OACP-Argo-Global

Name: 2000-2015 climatology of the Subtropical Mode Waters and Permanent Pycnocline properties in the World Ocean
Creator: Ifremer/LOPS
License: The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.

Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Acces- sible	Title	Sum- mary	FGDC, ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
data			graph	M		public	2000-2015 climatology of the Subtropical Mode Waters and Permanent Pycnocline properties in the World Ocean		F I M	background			LOPS/Ifremer	OACP-Argo-Global

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Grid
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Comment	String	Global Ocean
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	comment	String	Properties error computed as a Gaussian distance weighted standard error estimates using a decorrelation time-scale of 3 months to compute the number of independant observations.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Conventions	String	CF-1.6, COARDS, ACDD-1.3
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Conventions_help	String	http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.6/cf-conventions.html
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	CreatedBy	String	charlene
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	CreationDate	String	2018/12/07 07:48:33
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_name	String	Ifremer/LOPS
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_type	String	institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_url	String	https://wwz.ifremer.fr/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	description	String	Maps of properties from OAC-P estimates. Thermohaline computing using gsw oceanographic toolbox
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Easternmost_Easting	double	129.844
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_max	double	64.358
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_min	double	-61.642
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_resolution	double	1.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_units	String	degrees_north
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_max	double	129.844
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_min	double	-242.156
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_resolution	double	1.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_units	String	degrees_east
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	history	String	OAC-P v1.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://doi.org/10.17882/56503
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	LOPS/Ifremer
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	2000-2015, absolute, bottom, brunt, brunt-vaisala, climatology, conservative, data, density, depth, direction, earth, Earth Science > Oceans >\n\t\tSalinity/Density > Density, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature >\n\t\tPotential Temperature, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Speed/Direction, Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity, error, estimate, exploitation, francais, frequency, global, GLOBAL/latitude, GLOBAL/longitude, GLOBAL/MWABSAL, GLOBAL/MWBFRQ, GLOBAL/MWCONSTEMP, GLOBAL/MWD, GLOBAL/MWH, GLOBAL/MWPLPV, GLOBAL/MWPOTTEMP, GLOBAL/MWPSAL, GLOBAL/MWSIG0, GLOBAL/MWTEMP, GLOBAL/PPABSAL, GLOBAL/PPBFRQ, GLOBAL/PPCONSTEMP, GLOBAL/PPD, GLOBAL/PPD_er, GLOBAL/PPH, GLOBAL/PPH_er, GLOBAL/PPHBTO, GLOBAL/PPHBTO_er, GLOBAL/PPHTOP, GLOBAL/PPHTOP_er, GLOBAL/PPPLPV, GLOBAL/PPPOTTEMP, GLOBAL/PPPSAL, GLOBAL/PPSIG0, GLOBAL/PPTEMP, ifremer, institut, lops, mer, mode, ocean, oceans, permanent, planetary, potential, pour, practical, properties, pycnocline, recherche, referenced, salinity, science, sea, sea_surface_wave_to_direction, sea_water_absolute_salinity, sea_water_density, sea_water_potential_temperature, sea_water_practical_salinity, sea_water_temperature, seawater, speed, squared, surface, temperature, thickness, top, total, vaisala, vorticity, water, wave, waves
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords_vocabulary	String	GCMD Science Keywords
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	long_title	String	Global permanent pycnocline mapped properties from Argo profile OAC-P estimate
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	method	String	Permanent pycnocline properties mapped on to a regular 0.5x0.5 grid using a Gaussian weighted mean. Grid point mapping was limited to a 0.5 degree radius disk containing at least 4 points values.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Northernmost_Northing	double	64.358
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	references	String	C. Feucher, G. Maze, and H. Mercier, 2018: Subtropical Mode Waters and Permanent Pycnocline properties in the World Ocean. JGR: Oceans.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	source	String	OAC-P v1.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	(local files)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Southernmost_Northing	double	-61.642
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	standard_name_vocabulary	String	CF Standard Name Table v29
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	Maps of properties from OAC-P estimates. Thermohaline computing using gsw oceanographic toolbox
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	2000-2015 climatology of the Subtropical Mode Waters and Permanent Pycnocline properties in the World Ocean
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	version	String	1.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Westernmost_Easting	double	-242.156
dimension	latitude		double	nValues=127, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=1.0
attribute	latitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lat
attribute	latitude	actual_range	double	-61.642, 64.358
attribute	latitude	axis	String	Y
attribute	latitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	latitude	long_name	String	Latitude
attribute	latitude	source_name	String	GLOBAL/latitude
attribute	latitude	standard_name	String	latitude
attribute	latitude	units	String	degrees_north
attribute	latitude	valid_max	double	64.358
attribute	latitude	valid_min	double	-61.642
dimension	longitude		double	nValues=373, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=1.0
attribute	longitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lon
attribute	longitude	actual_range	double	-242.156, 129.844
attribute	longitude	axis	String	X
attribute	longitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	longitude	long_name	String	Longitude
attribute	longitude	source_name	String	GLOBAL/longitude
attribute	longitude	standard_name	String	longitude
attribute	longitude	units	String	degrees_east
attribute	longitude	valid_max	double	129.844
attribute	longitude	valid_min	double	-242.156
variable	GLOBAL_PPD		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_PPD	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPD	colorBarMaximum	double	-128.161385761
attribute	GLOBAL_PPD	colorBarMinimum	double	-981.486749919
attribute	GLOBAL_PPD	long_name	String	Permanent pycnocline depth
attribute	GLOBAL_PPD	units	String	m
variable	GLOBAL_PPD_er		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_PPD_er	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPD_er	colorBarMaximum	double	50.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPD_er	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPD_er	long_name	String	Error of the permanent pycnocline depth estimate
attribute	GLOBAL_PPD_er	units	String	m
variable	GLOBAL_PPH		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_PPH	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPH	colorBarMaximum	double	582.919181474
attribute	GLOBAL_PPH	colorBarMinimum	double	53.5723938716
attribute	GLOBAL_PPH	long_name	String	Permanent pycnocline total thickness
attribute	GLOBAL_PPH	units	String	m
variable	GLOBAL_PPH_er		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_PPH_er	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPH_er	colorBarMaximum	double	50.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPH_er	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPH_er	long_name	String	Error of the permanent pycnocline total thickness estimate
attribute	GLOBAL_PPH_er	units	String	m
variable	GLOBAL_PPHTOP		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHTOP	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHTOP	colorBarMaximum	double	269.081255994
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHTOP	colorBarMinimum	double	26.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHTOP	long_name	String	Permanent pycnocline top thickness
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHTOP	units	String	m
variable	GLOBAL_PPHTOP_er		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHTOP_er	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHTOP_er	colorBarMaximum	double	50.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHTOP_er	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHTOP_er	long_name	String	Error of the permanent pycnocline top thickness estimate
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHTOP_er	unDits	String	m
variable	GLOBAL_PPHBTO		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHBTO	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHBTO	colorBarMaximum	double	541.67363577
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHBTO	colorBarMinimum	double	20.6315167788
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHBTO	long_name	String	Permanent pycnocline bottom thickness
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHBTO	units	String	m
variable	GLOBAL_PPHBTO_er		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHBTO_er	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHBTO_er	colorBarMaximum	double	50.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHBTO_er	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHBTO_er	long_name	String	Error of the permanent pycnocline bottom thickness estimate
attribute	GLOBAL_PPHBTO_er	units	String	m
variable	GLOBAL_PPTEMP		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_PPTEMP	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPTEMP	colorBarMaximum	double	40.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPTEMP	colorBarMinimum	double	-10.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPTEMP	long_name	String	Temperature at the depth of the permanent pycnocline
attribute	GLOBAL_PPTEMP	units	String	deg C
variable	GLOBAL_PPPOTTEMP		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_PPPOTTEMP	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPPOTTEMP	colorBarMaximum	double	40.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPPOTTEMP	colorBarMinimum	double	-10.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPPOTTEMP	long_name	String	Potential temperature at the depth of the permanent pycnocline (referenced to the surface)
attribute	GLOBAL_PPPOTTEMP	units	String	deg C
variable	GLOBAL_PPCONSTEMP		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_PPCONSTEMP	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPCONSTEMP	colorBarMaximum	double	40.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPCONSTEMP	colorBarMinimum	double	-10.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPCONSTEMP	long_name	String	Conservative temperature at the depth of the permanent pycnocline
attribute	GLOBAL_PPCONSTEMP	units	String	deg C
variable	GLOBAL_PPPSAL		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_PPPSAL	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPPSAL	colorBarMaximum	double	37.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPPSAL	colorBarMinimum	double	32.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPPSAL	long_name	String	Practical salinity at the depth of the permanent pycnocline
attribute	GLOBAL_PPPSAL	standard_name	String	sea_water_practical_salinity
attribute	GLOBAL_PPPSAL	units	String	PSU
variable	GLOBAL_PPABSAL		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_PPABSAL	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPABSAL	colorBarMaximum	double	37.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPABSAL	colorBarMinimum	double	32.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPABSAL	long_name	String	Absolute salinity at the depth of the permanent pycnocline
attribute	GLOBAL_PPABSAL	standard_name	String	sea_water_absolute_salinity
attribute	GLOBAL_PPABSAL	units	String	g/kg
variable	GLOBAL_PPSIG0		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_PPSIG0	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPSIG0	colorBarMaximum	double	27.6025463077
attribute	GLOBAL_PPSIG0	colorBarMinimum	double	25.0591358346
attribute	GLOBAL_PPSIG0	long_name	String	Potential density referenced to the surface at the depth of the permanent pycnocline
variable	GLOBAL_PPPLPV		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_PPPLPV	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPPLPV	colorBarMaximum	double	1.10154048247E-9
attribute	GLOBAL_PPPLPV	colorBarMinimum	double	-8.0798795865E-10
attribute	GLOBAL_PPPLPV	long_name	String	Planetary potential vorticity at the depth of the permanent pycnocline
attribute	GLOBAL_PPPLPV	units	String	m^-1 s^-1
variable	GLOBAL_PPBFRQ		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_PPBFRQ	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_PPBFRQ	colorBarMaximum	double	1.79511131281E-4
attribute	GLOBAL_PPBFRQ	colorBarMinimum	double	5.69752586727E-6
attribute	GLOBAL_PPBFRQ	long_name	String	Brunt-Vaisala frequency squared at the depth of the permanent pycnocline
attribute	GLOBAL_PPBFRQ	units	String	s^-2
variable	GLOBAL_MWD		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_MWD	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWD	colorBarMaximum	double	360.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWD	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWD	long_name	String	Mode water depth
attribute	GLOBAL_MWD	standard_name	String	sea_surface_wave_to_direction
attribute	GLOBAL_MWD	units	String	m
variable	GLOBAL_MWH		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_MWH	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWH	colorBarMaximum	double	853.194419482
attribute	GLOBAL_MWH	colorBarMinimum	double	22.6363890836
attribute	GLOBAL_MWH	long_name	String	Mode water thickness
attribute	GLOBAL_MWH	units	String	m
variable	GLOBAL_MWTEMP		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_MWTEMP	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWTEMP	colorBarMaximum	double	32.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWTEMP	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWTEMP	long_name	String	Temperature at the depth of the mode water
attribute	GLOBAL_MWTEMP	standard_name	String	sea_water_temperature
attribute	GLOBAL_MWTEMP	units	String	deg C
variable	GLOBAL_MWPOTTEMP		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_MWPOTTEMP	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWPOTTEMP	colorBarMaximum	double	32.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWPOTTEMP	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWPOTTEMP	long_name	String	Potential temperature at the depth of the mode water (referenced to the surface)
attribute	GLOBAL_MWPOTTEMP	standard_name	String	sea_water_potential_temperature
attribute	GLOBAL_MWPOTTEMP	units	String	deg C
variable	GLOBAL_MWCONSTEMP		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_MWCONSTEMP	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWCONSTEMP	colorBarMaximum	double	32.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWCONSTEMP	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWCONSTEMP	long_name	String	Conservative temperature at the depth of the mode water
attribute	GLOBAL_MWCONSTEMP	standard_name	String	sea_water_temperature
attribute	GLOBAL_MWCONSTEMP	units	String	deg C
variable	GLOBAL_MWPSAL		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_MWPSAL	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWPSAL	colorBarMaximum	double	37.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWPSAL	colorBarMinimum	double	32.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWPSAL	long_name	String	Practical salinity at the depth of the mode water
attribute	GLOBAL_MWPSAL	standard_name	String	sea_water_practical_salinity
attribute	GLOBAL_MWPSAL	units	String	PSU
variable	GLOBAL_MWABSAL		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_MWABSAL	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWABSAL	colorBarMaximum	double	37.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWABSAL	colorBarMinimum	double	32.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWABSAL	long_name	String	Absolute salinity at the depth of the mode water
attribute	GLOBAL_MWABSAL	standard_name	String	sea_water_absolute_salinity
attribute	GLOBAL_MWABSAL	units	String	g/kg
variable	GLOBAL_MWSIG0		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_MWSIG0	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWSIG0	colorBarMaximum	double	28.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWSIG0	colorBarMinimum	double	20.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWSIG0	long_name	String	Potential density referenced to the surface at the depth of the mode water
attribute	GLOBAL_MWSIG0	standard_name	String	sea_water_density
variable	GLOBAL_MWPLPV		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_MWPLPV	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWPLPV	colorBarMaximum	double	3.86747051361E-10
attribute	GLOBAL_MWPLPV	colorBarMinimum	double	-3.35911542005E-10
attribute	GLOBAL_MWPLPV	long_name	String	Planetary potential vorticity at the depth of the mode water
attribute	GLOBAL_MWPLPV	units	String	m^-1 s^-1
variable	GLOBAL_MWBFRQ		double	latitude, longitude
attribute	GLOBAL_MWBFRQ	_FillValue	double	-9999.0
attribute	GLOBAL_MWBFRQ	colorBarMaximum	double	8.68059429189E-5
attribute	GLOBAL_MWBFRQ	colorBarMinimum	double	1.01318300346E-6
attribute	GLOBAL_MWBFRQ	long_name	String	Brunt-Vaisala frequency squared at the depth of the mode water
attribute	GLOBAL_MWBFRQ	units	String	s^-2

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