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Canadian Atlantic Shelf Temperature-Salinity (CASTS)
Description: | The Canadian Atlantic Shelf Temperature-Salinity (CASTS) data product includes most of the historical temperature and salinity profiles collected in Atlantic Canada and the Eastern Arctic since 1912. CASTS consists of approximately 837,000 individual profiles, bin-averaged to varying resolutions up to a maximum of 5000m (1m resolution up to 1000m depth, 10m resolution up to 2000m depth, and 100m up to 5000m depth). Profile locations were restricted between 35-80 degrees North and 100-42 degrees West. Profiles were gathered from January 1912 to December 2024 and are organized into yearly NetCDF files. Profiles are uniformly formatted and quality controlled allowing users to immediately use the data product. Data fused to make this product were gathered from multiple sources, including regional archives at the Maurice-Lamontagne Institute (DFO-QC), the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (DFO-MAR) and the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre (DFO-NL). Other sources of data include DFO-NL Aquaculture, the Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland, data from from international ships of opportunity archived by MEDS, the Polar Data Catalogue, etc. A complete list of sources is included in the README file. |
Notes: | Item exited embargo and became publicly available on 2023-09-15 |
Authors: | Coyne, Jonathan; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre Cyr, Frédéric; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre; ![]() Donnet, Sebastien; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Institute of Ocean Sciences Galbraith, Peter; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Maurice Lamontagne Institute Geoffroy, Maxime; Marine Institute; Memorial University of Newfoundland Hebert, David; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Bedford Institute of Oceanography Layton, Chantelle; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Bedford Institute of Oceanography Ratsimandresy, Andry; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre Snook, Stephen; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre Soontiens, Nancy; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre Walkusz, Wojciech; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Freshwater Institute |
Keywords: | Ocean Temperature Ocean Salinity Historical Data Product Ocean Profile |
Field of Research: | Earth and related environmental sciences > Oceanography > Large-scale ocean circulation
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Publication Date: | 2025-01-30 |
Publisher: | Federated Research Data Repository / dépôt fédéré de données de recherche |
Funder: | Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.20383/103.01191 |
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Geographic Coverage: | Place Name Northwest Atlantic Ocean Country Canada |
Geolocation Box: | West Longitude -100 East Longitude -42 North Latitude 80 South Latitude 35 |
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Citation
Coyne, J., Cyr, F., Donnet, S., Galbraith, P., Geoffroy, M., Hebert, D., Layton, C., Ratsimandresy, A., Snook, S., Soontiens, N., Walkusz, W. (2023). Canadian Atlantic Shelf Temperature-Salinity (CASTS). Federated Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.20383/103.01191
Version History
Version | Date | Summary |
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Version 2 | 2025-01-28 | A current version of CASTS, including updates for 2024 from some sources, is being made publicly available to correspond with the review and submission of the accompanying data paper. An updated 2024 version will be published later in the year once all sources are updated. |
Version 1 | 2023-09-15 |