NOCS 2.0: National Oceanography Centre Southampton Surface Flux Climatology (version 2.0)

The National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOCS) Version 2.0 Surface Flux Dataset is a monthly mean gridded dataset of marine surface measurements and derived fluxes constructed using optimal interpolation. Input for the period 1973 to 2006 are ICOADS Release 2.4 ship data, the update from 2007 to 2014 uses ICOADS Release 2.5 and data after 2007 are preliminary. The dataset is presented as a time series of monthly mean values on a 1 degree area grid.

The quality of the gridded data is quantified by estimates of random, bias and total uncertainty. The monthly means were derived from daily estimates of each variable and the standard deviation of these daily values is also available. Please see nocs2_variable_defs document for detailed variable information. Users are advised to take account of the uncertainty estimates provided, and to note that in very poorly sampled regions, such as the Southern Ocean, the uncertainty estimates themselves may be unreliable.



Surface meteorological fields have been adjusted to account for varying measurement heights and for known biases (Berry and Kent 2009, Berry and Kent 2011). Surface fluxes have been calculated from daily fields of the surface meteorological parameters using bulk parameterisations (Reed 1977; Clark et al. 1974; Smith 1980; 1988).



The NOCS v2.0 flux dataset was funded by the Oceans2025 project.

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Date (Publication)
2014-09-22T03:51:07
Date (Creation)
2014-09-22T03:51:07
Citation identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/21b5b970a6844d72afa4b2c551944d9b
Citation identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 21b5b970a6844d72afa4b2c551944d9b
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

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Berry, David I.

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 		Author

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Kent, Elizabeth C.

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Distributor

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

pointofContact

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

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Maintenance and update frequency
Unknown
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Dataset
Keywords

  • SOC

  • NOCS

  • NOC1.1

  • NOC

  • ocean

  • freshwater

  • winstress

  • heat flux

  • air-sea interaction

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • atmospheric conditions
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Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Spatial representation type
Grid
Language
English
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
1973-01-01T00:00:00
End date
2014-12-31T23:59:59
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
Distribution format
Name Version

File format is COARDS compliant netCDF.
Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/21b5b970a6844d72afa4b2c551944d9b

CEDA Data Catalogue Page
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/nocs_flux/data/noc2.0

DOWNLOAD
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/19117/

Josey, S.A. et al., 1998: The Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC) Ocean - Atmosphere, Heat, Momentum and Freshwater Flux Atlas

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://noc.ac.uk/science-technology/earth-ocean-system/atmosphere-ocean/nocs-flux-dataset-archive

NOC1.1 Home page at NOC
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.2059

Berry, D.I. and Kent, E.C., 2011: Air-Sea Fluxes from ICOADS: The Construction of a New Gridded Dataset with Uncertainty Estimates
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/nocs_flux/metadata/nocs2_variable_defs_README.pdf

NOCS2.0 variable definitions
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2008BAMS2639.1

Berry, D.I. and E.C. Kent, 2009: A New Air-Sea Interaction Gridded Dataset From ICOADS with Uncertainty Estimates
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement

Data is provided by NOCS (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton) to the BADC for archiving.

Metadata

File identifier
21b5b970a6844d72afa4b2c551944d9b XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Parent identifier
NOCS (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton) Flux Datasets: marine surface meteorology, freshwater and heat fluxes.

23443335e20d25df00ab67880b10c31c
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2026-03-11T03:06:44
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions


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