The CORA 5.2 dataset for global in situ temperature and salinity measurements: data description and validation

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Szekely, Tanguy, Gourrion, Jerome, Pouliquen, Sylvie, Reverdin, Gilles
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus GmbH 2019
• Subjects: Cora; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00595/70726/69005.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00595/70726/69006.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1601-2019; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00595/70726/

We present the Copernicus in situ ocean dataset of temperature and salinity (version 5.2). Ocean subsurface sampling varied widely from 1950 to 2017 as a result of changes in instrument technology and the development of in situ observational networks (in particular, tropical moorings for the Argo pr...