Global Oceanographic Data Set Atlas

Samuels and Cox (GFDL) took 15 commonly used data sets for ocean models and put them on a uniform 1 by 1 degree grid. Original data sources include Levitus, Hellerman, Esbensen and Kushnir to name just a few.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1854
    End:  1979

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1854
Temporal Range End 1979
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format ASCII
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 39.03 MB
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Author Samuels, Bonita L.
Cox, Michael
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1988-01-21
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Not Assigned
Alternate Identifier d279000
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category oceans
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:22:39Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d279000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Samuels, Bonita L., Cox, Michael. (1988). Global Oceanographic Data Set Atlas. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d279000. Accessed 12 October 2025.

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