MARINE OBSERVATION SOURCE · S040

SOOP / XBT observations via GTSPP and WOD

Discover marine observations available through SOOP / XBT observations via GTSPP and WOD, including parameters, platforms, spatial and temporal coverage, metadata, and access methods.

Operator

SOOP community / WMO-IOC / national operators

Role

Observation network represented through global archives

Platforms

Ships of opportunity

Observed variables

Primarily temperature profiles (XBT); some XCTD T/S; underway T/S on instrumented ships

Spatial coverage

Global shipping routes / repeat sections

Period

Multi-decadal; source/cruise dependent

Depth coverage

Surface to XBT/XCTD max depth, commonly hundreds to ~1000 m+ depending probe

QC and data mode

Operational + archive QC; XBT bias corrections important

Access method

Search WOD dataset=XBT or GTSPP data type; download profiles; enrich platform metadata from OceanOPS SOOP metadata

Indexed download targets

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