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LEVITUS

LEVITUS: Objectively analyzed fields of major ocean parameters at the annual, seasonal, and monthly time scales; Superceded by LEVITUS94.

Documents

overviewan outline showing sub-datasets of this dataset
dataset documentation
LEVITUS94superceded by LEVITUS 1994

Datasets and variables

ANNUAL LEVITUS ANNUAL[PO4 O2SAT temp O2 NO3 sal SIO2 ]
MONTHLY LEVITUS MONTHLY[temp ]
SEASONAL LEVITUS SEASONAL[temp sal ]

Independent Variables (Grids)

Longitude grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0.5E) to (0.5W) by 1. N= 360 pts :grid
Latitude grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.5S) to (89.5N) by 1. N= 180 pts :grid
Depth grid: /Z (m) ordered [ (0.0) (10.) (20.) (30.) (50.) (75.) (100.) (125.) (150.) (200.) (250.) (300.) (400.) (500.) (600.) (700.) (800.) (900.) (1000.) (1100.) (1200.) (1300.) (1400.) (1500.) (1750.) (2000.) (2500.) (3000.) (3500.) (4000.) (4500.) (5000.) (5500.)] :grid

Other Info

iridl:hasSemantics
iridl:NOAA
iridl:Ocean

References

Levitus, S. E.. Climatological atlas of the world ocean, NOAA Professional Paper 13, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982

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