World Ocean Atlas

The World Ocean Atlas (WOA) is a data product of the Ocean Climate Laboratory of the National Centers for Environmental Information (U.S.).^[1] The WOA consists of a climatology of fields of in situ ocean properties for the World Ocean. It was first produced in 1994^[2] (based on the earlier Climatological Atlas of the World Ocean, 1982^[3]), with later editions at roughly four year intervals in 1998, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2018, and 2023.^[4]

^ "ncei.noaa.gov". World Ocean Atlas. 16 June 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
^ "World Ocean Atlas 1994 series". National Oceanographic Data Center. 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
^ Levitus, S. (1982). Climatological Atlas of the World Ocean. NOAA/ERL GFDL Professional Paper 13, Princeton, N.J. p. 173 pp.
^ "World Ocean Atlas". National Oceanographic Data Center. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 2023-01-14.