Southern Ocean READER

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CTD equipment covered in snow seen here on the deck of a ship

View of Antarctic mountains along the coast showing sea ice. Taken from the ship

Southern Ocean READER is a portal for links to temperature, salinity and ocean current data from the Southern Ocean.

READER: REference Antarctic Data for Environmental Research

Temperature (All) is located under temperature
Temperature with salinity is located on the salinity page
Currents are located on the currents page
On the Extras page there is a table of specific links to the AADCP, and a table of gridded data sets

These are only the datasets that we are currently aware of. If you know of any others that you feel we should include then please Email us

Also if you should encounter any broken links or errors on the website do not hesitate to Email us

This portal is the first phase of Southern Ocean data management to be conducted via the auspices of the SCAR Antarctica in the Global Climate System (AGCS) Scientific Research Programme.

For more information on the Southern Ocean READER project contact:

John Turner

British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, UK CB3 0ET

J.Turner@bas.ac.uk

Last updated 4 October 2006
Photos courtesy of Mike Meredith
Website Designed by E Tomlinson