WOCE-Argo Global Hydrographic Climatology (WAGHC Version 1.0)

doi:10.1594/WDCC/WAGHC_V1.0

Gouretski, Viktor

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Summary
The WOCE/ARGO Global Hydrographic Climatology (WAGHC) is concieved as the update of the previous WOCE Global Hydrographic Climatology (WGHC) (Gouretski and Koltermann, 2004).
The following improvements have been made compared to the WGHC:
2) finer spatial resolution (0.25 degrees Lat/Lon compared to 0.5 degrees for WGHC);
3) finer vertical resolution (65 compared to 45 WGHC standard levels);
4) monthly temporal resolution compared to the all-data-mean WGHC parameters;
5) narrower overall time period;
6) calculation of the mean year corresponding to the optimally interpolated temperature and salinity values;
7) depth of the upper mixed layer.

Similar to the WGHC the optimal spatial interpolation is performed on the local isopycnal surfaces. This approach diminishes the production of the artificial water masses. In addition to the isopycnally interpolated parameters parameter values interpolated on the isobaric levels are also provided.
The monthly gridded vertical profiles extend to the depth of 1898 m, below only annual mean parameter values are available.
Additionally, there is a dataset and a map available providing indexes for selected regions of the world ocean.
Finally, the comparison with the last update of the NOAA World Ocean Atlas (Locarnini et al, 2013) was done.
Project
WAGHC (WOCE-Argo Global Hydrographic Climatology)
Contact
Remon Sadikni (
 remon.sadikni@nulluni-hamburg.de
)
Location(s)
World
Spatial Coverage
Longitude 0 to 360 Latitude -79.75 to 90 Altitude: -6500 m to 0 m
Temporal Coverage
1985-01-01 to 2016-12-31 (calendrical)
Use constraints
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Data Catalog
World Data Center for Climate
Size
51.47 GiB (55266008429 Byte)
Format
NetCDF
Status
completely archived
Creation Date
Future Review Date
2027-12-16
Cite as
Gouretski, Viktor (2018). WOCE-Argo Global Hydrographic Climatology (WAGHC Version 1.0). World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. https://doi.org/10.1594/WDCC/WAGHC_V1.0

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Description
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Description
Summary:
Findable: 6 of 7 level;
Accessible: 2 of 3 level;
Interoperable: 3 of 4 level;
Reusable: 5 of 10 level
Method
F-UJI online v2.2.1 automated
Method Description
Checks performed by WDCC. Metrics documentation: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4081213 Metric Version: metrics_v0.5
Method Url
Result Date
2022-12-06
Result Date
2018-02-14
Description
1. Number of data sets is correct and > 0: passed;
2. Size of every data set is > 0: passed;
3. The data sets and corresponding metadata are accessible: passed;
4. The data sizes are controlled and correct: passed;
5. The temporal coverage description (metadata) is consistent to the data: passed;
6. The format is correct: passed;
7. Variable description and data are consistent: passed
Method
WDCC-TQA checklist
Method Description
Checks performed by WDCC. The list of TQA metrics are documented in the 'WDCC User Guide for Data Publication' Chapter 8.1.1
Method Url
Result Date
2018-02-14
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Is documented by

[1] Locarnini, R. A.; Mishonov, A. V.; Antonov, J. I.; Boyer, T.P.; Garcia, H. E.; Baranova, O. K.; Zweng, M. M.; Paver, C. R.; Reagan, J. R.; Johnson, D. R.; Hamilton M.; Seidov, D. (2013). World Ocean Database 2013 Volume 1: Temperature. https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/woa/WOA13/DOC/woa13_vol1.pdf

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Details for selected entry
[Entry acronym: WAGHC_V1.0] [Entry id: 3584749]