Ocean Weather Station Papa, 1949-1981

Ocean Weather Station Papa, 1949-1981 The Canadian Weathership Program collected meteorological data at Station Papa (50N, 145W) in the North Pacific Ocean between 1949 and 1981. In 2014, researchers at the University of Washington (UW) Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) analyzed this historic data to determine its efficacy as a scientific tool. The data available here are the Government of Canada data files that were utilized for this analysis. The "OWSP Full Data (1949-1981)" file contains the entire Canadian Weathership Program record of data collected from Station Papa and the "OWSP Daily Averaged Wind Speed and Wave Height Data (1949-1981)" file contains daily averaged values of wind speed and wave height generated by the UW APL and NOAA PMEL researchers. The Data Dictionary for each data file contains notes on any quality controls that were applied to the data by the UW APL and NOAA PMEL researchers. The UW documents titled, "Data Documentation for Dataset 1170 (DSI-1170), Surface Marine Data, National Climatic Data Center" (https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/25570/td1170.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y) and "Table detailing units of data values in each file" (https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/25570), provide further information on the key values, point scales, and other units that were used in these datasets. 2023-07-11 Fisheries and Oceans Canada DFO.PAC.SCI.IOSData-Donnees.ISO.SCI.PAC.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Nature and EnvironmentScience and TechnologyOceanographyOceansClimateWeather Data DictionaryPDF https://pacgis01.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/FGPPublic/Ocean_Weather_Station_Papa_1949_1981/Data_dictionary_EN_OWSP_1949-1981.pdf Data DictionaryPDF https://pacgis01.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/FGPPublic/Ocean_Weather_Station_Papa_1949_1981/Data_dictionary_FR_OWSP_1949-1981.pdf OWSP Daily Averaged Wind Speed and Wave Height Data (1949-1981)CSV https://pacgis01.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/FGPPublic/Ocean_Weather_Station_Papa_1949_1981/DailyAvgPapa_EN.csv OWSP Daily Averaged Wind Speed and Wave Height Data (1949-1981)CSV https://pacgis01.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/FGPPublic/Ocean_Weather_Station_Papa_1949_1981/MoyQuotidiennesPapa_FR.csv OWSP Full Data (1949-1981)CSV https://pacgis01.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/FGPPublic/Ocean_Weather_Station_Papa_1949_1981/PapaFull_EN.csv OWSP Full Data (1949-1981)CSV https://pacgis01.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/FGPPublic/Ocean_Weather_Station_Papa_1949_1981/PapaComplet_FR.csv Ocean Weather Station Papa (1949-1981)ESRI REST https://gisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/FGP/Ocean_Weather_Station_Papa_1949_1981/MapServer Ocean Weather Station Papa (1949-1981)ESRI REST https://gisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/FGP/Ocean_Weather_Station_Papa_1949_1981/MapServer ReferencesPDF https://pacgis01.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/FGPPublic/Ocean_Weather_Station_Papa_1949_1981/References_EN_FR_OWSP_1949-1981.pdf

The Canadian Weathership Program collected meteorological data at Station Papa (50N, 145W) in the North Pacific Ocean between 1949 and 1981. In 2014, researchers at the University of Washington (UW) Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) analyzed this historic data to determine its efficacy as a scientific tool. The data available here are the Government of Canada data files that were utilized for this analysis. The "OWSP Full Data (1949-1981)" file contains the entire Canadian Weathership Program record of data collected from Station Papa and the "OWSP Daily Averaged Wind Speed and Wave Height Data (1949-1981)" file contains daily averaged values of wind speed and wave height generated by the UW APL and NOAA PMEL researchers. The Data Dictionary for each data file contains notes on any quality controls that were applied to the data by the UW APL and NOAA PMEL researchers. The UW documents titled, "Data Documentation for Dataset 1170 (DSI-1170), Surface Marine Data, National Climatic Data Center" (https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/25570/td1170.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y) and "Table detailing units of data values in each file" (https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/25570), provide further information on the key values, point scales, and other units that were used in these datasets.

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Delivery Point: Institute of Ocean Sciences 9860 West Saanich Road P.O. Box 6000

City: Sidney

Administrative Area: British Columbia

Postal Code: V8L 4B2

Country: Canada

Electronic Mail Address: DFO.PAC.SCI.IOSData-Donnees.ISO.SCI.PAC.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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