GIN Seas Regional Climatology
The Greenland, Iceland and Norwegian Seas (GINS) – the gateways for water exchange between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic – play a key role in the entire high-latitudinal ocean climate formation and change. The magnitude of fisheries, oil and other material resources and climatic importance of GINS has spurred intensive observation and research programs in the region. To provide an improved oceanographic foundation and reference for multi-disciplinary studies of the GINS, NODC 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 NODC archive from observations spanning over more than a hundred years and incorporates a great deal of new data not previously available.
The Greenland, Iceland and Norwegian Seas (GINS) – the gateways for water exchange between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic – play a key role in the entire high-latitudinal ocean climate formation and change. The magnitude of fisheries, oil and other material resources and climatic importance of GINS has spurred intensive observation and research programs in the region. To provide an improved oceanographic foundation and reference for multi-disciplinary studies of the GINS, NODC 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 NODC archive from observations spanning over more than a hundred years and incorporates a great deal of new data not previously available.
Climatological Atlas of the Nordic Seas and
Northern North Atlantic
This regional climatology is not an NODC native project and resulted from a collaboration between the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russia), the Geophysical Institute of the University of Bergen (Norway) and NODC (USA). Nevertheless it correlates well with the ensemble of completed and ongoing NODC regional climatology projects. The Atlas contains decadal, periodic, annual and monthly climatological fields of water temperature, salinity, density on a 0.25-degree grid at different depths and, additionally, time-depth diagrams of all parameters at several selected locations. Although the Nordic Seas Atlas and recently published GINS Regional Climatology do have some common features, they are substantially different in many aspects and are complementary rather than overlapping.
This regional climatology is not an NODC native project and resulted from a collaboration between the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russia), the Geophysical Institute of the University of Bergen (Norway) and NODC (USA). Nevertheless it correlates well with the ensemble of completed and ongoing NODC regional climatology projects. The Atlas contains decadal, periodic, annual and monthly climatological fields of water temperature, salinity, density on a 0.25-degree grid at different depths and, additionally, time-depth diagrams of all parameters at several selected locations. Although the Nordic Seas Atlas and recently published GINS Regional Climatology do have some common features, they are substantially different in many aspects and are complementary rather than overlapping.
Arctic Regional Climatology
The Arctic Ocean is an area of intense activity both for environmental and commercial interests. Climate change has disproportionally affected this region with rising ocean temperatures and continued loss of summer sea ice extent. Oil and mineral exploration and exploitation are occurring and intensifying. To facilitate studies of the region NODC Regional Climatology Team developed a new set of high-resolution long-term mean surface/subsurface temperature and salinity fields. These mean fields incorporate a great deal of data not previously available.
The Arctic Ocean is an area of intense activity both for environmental and commercial interests. Climate change has disproportionally affected this region with rising ocean temperatures and continued loss of summer sea ice extent. Oil and mineral exploration and exploitation are occurring and intensifying. To facilitate studies of the region NODC Regional Climatology Team developed a new set of high-resolution long-term mean surface/subsurface temperature and salinity fields. These mean fields incorporate a great deal of data not previously available.
East Asian Seas Regional Climatology
The first version of a set of temperature and salinity climatological mean fields for the East Asian Seas Regional Climatology is available as a result of an international collaboration of the NODC and the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (Republic of Korea). The user may view or download temperature and/or salinity climatological mean and related statistics files.
The first version of a set of temperature and salinity climatological mean fields for the East Asian Seas Regional Climatology is available as a result of an international collaboration of the NODC and the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (Republic of Korea). The user may view or download temperature and/or salinity climatological mean and related statistics files.
Gulf of Mexico Regional Climatology
A set of mean fields at 1°, 0.25°, and 0.10° resolution for temperature and salinity for the Gulf of Mexico are available for viewing and downloading.
A set of mean fields at 1°, 0.25°, and 0.10° resolution for temperature and salinity for the Gulf of Mexico are available for viewing and downloading.
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