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Northwest Atlantic Regional Climatology (NCEI Accession 0155889)

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To provide an improved oceanographic foundation and reference for multi-disciplinary studies of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, NCEI Regional Climatology Team developed a new set of high-resolution quality-controlled long-term annual, seasonal and monthly mean temperature and salinity fields on different depth levels. This new regional climatology is based on the World Ocean Database archive of temperature and salinity from observations spanning over more than a hundred years and incorporates a great deal of new data not previously available. The NWA high-resolution regional climatology is a part of the NOAA-wide Sustained Marine Ecosystem in Changing Climate (SMECC) Project.

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issued 2016-07-15T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "SALINITY",
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  "MULTIPLE SHIPS OF UNITED STATES",
  "MULTIPLE SHIPS OF USSR",
  "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information",
  "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information",
  "GLOBAL OCEAN DATA ARCHAEOLOGY AND RESCUE PROJECT (GODAR)",
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  "Northwest Atlantic Ocean (limit-40 W)",
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  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "GODAR > Global Oceanographic Data Archaeology and Rescue Project",
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  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY",
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  "CONDUCTIVITY METERS > CONDUCTIVITY METERS",
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temporal 1955-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2012-12-31T00:00:00+00:00
title Northwest Atlantic Regional Climatology (NCEI Accession 0155889)

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