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    • Oceanographic profile data collected from CTD casts during cruises in and near Canadian waters from 1948 to 2016

    Metadata Updated: December 1, 2023

    This collection contains delayed mode versions of oceanographic profile data from Canadian waters, including British Columbia coastal waters and inlets, British Columbia continental shelf waters, open ocean North Pacific waters, Beaufort Sea and the Arctic archipelago. The data types present in this collection may include air and water temperature, barometric and hydrostatic pressure, beam attenuation coefficient and transmissivity, chlorophyll A, cloud amount/frequency, water depth, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence, ice depth/thickness, NH4, nitrate, nitrite, particulate organic nitrogen, pH, phosphate, photosynthetic active radiation, salinity, sea state, secchi depth, silicate, sulfur, swell direction/height/period, turbidity, wave height/period, weather, wind direction/speed, and others. The instruments used to collect these data may include CTD, bottle and fluorometer. These data were collected by various organizations, and submitted to NCEI by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Data file format is NetCDF-3, CF-1.6.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Date 2023-09-21T12:18:12Z
    Metadata Created Date December 4, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 1, 2023
    Reference Date(s) May 1, 2018 (publication), June 25, 2022 (revision)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

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    Harvested from NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions

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    Resource Type Series
    Metadata Date 2023-09-21T12:18:12Z
    Metadata Created Date December 4, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 1, 2023
    Reference Date(s) May 1, 2018 (publication), June 25, 2022 (revision)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact)
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    Guid gov.noaa.nodc:DFO-Profile
    Access Constraints Cite as: Ouellet, Mathieu; Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Data Section (2018). Oceanographic profile data collected from CTD casts during cruises in and near Canadian waters from 1948 to 2016. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/DFO-Profile. 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.
    Bbox East Long -42
    Bbox North Lat 79.0217
    Bbox South Lat 7.3253
    Bbox West Long -175.218
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Graphic Preview Description Preview graphic
    Graphic Preview File https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:DFO-Profile
    Graphic Preview Type PNG
    Harvest Object Id 7b7b6866-077f-4875-9831-1030d485776c
    Harvest Source Id c084a438-6f6b-470d-93e0-16aeddb9f513
    Harvest Source Title NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions
    Licence accessLevel: Public
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    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-175.218, 7.3253], [-42.0, 7.3253], [-42.0, 79.0217], [-175.218, 79.0217], [-175.218, 7.3253]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1948-11-13
    Temporal Extent End 2016-12-21

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