A multi-decade record of high-quality fCO2 data in version 3 of the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT)

• Published in: Earth System Science Data
• Main Authors: Bakker, DCE, Pfeil, B, Landa, CS, Metzl, N, O'Brien, KM, Olsen, A, Smith, K, Cosca, C, Harasawa, S, Jones, SD, Nakaoka, S, Nojiri, Y, Schuster, U, Steinhoff, T, Sweeney, C, Takahashi, T, Tilbrook, B, Wada, C, Wanninkhof, R, Alin, SR, Balestrini, CF, Barbero, L, Bates, NR, Bianchi, AA, Bonou, F, Boutin, J, Bozec, Y, Burger, EF, Cai, W-J, Castle, RD, Chen, L, Chierici, M, Currie, K, Evans, W, Featherstone, C, Feely, RA, Fransson, A, Goyet, C, Greenwood, N, Gregory, L, Hankin, S, Hardman-Mountford, NJ, Harlay, J, Hauck, J, Hoppema, M, Humphreys, MP, Hunt, CW, Huss, B, Ibánhez, JSP, Johannessen, T
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Marine Sciences; Oceanography; Bakker; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/7306/; http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/7306/1/Bakker_et_al_2016_SOCAT_v3.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-383-2016

The Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) is a synthesis of quality-controlled fCO2 (fugacity of carbon dioxide) values for the global surface oceans and coastal seas with regular updates. Version 3 of SOCAT has 14.7 million fCO2 values from 3646 data sets covering the years 1957 to 2014. This latest vers...