gov.noaa.nodc:0201696 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-05-15T13:06:41Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Southwest North Atlantic Regional Climatology (NCEI Accession 0201696) 2019-11-09 publication 2019-09-03 creation International DOI Foundation (IDF) 10.25921/s3ag-2p18 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0201696 NCEI Archive Management System 0201696 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Dan Seidov NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) resourceProvider NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) resourceProvider Seidov, Dan NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information author Baranova, Olga K. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Olga.Baranova@noaa.gov author Boyer, Tim P. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information author Cross, Scott L. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information author Mishonov, Alexey V. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information author Parsons, A. Rost NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information author Reagan, James R. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information author Weathers, Katharine W. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information katharine.weathers@noaa.gov author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) contributor tableDigital The Southwest North Atlantic (SWNA) Regional Climatology(RC) is a collection of high-resolution quality-controlled temperature and salinity fields on standard depth levels from the sea surface to 4,900 m depth. This RC based on temperature and salinity observations from the 2018 release of the World Ocean Database. The coverage includes the years 1955 to 2017, or roughly six decades; with annual, seasonal, and monthly time resolutions for each of the six decades. The SWNA RC can be employed to assess ocean climate change over the 1955-2017 time period and utilized in many climate studies, environmental research projects, and related applications. The SWNA plays an important role in long-term earth and ocean climate change and is a resource-rich coastal zone with abundant fisheries and other material resources. This region is adjacent to the Northwest Atlantic area covered by the NCEI Northwest Atlantic (NWA) regional climatology (RC). In conjuncture with NWA RC, the SWNA RC provides complete coverage of the Gulf Stream system, which is the critical element of northward heat transport and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0201696 Preview graphic PNG 0201696 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2019-09-01 publication SALINITY WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS bathythermograph - AXBT bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - EBT bathythermograph - MBT bathythermograph - uBT bathythermograph - XBT bottle buoy buoy - drifting buoy CTD Niskin bottle profiling float salinometer temperature probe temperature sensor thermistor thermograph thermometer thermosalinograph XCTD instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS atlas drifting buoy in situ physical profile undulating profile theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS MULTIPLE SHIPS platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS GLOBAL OCEAN DATA ARCHAEOLOGY AND RESCUE PROJECT (GODAR) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth DRIFTING BUOYS > DRIFTING BUOYS MBT > Mechanical Bathythermographs NISKIN BOTTLES SALINOMETERS TEMPERATURE PROBES > TEMPERATURE PROBES TEMPERATURE SENSORS > TEMPERATURE SENSORS THERMISTORS > THERMISTORS THERMOMETERS > THERMOMETERS THERMOSALINOGRAPHS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian bathythermograph - AXBT bathythermograph - AXBT aircraft-launched expendable bathythermograph bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - BT BathyThermograph bathythermograph - EBT bathythermograph - EBT Electronic Bathythermograph bathythermograph - MBT bathythermograph - MBT Mechanical BathyThermograph bathythermograph - uBT bathythermograph - uBT Micro BathyThermograph bathythermograph - XBT bathythermograph - XBT eXpendable BathyThermograph bottle bottle any type of water bottle sampling device Generic name for water collection device; usually used to determine temperature, salinity and provide water aliquots for measurement of a wide range of parameters; often referred to by a specific type of water sampling bottle, such as a Nansen or Niskin bottle. buoy buoy generic type of floating instrumentation package buoy - drifting buoy buoy - drifting buoy buoy - drifting buoy CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe Niskin bottle Niskin bottle Device for obtaining samples of seawater at a specific depth Why special entry for Niskin bottle but no entry for Nansen bottle? profiling float profiling float PALACE and other types of profiling drifters any one of several types of free-drifting (floating) instrument packages that measure one or more water column parameters, such as temperature, salinity, etc., along with reporting the date, time, and location of the measurements taken over time. Examples include the P-ALACE or PALACE floats, drifting buoys, etc. salinometer salinometer generic salinometer use salinometer when the instrument type used is unclear but the data include salinity measurements temperature probe temperature probe For example, OMEGA temperature probe PR-11-2-100-1/8-6-e Vaisala HUMICAP® Humidity and Temperature Probe HMP155 temperature sensor temperature sensor A sensor used to measure temperature. thermistor thermistor electronic temperature sensor thermally sensitive resistor thermograph thermograph A recording instrument that provides a continuous record of temperature with time. thermometer thermometer generic thermometer or reversing thermometer use thermometer when temperature is a data type, but the exact instrument used to measure temperature is unknown thermosalinograph thermosalinograph automated sea surface temperature and salinity instrument, usually attached to the hull of a ship Thermosalinograph is an automated Sea Surface Temperature and Salinity measurement system making measurement on board a ship using a water intake. [https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/tsg/about.php 2021-01-29] XCTD XCTD expendable conductivity, temperature, depth profiler MULTIPLE SHIPS ZZ = MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS. use this entry for the generic idea of MULTIPLE SHIPS (GCMD keyword: SHIPS)