURCE · S024
GLODAPv3
Discover marine observations available through GLODAPv3, including parameters, platforms, spatial and temporal coverage, metadata, and access methods.
- Operator
- GLODAP community / NOAA OCADS
- Role
- Interior ocean BGC synthesis
- Platforms
- Bottle/CTD hydrography from research cruises
- Observed variables
- DIC; alkalinity; pH; oxygen; nutrients; salinity; temperature; tracers and carbon-related variables
- Spatial coverage
- Global open ocean
- Period
- 1972-2023
- Depth coverage
- Surface to bottom
- QC and data mode
- Cross-over calibrated and adjusted synthesis
- Access method
- Use GLODAP ERDDAP for subsets or download master/regional synthesis files
- Indexed download targets
- 15
Canonical parameters
- Water depth / bottom depth
bottom_depth - Chlorophyll-a concentration
chlorophyll_a - Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC)
dissolved_inorganic_carbon - Dissolved oxygen concentration
dissolved_oxygen - CO2 fugacity (fCO2)
fco2 - Nitrate
nitrate - Nitrite
nitrite - pH
ph - Phosphate
phosphate - Practical salinity
practical_salinity - Sea-water pressure
sea_water_pressure - Sea-water temperature
sea_water_temperature - Silicate
silicate - Total alkalinity
total_alkalinity
Discovery and access
Store both adjusted value and source/cruise provenance; GLODAP is a synthesis, not raw original cruise data.