authority: gcos
slug: ocean-oxygen
name: Ocean Oxygen
domain: ocean
subdomain: biogeochemical
authority_id: gcos:ocean-oxygen
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/DOXY/
  cf_standard_name: mole_concentration_of_dissolved_molecular_oxygen_in_sea_water
  iadopt_concepts:
    property: concentration
    entity: dissolved-oxygen
canonical_units: mol m-3
gcos_requirement_tier:
  threshold: null
  breakthrough: null
  goal: null
description: |
  Dissolved oxygen concentration in sea water from Biogeochemical-Argo
  floats, ship hydrography (GO-SHIP) and moorings. The headline indicator
  of ocean deoxygenation under warming and stratification.
theme: ocean
demos: []
status: documented
sources:
  - https://gcos.wmo.int/site/global-climate-observing-system-gcos/essential-climate-variables/oxygen