OAbuddy

The gathering of Ocean and Atmosphere Datasets.

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Here are some commonly used datasets:

• ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1940 to present @ Climate Data Store
  Description | Download | Citation

• ERA-Interim (from 1979-01 to 2019-09) NSF NCAR
  Description | Download | How to cite

• Global Ocean Physics Reanalysis (GLORYS12V1) @ Copernicus Marine Data Store
  Description | Download | Citation | How to cite

• Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (OISST) @ NOAA NCEI
  Description | Download | Citation

• Results of MITgcm on LLC (e.g. LLC4320, LLC2160) @ NASA Data Portal
  Description | Download | Citation

• MODIS Aqua/Terra (L3/L4) @ Ocean Color
  Description | Download | How to cite

• AVHRR Pathfinder SST (1981-2023) @ NOAA NCEI
  Description | Download | Citation

• Global Argo Data Repository @ NOAA NCEI
  Description | Download | How to cite

• Argo data sources @ Argo
  Description | Download | Cition | How to cite

• Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) @ NOAA NCEI
  Description | Download | Citation

• World Ocean Database (WOD) @ NOAA NCEI
  Description | Download | Citation

• World Ocean Atlas (WOA) @ NOAA NCEI
  Description | Download | Citation

• Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) @ NASA GMAO
  Description | Download | How to cite

• NCEP Global Ocean Data Assimilation System (GODAS) @ NOAA NCEP CPC
  Description | Download | How to cite

• Estimated state of ocean for climate research Version:06a (ESTOC) @ JAMSTEC
  Description | Download | How to cite

• SODA: Simple Ocean Data Assimilation @ NSF NCAR
  Description | Download | How to cite

• Global Ocean Ensemble Physics Reanalysis (GOEPR) @ Copernicus Marine Data Store
  Description | Download | Citation | How to cite

• NCEP FNL Operational Model Global Tropospheric Analyses, continuing from July 1999 @ NSF NCAR
  Description | Download | Citation

• GHRSST Level 4 MUR Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (v4.1) (GDS versions 1 and 2) (daily, from 2002-06-01 to 2023-03-15) @ NOAA NCEI
  Description | Download | How to cite

• WAVEWATCH III @ NOAA/NCEP
  Home | GitHub Repo | Description | Data Access | How to cite

• Japanese Reanalysis (JRA-25, DSJRA-55, JRA-55, JRA-3Q) @ 気象庁
  Project Access | JRA-25 | DSJRA-55 | JRA-55 | JRA-3Q

• Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP)
  Description

Other datasets:

• The Global Seamount Database
  Description | Download | Citation

• ETOPO Global Relief Model (ETOPO 2022) @ NOAA NCEI
  Description | Download | How to cite

• Gridded Bathymetry Data @ GEBCO
  Description | Download | Terms of use

• International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) @ NOAA NCEI
  Description | Download | Citation

• TPXO Global Tidal Models @ OSU
  Description | TPXO Web Service | Citation

Note

The information of these dataset is collected and updated manually.

If the link is incorrect, please raise an issue or contact the developer to correct it.

If the link is broken or the dataset has been updated, welcome to raise an issue or contact the developer.

This repository is created and maintained by mhuia and Chen-Huizhong. We welcome accesses to publicly available datasets related to the ocean and atmosphere.
Let's make it easier to access the datasets.

To be collected:

Remote sensing

• MODIS (Terra & Aqua)
• TOPEX/Poseidon
• CMEMS Altimetry Products
• QuikSCAT
• SeaWiFS
• SWOT
• ......

Reanalysis

• NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis
• ORAS5
• ......

Forecast

• GFS (Global Forecast System)
• HYCOM
• CMEMS Global Ocean Forecast
• ......

In-stu observation

• TAO/TRITON / PIRATA / RAMA (for ENSO)
• ......