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Northwest Atlantic Regional Climatology version 2 (NCEI Accession 0242042)

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The Northwest Atlantic (NWA) is a resource rich coastal zone with abundant fisheries and other material resources. The region includes The Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Current System, key features that facilitate northward heat transport and Meridional Overturning Circulation in the Atlantic Ocean. The NWA Regional Climatology version 2 replaces the previous version of the NWA RC published in 2016. The updated high-resolution temperature and salinity climatologies allow researches to assess decadal ocean climate change more precisely in the critically important NWA region. The updates substantially increase the value of the NWA RC for ocean climate studies and other applications.

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issued 2021-10-13T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "images",
  "SALINITY",
  "WATER TEMPERATURE",
  "bathythermograph - BT",
  "bathythermograph - MBT",
  "bathythermograph - XBT",
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  "profiling float",
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  "temperature probe",
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  "thermograph",
  "thermometer",
  "thermosalinograph",
  "undulating towed profiler",
  "XCTD",
  "atlas",
  "in situ",
  "physical",
  "profile",
  "MULTIPLE SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA",
  "MULTIPLE SHIPS OF GERMANY",
  "MULTIPLE SHIPS OF JAPAN",
  "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)",
  "Davis Strait",
  "Gulf of St. Lawrence",
  "Hudson Strait",
  "Labrador Sea",
  "Monitor National Marine Sanctuary",
  "North Atlantic Ocean",
  "Northwestern Passages",
  "Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary",
  "oceanography",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
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  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY",
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  "SALINOMETERS",
  "SCANFISH > SHIP-TOWED UNDULATING VEHICLE",
  "TEMPERATURE PROBES > TEMPERATURE PROBES",
  "TEMPERATURE SENSORS > TEMPERATURE SENSORS",
  "THERMOMETERS > THERMOMETERS",
  "THERMOSALINOGRAPHS",
  "XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs",
  "OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN",
  "OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN",
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modified 2023-01-29T00:00:00.000+00:00
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title Northwest Atlantic Regional Climatology version 2 (NCEI Accession 0242042)

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