This dataset collection contains global spatially predicted sea-surface iodide concentrations at a monthly resolution for the year 1970. It was developed as part of the NERC project Iodide in the ocean:distribution and impact on iodine flux and ozone loss (NE/N009983/1), which aimed to quantify the dominant controls on the sea surface iodide distribution and improve parameterisation of the sea-to-air iodine flux and of ozone deposition.

As new observations are made, this global data product will be continually added to and updated through a "living data" model. The datasets follows semantic versioning (https://semver.org/) and holds different versions of this. Please refer to the paper referenced for the current version number and information on this (see related documentation).