The South China Sea Physical Oceanographic Dataset

SCSPOD14, a South China Sea physical oceanographic dataset derived from in situ measurements during 1919-2014

Oceanographic data for the South China Sea (SCS) from the World Ocean Database (WOD), Array for Real-time Geostrophic Oceanography (Argo) floats, and observations made by the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO) starting from the 1970s were assemble to produce a SCS Physical Oceanographic Dataset (SCSPOD14). 51,392 validated temperature and salinity profiles collected from these three datasets for the period 1919-2014 were used to produce a gridded dataset of climatological monthly mean temperature, and salinity. Mixed and isothermal layer depth derived from an objective analysis of profiles are also presented.
Comparisons with the World Ocean Atlas (WOA) and IFREMER/LOS Mixed Layer Depth Climatology confirm the reliability of the dataset. This unique dataset offers an invaluable baseline perspective on the thermodynamic processes, spatial and temporal variability of water masses, and basin-scale and mesoscale oceanic structures in the SCS. More information are found in:

Citation:
Zeng, L. et al. SCSPOD14, a South China Sea physical oceanographic dataset derived from in situ measurements during 1919-2014. Sci. Data 3:160029 doi: 10.1038/sdata.2016.29 (2016).
Data citation:
Wang, Dongxiao; Chen, Rongyu; Zeng, Lili; Chen, Ju; Wang, Weiqiang (2016): Data for SCSPOD14, a South China Sea physical oceanographic dataset derived from in situ measurements during 1919-2014. figshare. Collection. http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.1513842

Variables
Temperature [deg C], Salinity, Mixed Layer Depth [m], Barrier Layer Thickness [m], Isothermal Layer Depth [m]
Zonal T/S: 100E to 125E by 0.25 deg
MLD/BLT/ILD: 99.5E to 124E 0.5 deg
Meridional T/S: 0 to 25N by 0.25 deg;
MLD/BLT/ILD: 0 24.5N by 0.5 deg
Vertical T/S: 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 1150 1200 1250 1300 1350 1400 1450 1500  
Temporal Jan to Dec Climatology
Static? yes
Volume T/S: 26m; MLD/BLT/ILD: 120k
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Source https://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201629 
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