Scientific Data and Products

• Coastal Time Series (CTS),
• Hydrographic (Climate),
• Ocean Colour Database (OCDB),
• Ocean Data Inventory (ODI),
• Sea-surface Temperature (SST)

Access to a number of databases maintained by Ocean Sciences at the Bedford Institute. The databases include temperature-salinity profiles for the North West Atlantic, sea-surface temperature from satellite, monthly statistics of ocean currents and other moored instruments, and daily temperature observations from coastal thermographs.

The seasonal means and expected ranges of temperature and salinity. Range Profile files contain statistical information about the area enclosed by the polygon in the displayed map. The statistics are based on CTD and bottle cast profiles which were present in the IOS data archives at the time of the file's creation (December 1996). In addition to being area-specific, the statistics are also specific to a season.

• Meris,
• NOAA,
• SeaWiFs

Satellite data archives containing images from the AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) on the NOAA series of polar- orbiting weather satellites, the SeaWiFS sensor on the Seastar satellite and the MERIS (Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) sensor on the European Space Agency's Envisat satellite.

Water temperature and salinity data recorded onboard commercial ships and a Canadian Coast Guard ship which sail in the St. Lawrence Gulf and Estuary.

The St. Lawrence Global Observatory is an initiative to provide quick and transparent integrated access to the data and information from a network of federal, provincial, academic and other organizations for the sustainable management of the St. Lawrence global ecosystem

• The Gulf of St. Lawrence,
• The Labrador Shelf,
• The Newfoundland Shelf,
• The Scotian Shelf / Gulf of Maine

The climatologies consist of tables, contour maps and seasonal cycle plots of monthly temperature and salinity statistics for 150 sub-areas for: the Scotian Shelf / Gulf of Maine, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Newfoundland Shelf and the Labrador Shelf.