2000/02/01 by Reiner Schlitzer · 5 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Marine and coastal ecosystems #Marine and fisheries research #Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
paper · doi:10.1029/00eo00028
openalex publication_date 2000/02/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/02
During the last decade, as part of the World Climate Research Programme, the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) produced a global set of hydrographic, nutrient, and tracer data of unprecedented quality and quantity Large parts of this data set are now publicly available and are being used for general oceanographic research and climate studies. However, widespread use of the combined WOCE data set is hampered; the data reside in many separate data files and the file format is complex. To facilitate the use of the global WOCE data set, all data released by the WOCE Hydrographic Programme (WHP) have been compiled into an integrated data set. When used with the Ocean Data View visualization software for Windows, this data set constitutes an “Electronic Atlas of WOCE Data” (eWOCE) that permits graphical display and interactive analysis of the data in many different ways. With extensive interactive controls such as user‐defined plot configuration, zooming, auto‐scaling, color adjustment, and station/sample selection, this electronic atlas complements and surpasses printed atlases that are now in preparation.