Bedford Basin BOP Spectral Level 2 Binned

Bedford Basin, Nova Scotia, has been host to frequent monitoring by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) since the 1960s. This monitoring was formalized as the Bedford Basin Monitoring Program (BBMP), a weekly time series, in 1999. Dalhousie University joined the BBMP in 2008 to begin a bio-optical time series, beginning a close relationship between academic and government researchers. This dataset consists of data collected by a Bio Optical Profiler (BOP)which is a series of instruments mounted on a large cage. There are no measurements taken in August of each year as the vessel is away for maintenance. The Bedford Basin station (BB1) is at 44.693611 N, -63.640278 E and has a maximum depth of 73 m, though the instruments are typically only sent to 60 m. Calibration coefficients are available upon request.

cdm_data_type = Grid
VARIABLES (all of which use the dimensions [time][depth][wavelength]):
surface_irradiance (Solar Irradiance at the surface per unit wavelength, uW/cm^2/nm)
acs_a (AC-S Absorption, m-1)
acs_c (AC_S Attenuation, m-1)


Bedford Basin HYP Spectral Level 2 Binned

Bedford Basin, Nova Scotia, has been host to frequent monitoring by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) since the 1960s. This monitoring was formalized as the Bedford Basin Monitoring Program (BBMP), a weekly time series, in 1999. Dalhousie University joined the BBMP in 2008 to begin a bio-optical time series, beginning a close relationship between academic and government researchers. This dataset consists of data collected by a Bio Optical Profiler (BOP)which is a series of instruments mounted on a large cage. There are no measurements taken in August of each year as the vessel is away for maintenance. The Bedford Basin station (BB1) is at 44.693611 N, -63.640278 E and has a maximum depth of 73 m, though the instruments are typically only sent to 60 m. Calibration coefficients are available upon request.

cdm_data_type = Grid
VARIABLES (all of which use the dimensions [time][depth][wavelength]):
surface_irradiance (Solar Irradiance at the surface per unit wavelength, uW/cm^2/nm)
downwelling_irradiance (Downwelling irradiance (in water pointing up) light counts, uW/cm^2/nm)
upwelling_radiance (Upwelling radiance (in water pointing down) light counts, uW/cm^2/nm/sr)


Bedford Basin Oxygen Winkler and Chlorophyll Data Grid View

Oxygen Winkler and Chlorophyll data otained through Winkler, Welschmeyer, and Acid methods. The samples used in this data were gathered as part of the Bedford Basin Time Series project. Samples are taken from the Bedford Basin station (BB1) at coordinates: 44.6917658333, -63.6407906667.

cdm_data_type = Grid
VARIABLES (all of which use the dimensions [time][depth]):
dissolved_o2 (Dissolved oxygen concentration (Winkler method), ml/L)
chlorophyll_a_welschmeyer (Chlorophyll-a concentration (Welschmeyer method), µg/l)
chlorophyll_a_acid (Chlorophyll-a concentration (acidification method), µg/l)