Scientific Data and Products

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.

Data is processed to calculate sea surface temperatures. The images are used to generate a complete national coverage for each day and averages over many days.

ISDM in Canada became a Responsible National Oceanographic Data Centre (RNODC) for Drifting Buoy Data on behalf of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in January 1986. The purpose of this Web site is to describe the activities of the RNODC-ISDM in acquiring and making drifting buoy data available to the international scientific community.

• 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.

Images from the AVHRR on the NOAA series of polar-orbiting weather satellites, the SeaWiFS sensor on the Seastar satellite and the MERIS sensor on the European Space Agency's Envisat satellite.

Search the IOS/OS Data Inventory for Satellite sample images (AVHRR and SeaWiFS).