The World Ocean Database - historic and recent ocean profile data for oceanography and climate studies

Tim Boyer1, Ricardo A Locarnini2, Melissa Zweng3, Hernan Eduardo Garcia4, James R Reagan5, Christopher Paver6, Alexey V Mishonov7, Igor Smolyar6 and Olga Baranova6, (1)National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (2)NOAA NODC, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (3)NOAA, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (4)NOAA/NODC, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (5)Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites - University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (6)National Centers for Environmental Information (formerly NODC), NESDIS/NOAA, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (7)Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States