SOCCOM Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations Dataset

Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM) project data samples the Southern Ocean to assess its influence on global climate. The dataset is produced by a National Science Foundation project and managed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. One platform lists a last update date of March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing pigment concentrations to study phytoplankton communities and primary productivity.
• Examining particulate organic carbon (POC) data to understand the biological carbon pump.
• Correlating ocean temperature and salinity measurements with carbon data for climate modeling.
• Using geospatial sampling data to map biogeochemical properties across the Southern Ocean.

Strengths

• Project is supported by the National Science Foundation and NASA, indicating institutional rigor.
• Includes multiple linked data products (pigment analysis, POC data) for cross-analysis.
• Focuses on the critically important but under-sampled Southern Ocean region.

Limitations

• Core metadata conflicts: row counts, column names, and exact file size are unknown across all platforms.
• License is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' without clear terms.
• Data freshness is unclear as only one platform provides an update date, which is in the future (2026).

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), for the National Science Foundation's SOCCOM project.

Collection Method

Oceanographic sampling from the CLIVAR P16S_2014 research cruise.

Time Range

2014 (inferred from cruise identifier P16S_2014).

Freshness

2026-03-12 21:15:10.013772

Geography

Southern Ocean.