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    • Gulf of Mexico Regional Climatology version 2 (NCEI Accession 0222571)

    Metadata Updated: March 1, 2025

    Version 2 of the Gulf of Mexico Regional Climatology(GOM RC) was released in October, 2020. It includes all data from World Ocean Database 2018 (WOD18) and World Ocean Atlas 2018 (WOA18), and provides more detailed thermohaline fields and updates other oceanographic variables that were not available in the previous version. The update substantially revises and extends the original GOM RC, which was released in 2010 in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and updated in 2011 (Boyer et al, 2011). This climatology serves as a physical oceanography baseline for NOAA Gulf of Mexico Data Atlas, and the new high-resolution temperature and salinity decadal climatologies allow researchers to more precisely assess decadal climate change in the Gulf, substantially increasing this climatology’s value for ocean climate studies and other applications.

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    Metadata Date 2025-02-21T13:14:02Z
    Metadata Created Date July 2, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date March 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) December 14, 2020 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

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    Metadata Date 2025-02-21T13:14:02Z
    Metadata Created Date July 2, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date March 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) December 14, 2020 (publication)
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    Access Constraints Cite as: Seidov, Dan; Mishonov, Alexey V.; Boyer, Tim P.; Baranova, Olga K.; Nyadjro, Ebenezer; Cross, Scott L.; Parsons, A. Rost; Weathers, Katharine A. (2020). Gulf of Mexico Regional Climatology version 2 (NCEI Accession 0222571). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/4sxe-ay54. Accessed [date]., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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    Temporal Extent Begin 1955-01-01
    Temporal Extent End 2017-12-31

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