39617
Gulf of Maine - Water Salinity, Temperature and Sigma t (density) data from 1912 to 1930
water_sal_temp_den_1912_1930
Data Set
Published / External
37203
SBNMS_Assess_Water_Strat
Project
Completed
2005
This table contains water salinity, temperature and sigma t (density) data from 1912 to 1930 binned at 10 meter depth intervals (from 300 meters up to 0 meters) for the Gulf of Maine. It was acquired from the Canadian Fisheries and Oceans Hydrographic database, which covers an area defined by 35 deg - 80 deg N and 42 deg - 100 deg W, and contains over 500,000 temperature-salinity profiles for the Northwest Atlantic from 1910 to the present. The data comes from a variety of sources including hydrographic bottles, CTD casts (either up or down casts), spatially and temporally averaged Batfish tows, and expendable, digital or mechanical bathythermographs. Near real-time data in the form of IGOSS Bathy or Tesac messages are also included. Updates are made monthly.
This data was downloaded to calculate seasonal water stratification in the Gulf of Maine, in order to support a biogeographic assessment of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.
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Theme
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
Theme
NOS Data Explorer Topic Category
Environmental Monitoring
Theme
NOS Data Explorer Topic Category
Tides/Currents
Theme
water column profile
Theme
water density
Theme
water salinity
Theme
water temperature
Temporal
1912-1930
Spatial
Gulf of Maine
Spatial
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Silver Spring
MD
Data Set
Monthly
Table (digital)
These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by NOAA, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by NOAA in the use of these data or related materials.NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA can not assume liability for and damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system.
Bedford Institute of Oceanography and the Canadian Fisheries and Oceans Hydrographic (Climate) database: http://www.bio.gc.ca/science/data-donnees/base/index-eng.php.
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Water_Salinity_Temp_Density_1912_1930
Water_Salinity_Temp_Density_1912_1930
Published / External
Completed
Water column profile data | Description Source: NOAA
Converted from FGDC using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml_entity.pl' script.
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OBJECTID
Unknown
No
No
Active
Internal feature number. | Description Source: ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
2
Area_Name
Unknown
No
No
Active
Polygon area name (includes Scotian Shelf and Gulf of Maine) | Description Source: NOAA
Polygon area name (includes Scotian Shelf and Gulf of Maine)
3
Depth
NUMBER
No
No
Active
Depth (in meters) | Description Source: NOAA
meters
0 - 300
4
Pressure
NUMBER
No
No
Active
Pressure (in decibels--db) | Description Source: NOAA
decibels
0 - 300
5
Year
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Year of measurement | Description Source: NOAA
Year: Year of measurement |
6
Month
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Month of measurement | Description Source: NOAA
Month: Month of measurement |
7
Day
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Day of measurement | Description Source: NOAA
Day: Day of measurement |
8
Latitude
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Latitude (in decimal degrees) | Description Source: NOAA
Latitude: Latitude (in decimal degrees) of measurement |
9
Longitude
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Longitude (in decimal degrees) | Description Source: NOAA
Longitude: Longitude (in decimal degrees) of measurement |
10
Temperature
NUMBER
No
No
Active
Temperature (in Celsius--C) | Description Source: NOAA
celsuis
-1.550 - 26.5000
11
Salinity
NUMBER
No
No
Active
Salinity (in practical salinity units--psu) | Description Source: NOAA
practical salinity units
28.260 - 36.040
12
SigmaT
NUMBER
No
No
Active
Sigma t (also known as kilograms per meter cubed) | Description Source: NOAA
kilograms per meter cubed
22.020 - 27.570
Data Steward
2005
Position
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov
Distributor
2005
Position
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov
Metadata Contact
2005
Position
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov
Point of Contact
2005
Position
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov
Principal Investigator
2005
Person
Costa, Bryan
bryan.costa@noaa.gov
Ground Condition
-72.477168
-59.441365
46.530855
36.667053
Range
1912
1930
Yes
Yes
1314218
Unclassified
Please contact the Stellwagen Banks NMS Research Coordinator for additional information on data access (david.wiley@noaa.gov);
After acquiring a username, password and the appropriate plug-in, this data may be downloaded from Canadian Fisheries and Oceans Hydrographic (Climate) database: http://www.bio.gc.ca/science/data-donnees/base/index-eng.php.
None. Acknowledgement of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/sanctuaries/stellwagen_nms/
Online Resource
2013-01-30
Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.
2017-04-05
Converted from FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details.
2017-09-13
Partial upload of Spatial Info section only.
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
Unknown
Unknown
1
Text file downloaded from Bedford Institute of Oceanography and imported into MS Access. MS Access table converted to ArcGIS 9.1 geodatabase table.
2005-12-01T00:00:00
41472
Entity
Water_Salinity_Temp_Density_1912_1930
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:39617
Tyler Christensen
2017-04-05T12:53:32
SysAdmin InPortAdmin
2023-05-30T18:10:25
2017-09-13
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
NCCOS
1002
Public
No
2017-09-13
1 Year
2018-09-13