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

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. 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). 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.

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.

Date ( RI_367 ): 2021-08-04

Date ( RI_366 ): 2021-04-29

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Government of Canada;Fisheries and Oceans Canada;Science - 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

Use limitation: Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)

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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

End date: 2010

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Government of Canada;Fisheries and Oceans Canada;Science - Di Wan ( 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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OnLine resource: Seasonal temperature climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )
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OnLine resource: Seasonal salinity climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )
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OnLine resource: Seasonal current speed climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )
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OnLine resource: Seasonal nitrate climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )
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OnLine resource: Seasonal oxygen climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )
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OnLine resource: Seasonal total alkalinity climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )
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OnLine resource: Seasonal dissolved inorganic carbon climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )
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OnLine resource: Seasonal pH climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )
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OnLine resource: Seasonal aragonite saturation state climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )
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OnLine resource: Seasonal total phytoplankton climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )
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OnLine resource: Seasonal primary production climatology of the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone from BCCM model (1981-2010) ( HTTPS )
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Government of Canada;Fisheries and Oceans Canada;Science - Di Wan ( 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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