https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/5182/KeywordsCommunityGuide_Baseline_v1_SIGNED_FINAL.pdf 23.6 2026-03-19T10:41:57.720Z https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/projects/eab3419f-a0c2-4d55-9500-87ee00600291 WOCE The World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) was a component of theWorld Climate Research Program (WCRP) and remains the most ambitiousoceanographic experiment undertaken to-date.In addition to global observations furnished by satellites,conventional in-situ physical and chemical observations were made bynearly 30 nations in 4 of the worlds oceans. At the same time globalnumerical ocean models were developed to assimilate thesemeasurements. This activity continues (2003).The field phase of the project lasted from 1990-1998 and was followedby Analysis, Interpretation, Modelling and Synthesis activities. This,the AIMS phase of WOCE, officially continued to the end of 2002 withthe tasks to be undertaken described in the WOCE AIMS Strategydocument.The success of WOCE AIMS will have considerable impact on follow onprogrammes;- CLIVAR, a global study of ocean climate variability andpredictability, GODAE, the Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment,ARGO a global array of temperature/salinity profiling floats.Data can be accessed through the World Wide Web from the WOCE DataInformation Unit:'http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/OTHERS/woceipo/ipo.html'