Seasonal Salinity Climatology of the British Columbia Exclusive Economic Zone (2001-2020)

Seasonal Salinity Climatology of the British Columbia Exclusive Economic Zone (2001-2020) Seasonal climatologies for salinity of the Northeast Pacific Ocean were computed to cover the period 2001 to 2020. Historical observations included all available conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD), bottle and profiling floats in the NODC World Ocean Database, Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS), Institute of Ocean Sciences Water Properties website and the Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System (CIOOS). Interpolation was carried out in up to fifty-two vertical levels from surface to 5000m. Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis (DIVA) was used for spatial interpolation followed by a median filter and a 5-point smoother. Seasonal averages were computed as the mean of yearly seasonal means. Spring months were defined as April to June, summer months were defined as July to September, fall months were defined as October to December, and winter months were defined as January to March. The data available here contain raster layers of seasonal salinity climatology for the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), a subset of seasonal climatology of the Northeast Pacific Ocean, with high spatial resolution of 1/300 degree. 2023-07-11 Fisheries and Oceans Canada Lu.Guan@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Nature and EnvironmentScience and TechnologyClimatologySalinityOceans Seasonal salinity climatology of the British Columbia Exclusive Economic Zone (2001-2020)ESRI REST https://gisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/FGP/Seasonal_Salinity_Climatology_BCEEZ_2001_2020/MapServer Seasonal salinity climatology of the British Columbia Exclusive Economic Zone (2001-2020)ESRI REST https://gisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/FGP/Seasonal_Salinity_Climatology_BCEEZ_2001_2020/MapServer British Columbia EEZ—Salinity climatology - spring (1.6 GB)FGDB/GDB https://dfogis.azureedge.net/FGP/Seasonal_Salinity_Climatology_BCEEZ_2001_2020/BCEEZ_salinity_climatology_spring.gdb.zip British Columbia EEZ—Salinity climatology - summer (1.6 GB)FGDB/GDB https://dfogis.azureedge.net/FGP/Seasonal_Salinity_Climatology_BCEEZ_2001_2020/BCEEZ_salinity_climatology_summer.gdb.zip British Columbia EEZ—Salinity climatology - fall (1.6 GB)FGDB/GDB https://dfogis.azureedge.net/FGP/Seasonal_Salinity_Climatology_BCEEZ_2001_2020/BCEEZ_salinity_climatology_fall.gdb.zip British Columbia EEZ—Salinity climatology - winter (1.6 GB)FGDB/GDB https://dfogis.azureedge.net/FGP/Seasonal_Salinity_Climatology_BCEEZ_2001_2020/BCEEZ_salinity_climatology_winter.gdb.zip Data DictionaryHTML https://pacgis01.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/FGPPublic/Seasonal_Salinity_Climatology_BCEEZ_2001_2020/Data_Dictionary.htm ReferencesHTML https://pacgis01.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/FGPPublic/Seasonal_Salinity_Climatology_BCEEZ_2001_2020/Reference_information.htm

Seasonal climatologies for salinity of the Northeast Pacific Ocean were computed to cover the period 2001 to 2020. Historical observations included all available conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD), bottle and profiling floats in the NODC World Ocean Database, Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS), Institute of Ocean Sciences Water Properties website and the Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System (CIOOS). Interpolation was carried out in up to fifty-two vertical levels from surface to 5000m. Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis (DIVA) was used for spatial interpolation followed by a median filter and a 5-point smoother. Seasonal averages were computed as the mean of yearly seasonal means. Spring months were defined as April to June, summer months were defined as July to September, fall months were defined as October to December, and winter months were defined as January to March.

The data available here contain raster layers of seasonal salinity climatology for the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), a subset of seasonal climatology of the Northeast Pacific Ocean, with high spatial resolution of 1/300 degree.

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Delivery Point: Institute of Ocean Sciences, 9860 West Saanich Road

City: Sidney

Administrative Area: British Columbia

Postal Code: V8L 4B2

Country: Canada

Electronic Mail Address: Lu.Guan@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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