Building an Ocean Profile-Plankton Database:

Progress Since the "International Workshop on Oceanographic Biological and Chemical Data Management"Ocean Biodiversity Informatics: International Conference on Marine Biodiversity Data Management

Hamburg, Germany: 30 November 2004

Sydney Levitus, Bob GelfeldWorld Data Center for Oceanography- Silver Spring

REASONS FOR BUILDING GLOBAL, HISTORICAL IN SITU OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA BASES

The international scientific community advises national and international bodies on such issues as climate change (i.e. IPCC), biodiversity,...

Historical data are required to support such studies.

The international scientific community must have access to the most complete oceanographic data bases possible.

These data bases must be accessible in electronic form and available internationally without restriction.

b) Ocean measurement programs are expensive. Scientists planning such programs should have access to all available data in order to make the most efficient use of scarce scientific resources such as ships.

c)Pollutants flow across boundaries. The international community should have access to all historical data for pollution transport studies. This is particularly important for studies of the coastal environment. Natural variability versus anthropogenically induced changes.

d) To develop and improve long-range weather forecasts. Statistical forecasting and hind casting studies require historical ocean data.

The Global Oceanographic Data Archaeology and Rescue (GODAR) ProjectEstablished in 1993 by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.

"Data Archaeology":

the process of seeking out, restoring, evaluating, correcting, and interpreting historical data sets;

"Data Rescue":

the effort to save data at risk of being lost to the science community by digitizing manuscript data and copying data on older, failing electronic media, and then archiving these data into an internationally available electronic database.

GODAR Results Data added to NODC/WDC archives since 1994:

3.0 million temperature profiles

140,000 Chlorophyll profiles

142,200 plankton taxa

Six Regional Workshops (1993-1997) International Review Conference (July 10-13, 1999) Silver Spring, MD - hosted 75 representatives from 25 countries Recognized success of GODAR Project and established World Ocean Database Encouraged expansion into rescue of sea level and other datasets

What are the problems associated with building World Ocean Database?acquisition and preparation of data, metadata, documentation.

missing or incorrect documentation (metadata)

labor intensive

received multiple times from different groups

near duplicates

World Ocean Database 2001Global, comprehensive, integrated, scientifically quality-controlled with all data in one well-documented format.

Available on-line: (www.nodc.noaa.gov) and via CD-ROM.

Why is WOD01 characterized as a heterogeneous database?

Data from 55,897 cruises;Data from 3057 ships and other platforms;Data from 489 institutes;Data from 112 countries.

NODC/WDC/OCL staff supporting WOD01 developmentJohn Antonov Bob Gelfeld Olga Baranova Daphne JohnsonTim Boyer Ricardo Locarnini Margarita Conkright Todd OBrien Carla Forgy Igor Smolyar Hernan Garcia Cathy Stephens

World-wide support from many scientists, institutes,and countries.

World Ocean Database 2001(WOD01)

PROBE (Instrument Type)WOD98ADDEDTOTALBottle (OSD)1,373,440746,6022,121,042Mechanical Bathythermograph (MBT)2,077,200299,0062,376,206Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT)1,537,203206,3891,743,592High Resolution Conductivity/Temperature/Depth (HCTD)189,555122,789312,344Profiling Float (e.g., PALACE, SOLO, APEX)022,63722,637Moored Buoy (e.g. TAO, PIRATA, TRITON)114,634182,762297,936Drifting Buoy050,54950,549Towed Conductivity/Temperature/Depth (UOR)037,65137,631Autonomous Pinniped Bathythermograph (APBT)075,66575,665Total Casts/Profiles5,292,0321,773,3837,037,062Total Surface-Only Observations159,7941,650,8521,810,646

Contributors to WOD01Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commissions (IOC):Global Oceanographic Data Archaeology and Rescue project (GODAR), World Ocean Database (WOD) project,Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Project (GTSPP), World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE), Joint Global Ocean Flux Studies (JGOFS), Ocean Margin Experiment (OMEX), Intergovernmental Program on Climate Change (IPCC),World Climate Research programs CLIVAR program (WCRP).

Utility of NODC/WDC profile-plankton data as indicated by citations in the scientific literature**Based on a search of the ISI Scientific Citation Index as of March 2004

Chart7

700

2000

2600

3400

4800

4300

5300

6100

10100

8600

12000

15910

20640

213290

188750

1631250

1901932

1652269

14222630

12028370

14423859

Total Number of Citations = 3,859

Climatological Atlas of the World Ocean (1982)

World Ocean Atlas 1994

World Ocean Database 1998 + World Ocean Atlas 1998

Year

# Citations

Utility of NODC Profile-Plankton Data Based on Scientific Citations

Sheet1

YearWorld Ocean Database 1998 + World Ocean Atlas 1998Climatological Atlas of the World Ocean (1982)World Ocean Atlas 1994World Ocean Database 2001 + WOA01

WOA98World Ocean

1983070

19840200

19850260

19860340

19870480

19880430

19890530

19900610

199101010

19920860

199301200

199401591

199502064

1996021329

1997018875

19980163125

19992190193

20009165226

200130142226

200270120283

200359144238

2004

Totals170228914003859

Sheet1

Total Number of Citations = 3,859

Climatological Atlas of the World Ocean (1982)

World Ocean Atlas 1994

World Ocean Database 1998 + World Ocean Atlas 1998

Year

# Citations

Utility of NODC Profile-Plankton Data Based on Scientific Citations

Sheet2

WOA94vol. 1vol. 2vol. 3vol.4vol. 5

199400001

199500211

1996216182

19976525354

199810846565

199913771948

20001912741138

2001128791225

20022471001475

2003213191

2004

subtotals884841660540

WOD98vol. 1vol. 2vol. 3vol.4vol. 5

1994000000

1995000000

1996000000

1997000000

1998000000

1999000011

2000200114

200111224221

200219224633

2003100001

2004

subtotals334491060

WOA98vol. 1vol. 2vol. 3vol.4vol. 5vol .6vol. 7vol. 8vol. 9vol. 10vol. 11

1994000000

1995000000

1996000000

1997000000

1998000000

1999000011

2000110215

2001210429

2002107436321137

20030100010013

2004

subtotals1310491042120055

WOD98+WOA98

19940

19950

19960

19970

19980

19992

20009

200130

200270

20034

2004

Sheet3

WOD01 on-line (Web accessible)

The World Ocean Database retrieval system (WODselect) allows the user to select criteria and search for data in the World Ocean Database 2001 (WOD01). The stations matching the user's search criteria are then extracted and made available (via FTP) in WOD01 native data format. USER SEARCH CRITERIA:Geographic Area, Observation Dates, Instrument Type (e.g., OSD, CTD, XBT), Parameters, Deepest Measurement, Country, Ship/Platform, Project, Institute, Data exclusion using OCL quality control flags

url: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/SELECT/dbsearch/dbsearch.html

OSD cast data acquired through the GODAR Project for 1900-1991 compared to NODC archive holdings as of 1991

Chart8B CTD

00

00

143690

508219

1957488

66493

457515

16061557

30991884

41832939

21274469

30724811

37964261

50914668

40265238

33515195

61455541

39614703

41476609

45296976

40137252

35789091

285013732

186111401

56913283

2315690

NODC (1991): 66,451 casts

GODAR as of WOD01 (2001): 145,167 casts

Year

Number of Casts

CTD/STD cast data acquired through the GODAR Project for 1965-1991 compared to NODC archive holding as of 1991

Chart7B OSD

171770

180873

356807

878947

1169793

13111033

151790

1172919

1009299

1283999

9811313

16282034

11261406

11361544

1257833

345348

128278

108527

66648

483458

1353416

1740529

1932376

22551086

21522124

27501354

29931789

30401470

31821990

34181972

36201596

30962475

41724003

63182485

78412163

80573340

56945584

84653159

105283059

120942996

58263730

48153542

32501836

28622311

21442026

17071339

31452741

43123549

71153956

91183994

118963101

152324814

135495745

114896625

112006684

130304776

145954080

168375680

180146485

159966815

175367083

202105596

195956299

269269572

2201421686

2360320845

2559318674

2976514749

2866416233

3049721941

2215424265

2960421757

2341533034

1862934695

1830128284

1224430979

1136532829

964533038

1125033479

1252837902

1471428934

1071132650

961331286

922733673

885337848

661546004

710342008

506340647

132141526

1844756

045685

NODC (1991): 783,912 casts

GODAR as of WOD01 (2001): 1,050,509 casts

Year

Number of Casts

Chart9B XBT

873874

40055385

1379212879

1520319116

2018324228

2353934066

2546227677

3993814980

4381711033

449439154

407227546

4344110737

433569392

447857881

3608115982

3611514764

3551217741

2992523559

3112422945

3287734381

3276440191

2756842382

2023639415

1271729458

537070816

NODC (1991): 704,348 profiles

GODAR as of WOD01 (2001): 610,345 profiles

Year

Number of Profiles

XBT temperature profiles acquired through the GODAR Project for 1966-1991 compared toNODC archive holdings as of 1991

Chart9C MBT

9839171

1746840

581411953

1350023402

1449826629

256021263

598922837

402526309

636329695

1483535529

1380636490

2026541086

2495334399

2710925857

3237513185

3552814538

4665913921

5542714732

5512310403

5699315374

6226214747

6834417215

6914522417

6946319710

6934427933

7618530799

5019044131

3892536535

2956331233

2362121297

1800222972

1625127307

1460419508

1632418809

707120375

1251521049

1122222992

1046725283

908730608

1623514893

1250414167

1286810836

1218513039

1332126508

1285322763

1170132777

1205528649

568429193

66120562

2418679

NODC (1991): 1,219,655 profiles

GODAR as of WOD01 (2001): 1,148,947 profiles

Year

Number of Profiles

MBT temperature profiles acquired through the GODAR Project for 1941-1991 compared to NODC archive holdings as of 1991

NODC-OCL CTD

NODC (1991): 66,451 castsGODAR as of WOD01 (2001): 145,167 casts% increaseOCL

196500100.000

196600100.000

19671436906.271526

196850821943.11727

1969195748824.942445

197066493746.97559

1971457515112.69972

19721606155796.953163

19733099188460.794983

19744183293970.267122

197521274469210.116596

197630724811156.617883

197737964261112.258057

19785091466891.699759

197940265238130.109264

198033515195155.038546

19816145554190.1711686

198239614703118.738664

198341476609159.3710756

198445296976154.0311505

198540137252180.7111265

198635789091254.0812669

1987285013732481.8216582

1988186111401612.6313262

1989569132832334.4513852

1990231569068217.3915713

1991014062100.0014062

Total (1965 to 1991)66451145167

1992017142100.0017142

1993018069100.0018069

1994014737100.0014737

1995013743100.0013743

199609054100.009054

1997010897100.0010897

199808931100.008931

199906457100.006457

20000340100.00340

2001026100.0026

2002000.000

NODC-OCL OSD

NODC (1991): 783,912 castsGODAR as of WOD01 (2001): 1,050,509 casts% increaseOCLNB: To see pre 1900 OSD data, see sheet yearcount.OSD

1900171770450.29941450.2923976608NB: The colum WOD01 is OCL data minus NODC data

1901180873485.001053

1902356807226.691163

1903878947107.861825

1904116979367.841962

19051311103378.792344

19061517905.931607

1907117291978.412091

1908100929929.631308

1909128399977.862282

19109811313133.842294

191116282034124.943662

191211261406124.872532

191311361544135.922680

1914125783366.272090

1915345348100.87693

1916128278217.19406

1917108527487.96635

191866648981.82714

191948345894.82941

1920135341630.751769

1921174052930.402269

1922193237619.462308

19232255108648.163341

19242152212498.704276

19252750135449.244104

19262993178959.774782

19273040147048.364510

19283182199062.545172

19293418197257.695390

19303620159644.095216

19313096247579.945571

19324172400395.958175

19336318248539.338803

19347841216327.5910004

19358057334041.4511397

19365694558498.0711278

19378465315937.3211624

193810528305929.0613587

193912094299624.7715090

19405826373064.029556

19414815354273.568357

19423250183656.495086

19432862231180.755173

19442144202694.504170

19451707133978.443046

19463145274187.155886

19474312354982.317861

19487115395655.6011071

19499118399443.8013112

195011896310126.0714997

195115232481431.6020046

195213549574542.4019294

195311489662557.6618114

195411200668459.6817884

195513030477636.6517806

195614595408027.9518675

195716837568033.7422517

195818014648536.0024499

195915996681542.6022811

196017536708340.3924619

196120210559627.6925806

196219595629932.1525894

196326926957235.5536498

1964220142168698.5143700

1965236032084588.3244448

1966255931867472.9744267

1967297651474949.5544514

1968286641623356.6344897

1969304972194171.9452438

19702215424265109.5346419

1971296042175773.4951361

19722341533034141.0856449

19731862934695186.2453324

19741830128284154.5546585

19751224430979253.0143223

19761136532829288.8644194

1977964533038342.5442683

19781125033479297.5944729

19791252837902302.5450430

19801471428934196.6443648

19811071132650304.8343361

1982961331286325.4640899

1983922733673364.9442900

1984885337848427.5246701

1985661546004695.4552619

1986710342008591.4149111

1987506340647802.8245710

19881321415263143.5342847

19891844756248644.4444774

19900456850.0045685

19910278380.0027838

Total (1900 to 1991)7839121050509

19920258750.0025875

19930255270.0025527

19940123080.0012308

19950117870.0011787

1996089390.008939

1997075960.007596

1998055830.005583

1999039300.003930

2000039210.003921

2001012830.001283

2002000.000

2003000.000

2004000.000

2005000.000

NODC-OCL XBT

NODC (1991): 704,348 profilesGODAR as of WOD01 (2001): 610,345 profilesOCL

19668738741747

1967400553859390

1968137921287926671

1969152031911634319

1970201832422844411

1971235393406657605

1972254622767753139

1973399381498054918

1974438171103354850

197544943915454097

197640722754648268

1977434411073754178

197843356939252748

197944785788152666

1980360811598252063

1981361151476450879

1982355121774153253

1983299252355953484 300m were added to this count

1984311242294554069 300m were added to this count

1985328773438167258

1986327644019172955

1987275684238269950

1988202363941559651

1989127172945842175

199053707081676186

199106376363763

Total (1966 to 1991)704348610345

199205755157551

199306125761257

199405281152811

199506288262882

199604843848438

199704181041810

199803443234432

199903644936449

200002398823988

2001093199319

1952022

1953000

1954055

1955000

1956000

1957000

1958000

1959000

1960044

196101616

196201515

196306363

196404747

1965765818

NODC-OCL MBT

NMBTOCLNSBTNODC (1991): 1,219,655 profilesGODAR as of WOD01 (2001): 1,148,947 profilesNB: Column H is NMBT+NSBT ; Column I is OCL-(NMBT+NSBT)

19030119030

19040019040

190501419050

190601119060

190701019070

190806019080

190904419090

191004419100

191108819110

191203519120

191304819130

19140219140

19150119150

19160019160

19170119170

19180019180

19190019190

19200019200

19210019210

19220019220

19230119230

19240119240

192501319250

19260419260

19270319270

19280119280

19290419290

19300019300

19310819310

193201519320

193302319330

193402019340

193503919350

193603519360

193709619370

1938011919380

1939010419390

194006019400

1941983101541941019419839171

194217470141942019421746840

1943581417767194301943581411953

194413500369021944019441350023402

194514498411271945019451449826629

1946256023823194601946256021263

1947598928826194701947598922837

1948402530334194801948402526309

1949636336058194901949636329695

195014835503641950019501483535529

195113806502961951019511380636490

195220265613511952019522026541086

195324953593521953019532495334399

195427109529661954019542710925857

19553198645560195538919553237513185

195634241500661956128719563552814538

195744561605801957209819574665913921

195853049701591958237819585542714732

195952915655261959220819595512310403

196054526723671960246719605699315374

196159331770091961293119616226214747

196265464855591962288019626834417215

196365998915621963314719636914522417

196465919891731964354419646946319710

196565438972771965390619656934427933

1966721671069841966401819667618530799

196746351943211967383919675019044131

196834112754601968481319683892536535

196924330607961969523319692956331233

197017285449181970633619702362121297

197111401409741971660119711800222972

19729068435581972718319721625127307

19736937341121973766719731460419508

19747573351331974875119741632418809

197589127446197561801975707120375

19764833356419761203219761251521049

19771873421419771103519771122222992

1978643575019781040319781046725283

19794239695197990451979908730608

19801013112819801613419801623514893

1981632667119811244119811250414167

1982772370419821279119821286810836

1983992522419831208619831218513039 300m were subtracted

19842623982919841305919841332126508 300m were subtracted

19852413561619851261219851285322763

19862614447819861144019861170132777

198704070419871205519871205528649

19888034877198856041988568429193

19890212231989661198966120562

199001870319902419902418679

199108348199108348

Total (1941-1991)12196551148947

199203832199203832

199303676199303676

19940811994081

19950101995010

199600199600

199700199700

199800199800

199905199905

190301

190400

1905014

1906011

1907010

1908060

1909044

1910044

1911088

1912035

1913048

191402

191501

191600

191701

191800

191900

192000

192100

192200

192301

192401

1925013

192604

192703

192801

192904

193000

193108

1932015

1933023

1934020

1935039

1936035

1937096

19380119

19390104

1940060

yearcount.NCTD

NODC

YEARPROFILE

19650

19660

19671436

1968508

19691957

197066

1971457

19721606

19733099

19744183

19752127

19763072

19773796

19785091

19794026

19803351

19816145

19823961

19834147

19844529

19854013

19863578

19872850

19881861

1989569

199023

19910

19920

19930

19940

19950

19960

19970

19980

19990

20000

20010

20020

yearcount.HCTD

OCL

YEARPROFILE

19600

19611

19620

19630

19640

19650

19660

19671526

1968727

19692445

1970559

1971972

19723163

19734983

19747122

19756596

19767883

19778057

19789759

19799264

19808546

198111686

19828664

198310756

198411505

198511265

198612669

198716582

198813262

198913852

199015713

199114062

199217142

199318069

199414737

199513743

19969054

199710897

19988931

19996457

2000340

200126

yearcount.NOSD

NODC

YEARPROFILES

1900171

1901180

1902356

1903878

19041169

19051311

19061517

19071172

19081009

19091283

1910981

19111628

19121126

19131136

19141257

1915345

1916128

1917108

191866

1919483

19201353

19211740

19221932

19232255

19242152

19252750

19262993

19273040

19283182

19293418

19303620

19313096

19324172

19336318

19347841

19358057

19365694

19378465

193810528

193912094

19405826

19414815

19423250

19432862

19442144

19451707

19463145

19474312

19487115

19499118

195011896

195115232

195213549

195311489

195411200

195513030

195614595

195716837

195818014

195915996

196017536

196120210

196219595

196326926

196422014

196523603

196625593

196729765

196828664

196930497

197022154

197129604

197223415

197318629

197418301

197512244

197611365

19779645

197811250

197912528

198014714

198110711

19829613

19839227

19848853

19856615

19867103

19875063

19881321

198918

19900

19910

19920

19930

19940

19950

19960

19970

19980

19990

20000

20010

20020

yearcount.OSD

OCL

YEARPROFILE

17722

17731

17740

17750

17760

17770

17780

17790

17800

17810

17820

17830

17840

17850

17860

17870

17880

17890

17900

17910

17920

17930

17940

17950

17960

17970

17980

17990

18000

18010

18020

18030

180410

18051

18060

18070

18080

18090

18100

18110

18120

18130

18140

18150

18165

181727

18183

18190

18202

18210

18220

18230

18242

182510

182618

182730

182813

18290

18300

18310

18320

18330

18340

18350

18368

183717

183811

183915

18409

184121

18428

18430

18440

18450

18463

184728

18480

18491

18503

18511

18520

18530

18540

18554

18560

18576

185823

18595

18600

18610

1862299

18630

18641798

1865352

18661494

186778

1868791

1869557

1870727

18710

18720

187329

1874131

187585

1876500

1877383

187825

187917

188049

18812

18821

18836

18841

18850

188617

188727

1888128

1889224

189061

189192

189290

1893178

1894184

189541

189646

189718

1898441

1899841

1900941

19011053

19021163

19031825

19041962

19052344

19061607

19072091

19081308

19092282

19102294

19113662

19122532

19132680

19142090

1915693

1916406

1917635

1918714

1919941

19201769

19212269

19222308

19233341

19244276

19254104

19264782

19274510

19285172

19295390

19305216

19315571

19328175

19338803

193410004

193511397

193611278

193711624

193813587

193915090

19409556

19418357

19425086

19435173

19444170

19453046

19465886

19477861

194811071

194913112

195014997

195120046

195219294

195318114

195417884

195517806

195618675

195722517

195824499

195922811

196024619

196125806

196225894

196336498

196443700

196544448

196644267

196744514

196844897

196952438

197046419

197151361

197256449

197353324

197446585

197543223

197644194

197742683

197844729

197950430

198043648

198143361

198240899

198342900

198446701

198552619

198649111

198745710

198842847

198944774

199045685

199127838

199225875

199325527

199412308

199511787

19968939

19977596

19985583

19993930

20003921

20011283

20020

yearcount.XBT

OCL

19522

19530

19545

19550

19560

19570

19580

19590

19604

196116

196215

196363

196447

196518

19661747

19679390

196826671

196934319

197044411

197157605

197253139

197354918

197454850

197554097

197648268

197754178

197852748

197952666

198052063

198150879

198253253

198353464

198454051

198567258

198672955

198769950

198859651

198942175

199076186

199163763

199257551

199361257

199452811

199562882

199648438

199741810

199834432

199936449

200023988

20019319

yearcount.NXBT

196576

1966873

19674005

196813792

196915203

197020183

197123539

197225462

197339938

197443817

197544943

197640722

197743441

197843356

197944785

198036081

198136115

198235512

198329925

198431124

198532877

198632764

198727568

198820236

198912717

19905370

yearcount.MBT

OCL

19031

19040

190514

190611

190710

190860

190944

191044

191188

191235

191348

19142

19151

19160

19171

19180

19190

19200

19210

19220

19231

19241

192513

19264

19273

19281

19294

19300

19318

193215

193323

193420

193539

193635

193796

1938119

1939104

194060

194110154

19427014

194317767

194436902

194541127

194623823

194728826

194830334

194936058

195050364

195150296

195261351

195359352

195452966

195545560

195650066

195760580

195870159

195965526

196072367

196177009

196285559

196391562

196489173

196597277

1966106984

196794321

196875460

196960796

197044918

197140974

197243558

197334112

197435133

197527446

197633564

197734214

197835750

197939695

198031128

198126671

198223704

198325224

198439829

198535616

198644478

198740704

198834877

198921223

199018703

19918348

19923832

19933676

199481

199510

19960

19970

19980

19995

yearcount.NMBT

NODC

1941983

1942174

19435814

194413500

194514498

19462560

19475989

19484025

19496363

195014835

195113806

195220265

195324953

195427109

195531986

195634241

195744561

195853049

195952915

196054526

196159331

196265464

196365998

196465919

196565438

196672167

196746351

196834112

196924330

197017285

197111401

19729068

19736937

19747573

1975891

1976483

1977187

197864

197942

1980101

198163

198277

198399

1984262

1985241

1986261

19870

198880

yearcount.NSBT

1955389

19561287

19572098

19582378

19592208

19602467

19612931

19622880

19633147

19643544

19653906

19664018

19673839

19684813

19695233

19706336

19716601

19727183

19737667

19748751

19756180

197612032

197711035

197810403

19799045

198016134

198112441

198212791

198312106

198413077

198512612

198611440

198712055

19885604

1989661

199024

Building Ocean Profile-Plankton Databases for Climate System Research

Chart1

19701970

19711971

19721972

19731973

1490000400000

19751975

19761976

19771977

19781978

19791979

19801980

19811981

19821982

19831983

19841984

19851985

19861986

19871987

19881988

19891989

19901990

19911991

25351631992

19931993

19941994

44875191283407

19961996

19971997

52851131562995

19991999

20002000

20012001

71200002432985

20032003

20042004

77072132005

20062006

20072007

20082008

Temperature Profiles

Salinity Profiles

Year

# of Profiles (millions)

NODC 1974 1,490,000

NODC 19912,535,163

WOA94 4,487,519

WOD98 5,285,113

WOD017,037,213

WOD04~7,700,000

WOD017,037,213

400,00

1,283,407

1,562,995

2,432,985

Database growth

YearDatabaseTemperature ProfilesSalinity ProfilesFTEsContractors & Visiting ScientistsTotal Budget (K)BaseReimbursablesWOD/GODAR ReimbursablesFY01FY02FY03FY04

1970

1971Normal addition60,000140,000140,000140,000

1972GODAR80,00080,00080,000

1973Argo180,000277,000500,000

1974NODC 19741490000400000400,000497,000720,000

1975(360,000)1/2 for WOD04

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992NODC 19912535163

199312.48$1,007$360$647$647

199412.48$1,499$449$1,050$1,050

1995WOA9444875191,283,40711.49$1,720$620$1,100

199612.48$1,472$550$922

199711.49$1,450$550$900

1998WOD9852851131,562,99511.47$1,547$497$1,050$1,050

199911.44$1,920$520$1,400$840

200010.45$1,925$580$1,345$910

20019.47$2,366$586$1,780$805

2002WOD0171200002,432,9858.47$2,363$613$1,750$1,365

20038.47$1,788$613$1,175$815

2004

2005WOD047707213

2006

2007

2008

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Temperature Profiles

Salinity Profiles

Year

# of Profiles (millions)

WOD017,037,213

WOD04~7,700,000

WOD017,037,213

WOD98 5,285,113

WOA94 4,487,519

NODC 19912,535,163

NODC 1974 1,490,000

2,432,985

1,562,995

1,283,407

400,00

Sheet3

YearFTEsContractorsTotal BudgetBaseReimbursablesWOD/GODAR Reimbursables

199313.43$1,007$360$647$647

199412.43$1,499$449$1,050$1,050

199511.47$1,720$620$1,100

199610.47$1,472$550$922

199710.411$1,450$550$900

199810.46$1,547$497$1,050$1,050

199910.46$1,920$520$1,400$840

200010.44$1,925$580$1,345$910

20018.45$2,366$586$1,780$805

20029.47$2,363$613$1,750$1,365

20038.48$1,788$613$1,175$815

Sheet3

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Total Number of NODC Ocean Climate Laboratory FTEs

Historical and modern chlorophyll data recovered as part of the GODAR and WOD projects128,601 chlorophyll profiles, 44256 surface-only observations

WOD01 Plankton tows

International Ocean Atlas Series, Volume 2

Biological Atlas of the Arctic Seas 2000: Plankton of the Barents and Kara Seas

World Data Center-A for Oceanography

International Ocean Atlas SeriesPartnership with the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.

Important for ecosystem response to climate change, ecosystem modeling.International Ocean Atlas and Information Series, Volume 6Zooplankton of the Arctic Seas 2002

International Ocean Atlas and Information Series36 year Time Series (1963-1998) of Zooplankton, Temperature, and Salinity in the White Sea

Supports:

Ecosystem Response to Climate Change 2) Understanding Climate Variability3) International Polar Year

Time series of ocean heat content (1022J)

Earths Heat Balance (1022 J), 1955-1998

Linear trend of yearly (1956-2000) ocean heat content (1018 J) 0-1500 m

Atlantic- Linear trend (1955-98) of basin zonally-averaged salinity (10-04 year-1)

Atlantic- % variance accounted for by the linear trend (1955-98) of basin zonally averaged salinity

SEAWIFS versus CZCS summer chlorophyll estimateFigure 2. Summer (Jul-Sep) blended chlorophyll (mg m-3) distributions for the SeaWiFS era (1997-2000), the CZCS era (1979-mid-1986), and their difference.

(Gregg and Conkright, 2002, GRL)

SEAWIFS versus CZCS annual primary production estimateFigure 3. Annual primary production (Pg C y-1). (Gregg et al., 2003, GRL)

NODCs Vision - We acquire and preserve the nations oceanographic datawith quality, consistency, and continuity; in a timely and easily accessible way; for the public interest, policy development, economic good of the nation, and the progress of science. We interpret the present in the context of the past for the prediction of the future.National Oceanographic Data CenterNODCs Vision - We acquire and preserve the nations oceanographic datawith quality, consistency, and continuity; in a timely and easily accessible way; for the public interest, policy development, economic good of the nation, and the progress of science. We interpret the present in the context of the past for the prediction of the future.