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.
- Publisher - Current Organization Name: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada
Data and Resources
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Seasonal salinity climatology of the British Columbia Exclusive Economic Zone (2001-2020)ESRI RESTEnglish web_service ESRI REST
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Seasonal salinity climatology of the British Columbia Exclusive Economic Zone (2001-2020)ESRI RESTFrench web_service ESRI REST
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British Columbia EEZ—Salinity climatology - spring (1.6 GB)FGDB/GDBEnglish French dataset FGDB/GDB
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British Columbia EEZ—Salinity climatology - summer (1.6 GB)FGDB/GDBEnglish French dataset FGDB/GDB
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British Columbia EEZ—Salinity climatology - fall (1.6 GB)FGDB/GDBEnglish French dataset FGDB/GDB
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British Columbia EEZ—Salinity climatology - winter (1.6 GB)FGDB/GDBEnglish French dataset FGDB/GDB
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Data DictionaryHTMLEnglish French guide HTML
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ReferencesHTMLEnglish French guide HTML
Contact Information
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