NCEP Global Ocean Data Assimilation System (GODAS)

The National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) uses a Global Ocean Data Assimilation System (GODAS) to routinely produce monthly and pentad (5-day) mean global ocean gridded data. The analysis system, that was originally applied only to the tropical Pacific, has evolved to use GFDL MOM v3 model and give near global coverage. Briefly, the model domain specifications are 65N to 75S, 1 degree resolution with 1/3 degree resolution within 10 degree of the equator, 40 levels and 10 meter resolution in the upper 200 meters. These data are a valuable community asset for monitoring different aspects of ocean climate variability.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1980-01-01T0000+00
    End:  2024-10-31T0000+00

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1980-01-01T0000+00
Temporal Range End 2024-10-31T0000+00
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 64.999
Bounding Box South Lat -74.5
Bounding Box West Long -180.0
Bounding Box East Long 180.0
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution 1 degree
Related Links

Related Resource #1 : NCEP Global Ocean Data Assimilation System (GODAS)

Related Resource #2 : CLIVAR/GODAE Meeting on Ocean Synthesis Evaluation, 08/31-09/01,2006

Related Resource #3 : NOAA/ESRL GODAS in netCDF format

Additional Information N/A
Resource Format WMO GRIB1
Standardized Resource Format GRIB
Asset Size 21748.19 MB
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Author National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 2006-07-20
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/ZAHZ-3174
Alternate Identifier d277006
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category oceans
Progress onGoing
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:22:32Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d277006
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce. (2006). NCEP Global Ocean Data Assimilation System (GODAS). NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/ZAHZ-3174. Accessed 13 October 2025.

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