A multi-decade record of high-quality fCO(2) data in version 3 of the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT)

Type Article
Date 2016-09
Language English
Author(s) Bakker Dorothee C. E.1, Pfeil Benjamin2, 3, Landa Camilla S.2, 3, Metzl Nicolas4, O'Brien Kevin M.5, 6, Olsen AreORCID2, 3, Smith Karl5, 6, Cosca Cathy, Harasawa Sumiko7, Jones Stephen D.2, 3, Nakaoka Shin-Ichiro7, Nojiri YukihiroORCID7, Schuster Ute8, Steinhoff Tobias9, Sweeney Colm10, 11, Takahashi Taro12, Tilbrook BronteORCID13, 14, Wada Chisato7, Wanninkhof Rik15, Alin Simone R.5, Balestrini Carlos F.16, Barbero LeticiaORCID15, 17, Bates Nicholas R.18, 19, Bianchi Alejandro A.16, Bonou Frederic20, Boutin Jacqueline4, Bozec Yann21, Burger Eugene F.5, Cai Wei-Jun22, Castle Robert D.15, Chen Liqi23, 24, Chierici Melissa25, 26, Currie Kim27, Evans Wiley28, 29, Featherstone Charles15, Feely Richard A.5, Fransson Agneta30, Goyet Catherine31, 32, Greenwood Naomi33, Gregor Luke34, Hankin Steven6, Hardman-Mountford Nick J.35, Harlay Jerome36, Hauck Judith37, Hoppema Mario37, Humphreys Matthew P.19, Hunt Christopherw.38, Huss Betty15, Ibanhez J. Severino P.20, 39, Johannessen Truls2, 40, Keeling Ralph41, Kitidis Vassilis42, Koertzinger Arne9, Kozyr Alex43, Krasakopoulou Evangelia44, Kuwata Akira45, Landschuetzer Peter46, Lauvset Siv K.2, Lefevre Nathalie4, Lo Monaco Claire4, Manke Ansley5, Mathis Jeremy T.5, Merlivat Liliane4, Millero Frank J.47, Monteiro Pedro M. S.34, Munro David R.48, 49, Murata Akihiko50, Newberger Timothy10, 11, Omar Abdirahman M.2, Ono Tsuneo51, Paterson Kristina13, Pearce David33, Pierrot DenisORCID15, 17, Robbins Lisa L.52, Saito Shu53, Salisbury Joe38, Schlitzer Reiner, Schneider Bernd54, Schweitzer Roland55, Sieger Rainer37, Skjelvan Ingunn2, 40, Sullivan Kevin F.15, 17, Sutherland Stewart C.12, Sutton Adrienne J.5, 6, Tadokoro Kazuaki45, Telszewski Maciej56, Tuma Matthias57, Van Heuven Steven M. A. C. .58, Vandemark Doug38, Ward Brian59, 60, Watson Andrew J.8, Xu Suqing23
Affiliation(s) 1 : Univ East Anglia, Sch Environm Sci, Ctr Ocean & Atmospher Sci, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England.
2 : Univ Bergen, Geophys Inst, N-5020 Bergen, Norway.
3 : Bjerknes Ctr Climate Res, N-5007 Bergen, Norway.
4 : Univ Paris 06, Sorbonne Univ, CNRS, IRD,MNHN,LOCEAN IPSL Lab, F-75005 Paris, France.
5 : NOAA, Pacific Marine Environm Lab, 7600 Sand Point Way Ne, Seattle, WA 98115 USA.
6 : Univ Washington, Joint Inst Study Atmosphere & Oceans, Seattle, WA 98105 USA.
7 : Natl Inst Environm Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058506, Japan.
8 : Univ Exeter, Coll Life & Environm Sci, Exeter EX4 4QE, Devon, England.
9 : GEOMAR Helmholtz Ctr Ocean Res Kiel, D-24105 Kiel, Germany.
10 : Univ Colorado, Cooperat Inst Res Environm Sci, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.
11 : NOAA, Earth Syst Res Lab, Boulder, CO 80305 USA.
12 : Columbia Univ, Lamont Doherty Earth Observ, Palisades, NY 10964 USA.
13 : CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia.
14 : Univ Tasmania, Antarctic Climate & Ecosyst Cooperat Res Ctr, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia.
15 : NOAA, Atlantic Oceanog & Meteorol Lab, Miami, FL 33149 USA.
16 : Serv Hidrog Naval, Dept Oceanog, C1270ABV, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina.
17 : Univ Miami, Rosenstiel Sch Marine & Atmospher Sci, Cooperat Inst Marine & Atmospher Studies, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149 USA.
18 : Bermuda Inst Ocean Sci, GE01, Ferry Reach, St Georges, Bermuda.
19 : Univ Southampton, Ocean & Earth Sci, Southampton SO14 3ZH, Hants, England.
20 : Univ Fed Pernambuco, Ctr Estudos & Ensaios Risco & Modelagem Ambienta, BR-50740550 Recife, PE, Brazil.
21 : Univ Paris 06, Sorbonne Univ, Adaptat & Divers Milieu Marin UMR7144, Stn Biol Roscoff,CNRS, F-29680 Roscoff, France.
22 : Univ Delaware, Sch Marine Sci & Policy, Newark, DE 19716 USA.
23 : State Ocean Adm, Inst Oceanog 3, Key Lab Global Change & Marine Atmospher Chem, Xiamen 361005, Peoples R China.
24 : Chinese Arct & Antarct Adm, Beijing 100860, Peoples R China.
25 : Inst Marine Res, N-9294 Tromso, Norway.
26 : Univ Gothenburg, Dept Marine Sci, S-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden.
27 : Natl Inst Water & Atmospher Res, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
28 : Univ Alaska Fairbanks, Ocean Acidificat Res Ctr, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA.
29 : Hakai Inst, Calver Isl, BC V0P 1H0, Canada.
30 : Norwegian Polar Res Inst, Fram Ctr, N-9296 Tromso, Norway.
31 : Univ Perpignan, IMAGES ESPACE DEV, F-66860 Perpignan, France.
32 : Maison Teledetect, UMR ESPACE DEV, F-34000 Montpellier, France.
33 : Ctr Environm Fisheries & Aquaculture Sci, Lowestoft NR33 0HT, Suffolk, England.
34 : CSIR CHPC, Ocean Syst & Climate, ZA-7700 Cape Town, South Africa.
35 : CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Floreat, WA 6014, Australia.
36 : Univ Hawaii Manoa, Dept Oceanog, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA.
37 : Alfred Wegener Inst Helmholtz Ctr Polar & Marine, D-27515 Bremerhaven, Germany.
38 : Univ New Hampshire, Ocean Proc Anal Lab, Durham, NH 03824 USA.
39 : IRD, BR-71640230 Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
40 : Bjerknes Ctr Climate Res, Uni Res Climate, N-5007 Bergen, Norway.
41 : Univ Calif San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093 USA.
42 : Plymouth Marine Lab, Plymouth PL1 3DH, Devon, England.
43 : Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Div Environm Sci, Carbon Dioxide Informat Anal Ctr, POB 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA.
44 : Univ Aegean, Dept Marine Sci, Mitilini 81100, Lesvos, Greece.
45 : Japan Fisheries Res & Educ Agcy, Tohoku Natl Fisheries Res Inst, Shiogama, Miyagi 9850001, Japan.
46 : Max Planck Inst Meteorol, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany.
47 : Univ Miami, Rosenstiel Sch Marine & Atmospher Sci, Dept Ocean Sci, Miami, FL 33149 USA.
48 : Univ Colorado, Dept Atmospher & Ocean Sci, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.
49 : Univ Colorado, Inst Arct & Alpine Res, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.
50 : Japan Agcy Marine Earth Sci & Technol, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 2370061, Japan.
51 : Japan Fisheries Res & Educ Agcy, Natl Res Inst Fisheries Sci, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2368648, Japan.
52 : US Geol Survey, St Petersburg, FL 33701 USA.
53 : Japan Meteorol Agcy, Global Environm & Marine Dept, Marine Div, Tokyo 1008122, Japan.
54 : Leibniz Inst Balt Sea Res, D-18119 Rostock, Warnemunde, Germany.
55 : Weathertop Consulting LLC, College Stn, TX 77845 USA.
56 : Polish Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Int Ocean Carbon Coordinat Project, PL-81712 Sopot, Poland.
57 : World Meteorol Org, WCRP Joint Planning Staff, CH-1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland.
58 : Royal Netherlands Inst Sea Res, NL-1797 SZ T Horntje, Texel, Netherlands.
59 : Natl Univ Ireland, AirSea Lab, Ryan Inst, Galway, Ireland.
60 : Natl Univ Ireland, AirSea Lab, Sch Phys, Galway, Ireland.
Source Earth System Science Data (1866-3508) (Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh), 2016-09 , Vol. 8 , N. 2 , P. 383-413
DOI 10.5194/essd-8-383-2016
WOS© Times Cited 391
Abstract

The Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) is a synthesis of quality-controlled fCO(2) (fugacity of carbon dioxide) values for the global surface oceans and coastal seas with regular updates. Version 3 of SOCAT has 14.7 million fCO(2) values from 3646 data sets covering the years 1957 to 2014. This latest version has an additional 4.6 million fCO(2) values relative to version 2 and extends the record from 2011 to 2014. Version 3 also significantly increases the data availability for 2005 to 2013. SOCAT has an average of approximately 1.2 million surface water fCO(2) values per year for the years 2006 to 2012. Quality and documentation of the data has improved. A new feature is the data set quality control (QC) flag of E for data from alternative sensors and platforms. The accuracy of surface water fCO(2) has been defined for all data set QC flags. Automated range checking has been carried out for all data sets during their upload into SOCAT. The upgrade of the interactive Data Set Viewer (previously known as the Cruise Data Viewer) allows better interrogation of the SOCAT data collection and rapid creation of high-quality figures for scientific presentations. Automated data upload has been launched for version 4 and will enable more frequent SOCAT releases in the future. High-profile scientific applications of SOCAT include quantification of the ocean sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide and its long-term variation, detection of ocean acidification, as well as evaluation of coupled-climate and ocean-only biogeochemical models. Users of SOCAT data products are urged to acknowledge the contribution of data providers, as stated in the SOCAT Fair Data Use Statement. This ESSD (Earth System Science Data) "living data" publication documents the methods and data sets used for the assembly of this new version of the SOCAT data collection and compares these with those used for earlier versions of the data collection (Pfeil et al., 2013; Sabine et al., 2013; Bakker et al., 2014).Individual data set files, included in the synthesis product, can be downloaded here: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.849770. The gridded products are available here: doi: 10.3334/CDIAC/OTG.SOCAT_V3_GRID.
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Bakker Dorothee C. E., Pfeil Benjamin, Landa Camilla S., Metzl Nicolas, O'Brien Kevin M., Olsen Are, Smith Karl, Cosca Cathy, Harasawa Sumiko, Jones Stephen D., Nakaoka Shin-Ichiro, Nojiri Yukihiro, Schuster Ute, Steinhoff Tobias, Sweeney Colm, Takahashi Taro, Tilbrook Bronte, Wada Chisato, Wanninkhof Rik, Alin Simone R., Balestrini Carlos F., Barbero Leticia, Bates Nicholas R., Bianchi Alejandro A., Bonou Frederic, Boutin Jacqueline, Bozec Yann, Burger Eugene F., Cai Wei-Jun, Castle Robert D., Chen Liqi, Chierici Melissa, Currie Kim, Evans Wiley, Featherstone Charles, Feely Richard A., Fransson Agneta, Goyet Catherine, Greenwood Naomi, Gregor Luke, Hankin Steven, Hardman-Mountford Nick J., Harlay Jerome, Hauck Judith, Hoppema Mario, Humphreys Matthew P., Hunt Christopherw., Huss Betty, Ibanhez J. Severino P., Johannessen Truls, Keeling Ralph, Kitidis Vassilis, Koertzinger Arne, Kozyr Alex, Krasakopoulou Evangelia, Kuwata Akira, Landschuetzer Peter, Lauvset Siv K., Lefevre Nathalie, Lo Monaco Claire, Manke Ansley, Mathis Jeremy T., Merlivat Liliane, Millero Frank J., Monteiro Pedro M. S., Munro David R., Murata Akihiko, Newberger Timothy, Omar Abdirahman M., Ono Tsuneo, Paterson Kristina, Pearce David, Pierrot Denis, Robbins Lisa L., Saito Shu, Salisbury Joe, Schlitzer Reiner, Schneider Bernd, Schweitzer Roland, Sieger Rainer, Skjelvan Ingunn, Sullivan Kevin F., Sutherland Stewart C., Sutton Adrienne J., Tadokoro Kazuaki, Telszewski Maciej, Tuma Matthias, Van Heuven Steven M. A. C. ., Vandemark Doug, Ward Brian, Watson Andrew J., Xu Suqing (2016). A multi-decade record of high-quality fCO(2) data in version 3 of the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT). Earth System Science Data, 8(2), 383-413. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-383-2016 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00383/49405/