Datasets currently available for the Indian Ocean Project:
The priority gives an indication of the quality of the data - mership data is highest quality and therefore gets a priority of "1". Only those data sets already added have a priority indicated. More details about the storage and declaration of priority can be found here.

Mership data (priority=1)- This includes all Ocean Observing Networks Upper Ocean Thermal data from 1983 to present. Data acquisition is on-going but the latest data comes to us via the Bureau of Meteorology which is now handling the operations of the ships and the qc of the data.(priority=2). Since this is the highest quality dataset, it forms the foundation of the IO project.
WOCE data (priority=2)- The Scientifically QC'd data checked by CSIRO (and now JAFOOS) from 1990 to 1996 was the second dataset loaded.
Levitus WOA (priority=7)- The Levitus dataset has been added though a large proportion of the data was already be present. Since it has not been QC'd and does not have cruise informaition it is considered a very low quality dataset.
The next datasets are all considered of similar quality and will be added as time permits. There will be large areas of overlap between these datasets and the ones already included but we expect to find some unique casts so their inclusion is necessary.
NODC data extraction for CSIRO - We commissioned NODC to extract all IO data in their database for us. They only went back to 1900 and this dataset SHOULD be very similar in content to the GODAR dataset but it should have cruise information which could be valuable if it adds to the metadata of casts already included.
Noumea Data (priority=5)- This data has been provided by ORSTOM from their Ships-of-Opportunity program.
GODAR - The data from the GODAR project for UOT data are extensive but should have considerable overlap with the previous three datasets. It should be useful because it should have information on cruise/ship/source of the data which will make some QC easier.
GTSPP - We have a CD from GTSPP but the data on it is unknown at this point. This will be updaed once we get access to its contents.
MEDS - We also have a data with UOT data from MEDS - but, again, we cannot access the disk at present.
JGOFS - This dataset contains profiles from the Arabian Sea area and will be most useful when the entire Indian Ocean is processed. It will therefore not be used in the initial stages of the project. Most valuable will be its inclusion of salinity values, allowing the use of more sophisticated statistical screening methods.
Far Seas Fisheries Data (priority=7)- The Japanese researchers have sent us a CD Rom with extensive data from the world oceans. We have converted these files to Meds-ASCII and are in the process of incorporating these data into the master database. Unfortunately, they are at standard depths and we would prefer higher resolution or inflection point data but they extend data coverage to some areas where data were sparse and so are a welcome addition to our historical archive.
It should also be possible to find data from our Data Centre, particularly CTD data from the area of IX1, for the initial stages of the project. Other sources will also be sought wherever possible.