USGODAE Profile Observations

USGODAE Profile Observations - Fixed/drifting buoy, bathy, and PALACE float data via Live Access Server.

PROFILE - Fixed/drifting buoy, bathy, and PALACE float data Observational data from the FNMOC Ocean QC process are posted in near real-time to the USGODAE server. These files contain all of the unclassified in-situ data used to initialize the US Navy NOGAPS model, and all of the climate and background (forecast) values used in the QC process. profile - temperature and salinity climate profiles and climate variability products are now from GDEM 3.0, the Navy standard data base (global, 0.25 deg resolution, monthly files with 76 vertical levels) Format: Binary (Decoder source available online)

Variables
Temperature (°C) and Salinity (psu)
ZonalGlobal by varies
MeridionalGlobal by varies
Vertical  
TemporalNov 2000 to Dec 2004 by varies
Static?no
Volume
Serverpublic:
Sourcehttp://www.usgodae.org/cgi-bin/datalist.pl?summary=Go&dset=fnmoc_obs_profile 
AcquiredAug 28, 2004
APDRC contactJim Potemra
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