The World Ocean Database (WOD) is an NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) product and an IODE (International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange) project.
The WOD select retrieval system allows a user to search World Ocean Database and new (quartely updated/added) data using a user-specified search criteria. A distribution map and cast count of these search criteria will give the user the option to have the data extracted and placed on the NODC FTP site in the WOD native, 'csv', and netCDF data formats.
The WOD serach criteria are, amonong others:
- Geographic Coordinates;
- Observation Dates;
- Measured Variables (e.g., Temperature, Salinity, Nutrients);
- Biology;
- Deepest Measurement;
- Country;
- Ship/Platform
- Cruise;
- Institute