A curated collection of publicly available oceanic and atmospheric datasets
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- 📊 Commonly used datasets
- 🗃️ Other datasets
- 🔧 Useful tools
- 🌐 Numerical models
- 🤖 Large models
- 🤝 Contributing
- 📜 License
| Dataset | Institute | Information |
|---|---|---|
| ECMWF Reanalysis v5 (ERA5) hourly data on single levels from 1940 to present | Climate Data Store | Description Download Citation |
| ERA-Interim (from 1979-01 to 2019-09) | NSF NCAR | Description Download How to cite |
| Global Ocean Physics Reanalysis (GLORYS12V1) | Copernicus Marine Data Store | Description Download |
| Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (OISST) | NOAA NCEI | Description Download |
| Results of MITgcm on LLC (e.g. LLC4320, LLC2160) | NASA Data Portal | Description Download |
| MODIS Aqua/Terra (L3/L4) | Ocean Color | Description Download |
| AVHRR Pathfinder SST (1981-2023) | NOAA NCEI | Description Download Citation |
| Global Drifter Program (GDP) Drifer Data | NOAA AOML PhOD | Description |
| Global Argo Data Repository | NOAA NCEI | Description Download How to cite |
| Argo data sources | Argo | Description Download |
| Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) | NOAA NCEI | Description Download |
| World Ocean Database (WOD) | NOAA NCEI | Description Download Citation |
| World Ocean Atlas (WOA) | NOAA NCEI | Description Download Citation |
| NCEP Global Ocean Data Assimilation System (GODAS) | NOAA NCEP CPC | Description Download How to cite |
| SODA: Simple Ocean Data Assimilation | NSF NCAR | Description Download How to cite |
| Global Ocean Ensemble Physics Reanalysis (GOEPR) | Copernicus Marine Data Store | Description Download Citation How to cite |
| NCEP FNL Operational Model Global Tropospheric Analyses, continuing from July 1999 | NSF NCAR | Description Download Citation |
| GHRSST Level 4 MUR Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (v4.1) (GDS versions 1 and 2) (daily, from 2002-06-01 to 2023-03-15) | NOAA NCEI | Description Download How to cite |
| WAVEWATCH III | NOAA/NCEP | Home Description Data Access How to cite |
| Japanese Reanalysis (JRA-25, DSJRA-55, JRA-55, JRA-3Q) | 気象庁 | Project Page • JRA-25 • DSJRA-55 • JRA-55 • JRA-3Q |
| Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) | - | Description |
| Dataset | Institute | Information |
|---|---|---|
| The Global Seamount Database | - | Description Download Citation |
| ETOPO Global Relief Model (ETOPO 2022) | NOAA NCEI | Description |
| Gridded Bathymetry Data | GEBCO | Description |
| International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) | NOAA NCEI | Description Download |
| TPXO Global Tidal Models | OSU | Description TPXO Web Service |
| FES2022 (Finite Element Solution) - Global tide | CLS, France | Description Abstract |
| 国家地球系统科学数据中心 (English version) | - | - |
| Monthly Climate/Ocean Indices (Time-Series) | NOAA/PSL | Website Including ENSO Indices, Non-ENSO, Atmosphere Teleconnections and so on |
| NOAA/PSL data | - | - |
| Tools | Information |
|---|---|
| Tide Prediction Tools | pyTMD (Python) Document | GitHub | Citation | TMD (MATLAB) Website(v3.0) | GitHub(v3.0) | Citation(v3.0) TMD (MATLAB) Website(v2.5) | GitHub(v2.5) OTPS (FORTRAN) Website |
| earth.nullschool.net An interactive website to visualize the motion of ocean and atmosphere |
Website Author: Cameron Beccario Nullschool Technologies Inc. |
| netCDF Operators (NCO) A set of powerful netCDF-processing command-line programs |
Website User Guide GitHub |
| Thermodynamic Equation Of Seawater - 2010 (TEOS-10) A toolbox for calculating the thermodynamic properties of seawater |
Website Software (GSW & SIA) (supporting MATLAB, Python, FORTRAN...) Contents |
| Model name | Institutde | Information |
|---|---|---|
| Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) | The ROMS Group | Website GitHub |
| Weather Research & Forecasting Model (WRF) | NCAR NOAA U.S. Air Force NRL OU FAA |
Website GitHub Online Tutorial |
| Princeton Ocean Model (POM) | Princeton University | Website Wiki |
| Finite Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM) | UMASS-D WHOI |
Website GitHub |
| Modular Ocean Model (MOM) | NOAA/GFDL | Website GitHub |
| Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean (NEMO) | NEMO Consortium | Website Release |
| MIT General Circulation Model (MITgcm) | MIT | Website GitHub Doc |
| Parallel Ocean Program (POP) (part of CESM) |
LANL NCAR |
Website |
| Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) | HYCOM Consortium | Website GitHub |
| Simulating WAves Nearshore (SWAN) | TUDelft | Website Reslease GitLab |
| WAVEWATCH III (WW3) | NCEP | GitHub |
| PALM | PALM Group | Website Doc |
| Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere–Wave–Sediment Transport Modeling System (COAWST) (include ROMS, WRF, WRF_Hydro, SWAN, WAVEWATCHIII, InWave, sediment component, and sea ice model) |
USGS | Website GitHub |
| Community Earth System Model (CESM) (include CAM, CLM, CISM) |
CGD NCAR |
Website Release GitHub |
| Mass Conservation Ocean Model (MaCOM 妈祖) | NMEFC | Website MaCOM FVWAM |
| LASG/IAP Climate Ocean Model (LICOM) | IAP | - |
| Large model name | Institute | First released on | Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI-GOMS 全球海洋建模系统 | THU | Aug 6, 2023 | Arxiv |
| “沧渊” OceanGPT | ZJU / HIC | Oct 4, 2023 | Website Arxiv GitHub |
| “问海”海洋环境预报大模型 | LSNL | May 27, 2024 | Report Nature Communications GitHub |
| “瀚海星云”科学人工智能基础大模型 | LSNL | May 27, 2024 | Report |
| 璞云 (Puyun) | metac-inc | Sep 1, 2024 | Website Arxiv GitHub |
| “羲和”海洋环境预报大模型 (XiHe) | NUDT | Oct 22, 2024 | Arxiv GitHub |
| “波塞冬”海洋生态环境预报大模型 | GS.ZJU | Nov, 2024 | Report |
| “琅琊”海洋大模型 | IOCAS | Dec 28, 2024 | Report Arxiv GitHub |
| “瑶华”珊瑚礁多模态大模型 | SCSIO | Mar, 2025 | Report |
| “瀚海智语（OceanDS）”海洋大语言模型 | NMEFC | Mar 31, 2025 | Report |
| “深蓝生命”大模型 | OUC | Sep, 2025 | Report |
| “海冰”大模型 | OUC | Sep, 2025 | Report |
| 深海生境智能认知与探索多模态大模型(DePTH-GPT) | SIO / Zhejiang Lab | Nov 6, 2025 | Report |
| NAUTILUS 水下多模态大模型 | HUST | Oct 31, 2025 | Website Arxiv GitHub |
| 黑潮智能预报系统KIPS | HHU | Mar 11, 2025 | Report Website |
| TritonCast | THU | May 26, 2025 | Arxiv |
| “瞰海”全链路海洋AI大模型 | SAI.SYSU / NSOAS | Nov 24, 2025 | Report GitHub |
| 海境·区域海洋环境应用大模型1.0 （界面大模型、区域预报大模型、涡流大模型、智能问答大模型） |
SCSIO | Jan, 2026 | Report |
| Large model name | Institute | First released on | Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| MetNet | Google Research | Mar 24, 2020 | Website Arxiv GitHub |
| FourCastNet | NVIDIA | Feb 22, 2022 | Arxiv GitHub |
| 书生·风乌 气象海洋预报大模型体系 | ShLab | Apr 7, 2023 | Website Arxiv |
| “伏羲”大模型 FUXI | FDU | Jun 22, 2023 | Website Nature Arxiv GitHub |
| “盘古”大模型 Pangu | Huawei Cloud | Jul 5, 2023 | Website Nature |
| GraphCast | Google DeepMind | Nov 14, 2023 | Science GitHub |
| “风清”“风雷”“风顺” | CMA / THU | Jun 18, 2024 | Report |
| NeuralGCM | Google Research | Jul 22, 2024 | Science GitHub |
| “演天”气象预报大模型 | IAP | Oct 17, 2024 | Report Arxiv |
| Aardvark Weather | Cantab | Mar 20, 2025 | Nature GitHub |
These Large Models, they are amazing, right?
We welcome contributions to keep this list accurate and growing!
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Remote sensing
- MODIS (Terra & Aqua)
- TOPEX/Poseidon
- CMEMS Altimetry Products
- QuikSCAT
- TRMM/TMI
- SeaWiFS
- SWOT
- Geosat
- Landsat
- Seasat
- ......
Reanalysis
- NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis
- ORAS5
- ......
Forecast
- GFS (Global Forecast System)
- HYCOM
- CMEMS Global Ocean Forecast
- ......
In-stu observation
- TAO/TRITON / PIRATA / RAMA (for ENSO)
- ......