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+CORA
+Euro-Argo
+SeaDataNet
+World Ocean Database
+
+## CORA
+
+CORA: Coriolis Ocean database for ReAnalysis
+
+
+
+### Data sources
+
+  Argo GDAC 
+- French research ships
+- GTS flow
+- GTSPP
+- GOSUD GDAC
+- MEDS
+- voluntary observing and merchants ships
+- moorings (TAO-TRITON-PIRATA-RAMA plus coastal moorings)
+- World Ocean Database (not in real time and for CTD only)
+
+#### Argo
+
+- https://argo.ucsd.edu/data/data-from-gdacs/
+- https://www.seanoe.org/data/00311/42182/
+
+Data download: https://data-argo.ifremer.fr/
+
+
+
+### Documentation
+https://catalogue.marine.copernicus.eu/documents/PUM/CMEMS-INS-PUM-013-001.pdf
+
+https://www.coriolis.eu.org/Data-Products/Products/CORA
+
+https://www.seanoe.org/data/00351/46219/
+→ 1950 - 2024 
+
+https://data.marine.copernicus.eu/product/INSITU_GLO_PHY_TS_DISCRETE_MY_013_001/description
+https://doi.org/10.17882/46219
+→ 1 Jan 1950 to 31 Dec 2021
+
+### Citation
+
+Cabanes, C., A. Grouazel, K. von Schuckmann, M. Hamon, V. Turpin, C. Coatanoan, F. Paris, S. Guinehut, C. Boone, N. Ferry, C. de Boyer Montégut, T. Carval, G. Reverdin, S. Pouliquen, and P. Y. Le Traon, 2013: The CORA dataset: validation and diagnostics of in-situ ocean temperature and salinity measurements. Ocean Science, 9, 1-18, http://www.ocean-sci.net/9/1/2013/os-9-1-2013.html, doi:10.5194/os-9-1-2013.
+
+
+
+
+### Argo data access
+
+https://argopy.readthedocs.io/en/v0.1.17/install.html
+
+## World Ocean Database
+
+https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/world-ocean-database-select/dbsearch.html
+
+Search criteria: 
+- [x] Geographic Coordinates 	- whole world
+- [x] Observation Dates - e.g., Year(s), Month(s), Day(s) 	- all years/months/days
+- [x] Measured Variables - e.g., Temperature, Salinity, Nutrients 	- all available variables
+
+From 1950 to 2024
+Temperature and salinity, if available.
+
+https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/world-ocean-database-select/bin/dbsearch.pl
+after several minutes the search is still running
+
+## Copernicus Marine Service
+
+https://marine.copernicus.eu/access-data
+https://data.marine.copernicus.eu/products
+
+There is no delayed mode data available, except the CORA dataset.
+The files are available from Seanoe at https://www.seanoe.org/data/00351/46219/ 
+
+According to Seanoe the data can be accessed via ERDDAP but it doesn't work (error 404)