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Seasonal Climatologies of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from British Columbia Continental Margin (BCCM) Model (1981-2010)

Description:

Seasonal climatologies of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone (CPEEZ) were computed from a numerical simulation of the British Columbia continental margin (BCCM) model for the 1981 to 2010 period, which can be considered as a representation of the climatological state of the region.

Methods:

The BCCM model is an ocean circulation-biogeochemical model implementation of the Regional Ocean Modelling System (ROMS version 3.5). The horizontal resolution is eddy-resolving at 3 km and the vertical discretization is based on a terrain-following coordinate system with 42 depth levels of increasing resolution near the surface. A detailed description of the BCCM model is given in Peña et al. (2019). 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 climatology of temperature, salinity, current speed, nitrate, oxygen, total alkalinity, dissolved inorganic carbon, pH, aragonite saturation state, phytoplankton, and primary production. The data include 47 vertical levels (surface, bottom, and 45 more selected depths), except for total phytoplankton (surface values only) and primary production (depth-integrated values). A layer giving the bottom depth in metres at the centre of each grid point is also provided. Model grids were set to NaN values in regions where the model output is highly uncertain, such as inlets, nearshore areas, and the Strait of Georgia.

Uncertainties:

Model results have been compared against tide gauge data, altimetry, CTD and nutrient profiles, observed geostrophic currents, and seasonal temperature and salinity climatologies over the 1981 to 2010 period. The model is successful in reproducing the main features of the region including salient features of the seasonal cycle and the vertical structure of density and nutrients.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2021-08-04
Date ( RI_366 )
2021-04-29
Date ( RI_368 )
2024-04-25
Date ( RI_368 )
2024-07-23
RI_415
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Ecosystems and Ocean Science/Pacific Science/Ocean Science Division - Angelica Pena ( Research Scientist )
Institute of Ocean Sciences 9860 West Saanich Road P.O. Box 6000 , Sidney , British Columbia , V8L 4B2 , Canada
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Climatology
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Modelling
  • Oceans
  • Climate
Classification
unclassified; nonClassifié RI_484
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
grid; grille RI_636
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Begin date
1981-01-01
End date
2010-12-31
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http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4326 /
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RI_414
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Ecosystems and Ocean Science/Pacific Science/Ocean Science Division - Lu Guan ( Data Products Manager )
Institute of Ocean Sciences 9860 West Saanich Road P.O. Box 6000 , Sidney , British Columbia , V8L 4B2 , Canada
OnLine resource
Seasonal temperature climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng,fra

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Seasonal salinity climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng,fra

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Seasonal current speed climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng,fra

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Seasonal nitrate climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng,fra

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Seasonal oxygen climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng,fra

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Seasonal total alkalinity climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng,fra

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Seasonal dissolved inorganic carbon climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng,fra

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Seasonal pH climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng,fra

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Seasonal aragonite saturation state climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng,fra

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Seasonal total phytoplankton climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng,fra

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Seasonal primary production climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng,fra

OnLine resource
BCCM Bottom Depth ( HTTPS )

Dataset;TIFF;eng

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Data Dictionary ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng,fra

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References ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng,fra

File identifier
1084a522-c2dd-47a0-81ac-d4810ce29056 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
series; série RI_623
Date stamp
2024-07-25T17:05:47
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Ecosystems and Ocean Science/Pacific Science/Ocean Science Division - Lu Guan ( Data Products Manager )
Institute of Ocean Sciences 9860 West Saanich Road P.O. Box 6000 , Sidney , British Columbia , V8L 4B2 , Canada
 
 

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