The Ocean Carbon and Acidification Data System

Li-Qing Jiang; Alex Kozyr; John M Relph; Errol I Ronje; Linus Kamb; Eugene Burger; Jonathan Myer; Liem Nguyen; Krisa M Arzayus; Tim Boyer; Scott Cross; Hernan Garcia; Patrick Hogan; Kirsten Larsen; A Rost Parsons

doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02042-0

The Ocean Carbon and Acidification Data System

Sci Data. 2023 Mar 15;10(1):136. doi: 10.1038/s41597-023-02042-0.

Authors

Li-Qing Jiang^{1

2}, Alex Kozyr^{3

4}, John M Relph⁴, Errol I Ronje⁵, Linus Kamb⁶, Eugene Burger⁶, Jonathan Myer⁷, Liem Nguyen⁸, Krisa M Arzayus⁹, Tim Boyer⁴, Scott Cross¹⁰, Hernan Garcia⁴, Patrick Hogan⁵, Kirsten Larsen⁵, A Rost Parsons⁵

Affiliations

¹ Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20740, USA. Liqing.Jiang@noaa.gov.
² NOAA/NESDIS National Centers for Environmental Information, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, USA. Liqing.Jiang@noaa.gov.
³ Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20740, USA.
⁴ NOAA/NESDIS National Centers for Environmental Information, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, USA.
⁵ NOAA/NESDIS National Centers for Environmental Information, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, 39529, USA.
⁶ NOAA/OAR Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington, 98115, USA.
⁷ NOAA/NESDIS National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, North Carolina, 28801, USA.
⁸ Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20740, USA.
⁹ NOAA/NOS Integrated Ocean Observing System, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, USA.
¹⁰ NOAA/NESDIS National Centers for Environmental Information, Charleston, South Carolina, 29412, USA.

Abstract

The Ocean Carbon and Acidification Data System (OCADS) is a data management system at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). It manages a wide range of ocean carbon and acidification data, including chemical, physical, and biological observations collected from research vessels, ships of opportunity, and uncrewed platforms, as well as laboratory experiment results, and model outputs. Additionally, OCADS serves as a repository for related Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) biogeochemistry Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs), e.g., oxygen, nutrients, transient tracers, and stable isotopes. OCADS endeavors to be one of the world's leading providers of ocean carbon and acidification data, information, products, and services. To provide the best data management services to the ocean carbon and acidification research community, OCADS prioritizes adopting a customer-centric approach and gathering knowledge and expertise from the research community to improve its data management practices. OCADS aims to make all ocean carbon and acidification data accessible via a single portal, and welcomes submissions from around the world: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/ocean-carbon-acidification-data-system/.