Data

Global mean atmospheric CO₂. (txt)

Temperature,salinity and oxygen for 1970: , and 1992. Helm, K. P., N. L. Bindoff, and J. A. Church (2011), Observed decreases in oxygen content of the global ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L23602, doi:10.1029/2011GL049513.

Total carbon and alkalinity, Key et al. (2004), Global Biogeochem. Cycles. 18, GB4031. See also the CDIAC GLODAP website

Anthropogenic carbon , Sabine et al. (2004), Science 305, 367-371.

pCO₂, Bakker et al. (2013) SOCAT v2.

pCO₂ and CO₂ flux, Takahashi et al. (2009), Deep Sea Res. 56, 554-577.

CH₄ (gridded (embargoed), raw data at MEMENTO), Buitenhuis, Suntharalingam and Le Quéré (in preparation).

CFC11, CFC12, and CCl₄ climatologies, time varying CCl₄, Suntharalingam et al. 2019,doi:10.1029/2018GL080612.

CFC11 and CFC12, Willey et al. (2004) doi:10.1029/2003GL018816.

N-cycle data: N₂O (gridded, raw data at MEMENTO), deltapN₂O (gridded, raw data at MEMENTO), nitrification rate (raw, gridded), NH₄ (gridded), Buitenhuis, Suntharalingam and Le Quéré (2018).

The World Ocean Atlas 2009 is available and netCDF files containing annual ,seasonal or monthly means of oxygen, nitrate, phosphate, silicate, temperature and salinity can be directly downloaded.

Dissolved Fe, database of (Tagliabue et al 2012, Biogeosciences). The original database will soon be published on the GEOTRACES web-site

Dissolved Organic Carbon, data from D. Hansell and E. Peltzer compiled by J. Dunne. For units and full data sources see here.

Chlorophyll a, merged SeaWiFS, MODIS and MERIS from ESA OCCCI, binned to 1 degree, daily, monthly, and monthly climatology. Documentation.

SeaWiFS only Chl, monthly and monthly climatology.

Carbon export (interpolated), Schlitzer (2004), J. of Oceanography, 60, 53-62.

primary production Excel file, gridded NetCDF, Buitenhuis, Hashioka and Le Quéré (2013) Global Biogeochem. Cycles 27, 847-858, doi:10.1002/gbc.20074.

MAREDAT special issue in Earth System Science Data (data also available from PANGAEA):

Press release illustrated (2.2 Mb), Text only.

Bacteria: raw data (Excel), gridded (NetCDF, WOA grid), ESSD paper

Coccolithophores:  raw data (Excel), gridded (NetCDF, WOA grid), ESSD paper

Diatoms: raw data (Excel), gridded (NetCDF, WOA grid), ESSD paper

Diazotrophs: raw data (Excel), gridded (NetCDF, WOA grid), ESSD paper

Euthecosomata (calcifying pteropods): raw data (Excel), gridded (NetCDF, WOA grid), BGC paper

Foraminifers: raw data (Excel), gridded (NetCDF, WOA grid), ESSD paper

Macrozooplankton: raw data (Excel), gridded (NetCDF, WOA grid), ESSD paper

Mesozooplankton: raw data (Excel), gridded (NetCDF, WOA grid), ESSD paper

Microzooplankton: raw data (Excel), gridded (NetCDF, WOA grid), ESSD special issue introduction and summary

Phaeocystis:  raw data (Excel), gridded (NetCDF, WOA grid), ESSD paper

Picophytoplankton: raw data (Excel), gridded (NetCDF, WOA grid), ESSD paper

Pteropods: raw data (Excel), gridded (NetCDF, WOA grid), ESSD paper

Phytoplankton accessory pigments: raw data (Excel), gridded (NetCDF, WOA grid), ESSD paper

Technical corner with programs and scripts

Mesozooplankton Data from: Buitenhuis et al. (2006) Biogeochemical fluxes through mesozooplankton. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 20, GB2003. Based on (O'Brien et al. 2002, Finenko et al. 2003, Piontkovski and Landry 2003, Beaugrand et al. 2003). Includes CPR data not included in MAREDAT

Phytoplankton seasonal distribution See Alvain S., C. Moulin, Y. Dandonneau, and H. Loisel. Seasonal distribution and succession of dominant phytoplankton groups in the global ocean: a satellite view (2008) Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 22, GB3001.

Calcifiers

• Data from:Buitenhuis, E.T., C. Le Quéré, N. Bednarsek, R. Schiebel (2019) Large contribution of pteropods to shallow CaCO3 export. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, doi:10.1029/2018GB006110
• Growth and respiration rates of pteropods, coccolithophores and foraminifers
• Flux rate observations (aragonite production and sedimentation)

Coccolithophores

• See under Calcifiers above for more data with less metadata. Coccolithophore growth rates (xls sheet). Data from: Buitenhuis, E.T., T. Pangerc, D. Franklin, C. Le Quéré, G. Malin. Growth rates of six coccolithophorid strains as a function of temperature. Limnology and Oceanography, 53 (3) 1181-1185

Mesozooplankton

• Data from:Buitenhuis, E.T., C. Le Quéré, O. Aumont, G. Beaugrand, A. Bunker, A. Hirst, T. Ikeda, T. O'Brien, S. Piontkovski, D. Straile, 2006. Biogeochemical fluxes through mesozooplankton. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 20, GB2003, doi: 10.1029/2005GB002511
• gross growth efficiency (Straile97)
• growth rate (Hirst03)
• mortality (recalculated from Hirst & Kiørboe 2002), Appendices to Hirst & Kiørboe (2002)
• routine specific respiration (Ikeda85,01) individual data notes
• partitioning between food respiration and dissolved egestion (Steinberg00, Kremer77, Copping80, Small83);
• unassimilated food (as fecal pellets, Besiktepe02);
• cost of swimming (Torres et al. 1982, Torres & Childress 1983, Buskey 1998);

Microzooplankton

• Data from:Buitenhuis, E.T., R. Rivkin, S. Sailley, C. Le Quéré (2010) Biogeochemical fluxes through microzooplankton. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 24, GB4015, doi:10.1029/2009GB003601
• Flux rate observations
• See auxiliary material for simplified dataset with less metadata.

Nanophytoplankton

• Data from:Buitenhuis, E.T., P. Kihiko (subm.) Laboratory experiments on temperature-light interactions in phytoplankton physiology and its effects on phytoplankton distribution in a global biogeochemistry model. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2020GB006591
• growth rates of Chlorella stigmatophora

Changes in export production during different stages of the Last Glacial Cycle.  Excel file Data from: Kohfeld KE; Le Quéré C; Harrison SP; Anderson RF (2005): Role of marine biology in glacial-interglacial CO2 cycles. Science 308, 74-78

UCAR DMS

U.Washington Sea ice thickness, sea ice concentration, snow thickness

de Boyer Montégut et al. Mixed layer depth

See also model physical forcing, dust forcing and initialisation of biology