Observational Datasets -
Global Data Sets:
These have at least 20-year time series, often significantly longer.
Examples include World Ocean Database 2005, wind and surface flux data
from ECMWF and NCEP, upwelling indices, SST data from COADS, NCEP-GTS,
hydrography and circulation fields from SODA and OFES (model output),
and climate indices such as PDO, NPGO, PNA, AO, NAO and MEI. Satellite
data fields and their time spans include CHL-a (and derived
productivity) (1997-present), SST (1985-present), SSH (AVISO and NASA
data, 1992-present) and surface winds (1999-present).
In Situ Physical Data sets:
U.S. GLOBEC LTOP and process cruise data, CalCOFI data (southern
California, 1949-present), archived Oregon shelf CTD and current meter
data sets from OSU (various time series, some extending back to 1961),
IFOP northern Chile hydrographic surveys (1964-present, [Blanco et al.,
2001]) , U. Concepcion shelf/slope current meters at 21, 30 and 36°S
(some extending back to 1991), COPAS central Chile shelf and offshore
(2002-present [Escribano et al., 2007]).
Table of in situ biological data sets
|
Data Set |
Location/Resolution |
Time |
Properties |
|
CalCOFI |
Southern CCS; usually quarterly |
1949 – pres. 1984-pres (chl) |
Nutrients, chl, pp profiles; zoo biomass+ ichthy species |
|
GLOBEC LTOP |
Oregon shelf to 85 miles offshore; quarterly. Gulf of Alaska, along Seward Line. |
1997 – 2005, 2007 |
CTD, nutrient and chl-a profiles, zooplankton species |
|
Newport Line |
Newport shelf and slope (quarterly) Newport shelf and slope; ~ monthly |
1961-1972
1963-1967 |
Nansen bottles and reversing thermometers. Krill species |
|
Newport Line |
Oregon shelf and shelf break bi-weekly, 7 stations (1 to 25 miles from shore) |
1969-1972; 1996– pres. |
1969-72 SST only. 1996-present CTD, chl-a, nutrients, zoopl species |
|
Newport Line |
Oregon shelf, biweekly, summer |
1973,78,83, 90-92 |
Zoopl only |
|
Washington and Oregon shelf |
6-7 stations along 7-8 transects between northern WA and central OR |
2x/summer 1998-pres. 1981-1985. |
CTD, chl-a and nutrients, zoop. species, trawls for pelagic fish & juv. salmon). |
|
Stn PAPA |
N. Pacific subarctic gyre, 3x/year |
1956-pres. |
Zoopl biomass |
|
BC shelf |
Vancouver Island southern shelf, quarterly |
1985-pres. |
CTD, chl, nutes, zoo species |
|
Odate |
Western N. Pacific, Kuroshio Oyashio, transition regions, monthly |
1951-pres. |
CTD, chl, zoopl species |
|
Hokkaido University |
Western / central subarctic Pacific, annual |
1953-2001 |
Oshoro-Maru zooplankton Time series |
|
Japan Nat. Fish. Res. Inst. |
W. Subtrop. Pac., Kuroshio, 5-8 x per year |
1971-pres. |
Zoop, fish egg, larvae surveys |
|
Hokkaido Nat. Fish. Res. Inst. |
W. Subarctic Pac., Oyashio, 5-8x / year |
1987-pres. |
Line A monitoring, zoopl. |
|
IMARPE |
Peru upwelling region, seasonal |
1964-pres. |
zooplankton |
|
IFOP |
Northern Chile, cross-shelf surveys, seasonal |
1985-pres. 1996-pres (chl) |
Zooplankton, www.IFOP.cl |
|
Antofagasta research |
Northern Chile coastal, at least annually |
1991-2003 |
zooplankton |
|
COPAS |
Central Chile, off Concepcion |
2002-pres. |
CTD, nutrients, chl-a, zoop |
Modeling Datasets -
The dynamics underlying climate variability in the Pacific Ocean Boundaries are investigated with high-resolution physical-biological model integrations of the OFES-NPZD and ROMS-NPZD models. Preliminary work in the Northeast Pacific shows that these models have high skill in reproducing the physical-biological variability recorded in long-term timeseries such as the CalCOFI hydrogrpahy and Line P data. The output data of the ROMS-NPZD is freely available on the OpenDAP server - [ OpenDAP link ], while the OFES-NPZD is available on request at JAMSTEC, Japan - [ data request form link ].
Table of experiments and model data access on Georgia Tech Server - [ click here ]
This work is sponsored by the
National Science Foundation and
US GLOBEC Program
through the Physical and Biological Oceanography programs
