slug: subsurface-temperature
name: Subsurface Temperature
domain: ocean
subdomain: physical
authorities:
  - gcos: subsurface-temperature
  - goos: subsurface-temperature
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/TEMP/
  cf_standard_name: sea_water_temperature
  iadopt_concepts:
    property: temperature
    entity: sea-water
  gcos_overlap: gcos:subsurface-temperature
canonical_units: K
gcos_requirement_tier:
  threshold: null
  breakthrough: null
  goal: null
description: |
  Temperature profile beneath the ocean surface from Argo floats, deep
  Argo, ships, moorings (TAO, RAMA, PIRATA) and XBTs. The leading metric
  of ocean heat content and planetary energy imbalance.
theme: ocean
demos: []
status: documented
sources:
  - https://gcos.wmo.int/site/global-climate-observing-system-gcos/essential-climate-variables/subsurface-temperature
  - https://goosocean.org/eov/subsurface-temperature/