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 = TimeSeries
VARIABLES:
station_id (Station Identifier)
wind_direction (Wind From Direction, compass_point)
wind_speed (knots)
air_temperature (K)
cloud_cover (Cloud Area Fraction, 1)
estimated_wave_height (m)
secchi_depth (Secchi Disk Depth in Sea Water, m)
sea_surface_temperature (K)
sea_surface_salinity (PSU)
time (time of measurement, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
depth (Depth relative to water surface, m)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
wavelength (Wavelength of radiation, nm)
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, 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 = TimeSeries
VARIABLES:
station_id (Station Identifier)
wind_direction (Wind From Direction, compass_point)
wind_speed (knots)
air_temperature (K)
cloud_cover (Cloud Area Fraction, 1)
estimated_wave_height (m)
secchi_depth (Secchi Disk Depth in Sea Water, m)
sea_surface_temperature (K)
sea_surface_salinity (PSU)
time (time of measurement, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
depth (Depth relative to water surface, m)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
wavelength (Wavelength of radiation, nm)
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)
tilt_x (Tilt measurements in the X axis, degrees)
tilt_y (Tilt measurements in the Y axis, degrees)


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 = TimeSeries
VARIABLES:
time (time of measurement, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
station_id (Station Identifier)
wind_direction (Wind From Direction, compass_point)
wind_speed (knots)
air_temperature (K)
cloud_cover (Cloud Area Fraction, 1)
estimated_wave_height (m)
secchi_depth (Secchi Disk Depth in Sea Water, m)
sea_surface_temperature (K)
sea_surface_salinity (PSU)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
backscattering_blue_470nm (Volume scattering of blue light (470 nm), m^-1/sr)
backscattering_green_525nm (Volume scattering of green light (525 nm), m^-1/sr)
backscattering_red_700nm (Volume scattering of red light (700 nm), m^-1/sr)
backscattering_green_at_100_deg (Volume scattering of green light (532 nm) at 100°, m^-1/sr)
backscattering_green_at_125_deg (Volume scattering of green light (532 nm) at 125°, m^-1/sr)
backscattering_green_at_150_deg (Volume scattering of green light (532 nm) at 150°, m^-1/sr)
backscattering_red_at_100_deg (Volume scattering of red light (650 nm) at 100°, m^-1/sr)
... (23 more variables)


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 the Satlantic HyperPro platform, which is a free-falling optical profiler, which is used to measure downwelling irradiance, upwelling irradiance, and upwelling radiance, as well as conductivity, temperature, pressure, and chlorophyll fluorescence. Three vertical profile casts are sampled with this instrument each week: one profile down to 60m depth, and two profiles just deep enough so the sensors aren't detecting light from surface. The surface irradiance is measured from the boat used to deploy the profiler. 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 = TimeSeries
VARIABLES:
time (time of measurement, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
station_id (Station Identifier)
wind_direction (Wind From Direction, compass_point)
wind_speed (knots)
air_temperature (K)
cloud_cover (Cloud Area Fraction, 1)
estimated_wave_height (m)
secchi_depth (Secchi Disk Depth in Sea Water, m)
sea_surface_temperature (K)
sea_surface_salinity (PSU)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
sea_water_temperature (Temperature, K)
sea_water_practical_salinity (Practical salinity, PSU)
... (9 more variables)


Wave and SST for Sable Island South SPOT 1431

Sofar Spotter 2 deployments on the south side of Sable Island, NS. Two buoys, each in approximitely 30m of water.

cdm_data_type = Point
VARIABLES:
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
longitude (degrees_east)
latitude (degrees_north)
surface_temp (temperature on the ocean surface of buoy location, degree_C)
wave_mean_direction (mean direction of the incoming waves during sample time, degrees)
wave_mean_directional_spread (variance-weighted mean in oncoming wave direction during sample time, degrees)
wave_mean_period (mean period of the waves during sample time, seconds)
wave_peak_direction (direction of the largest waves, degrees)
wave_peak_period (period of the largest waves, seconds)
wave_significant_height (wave height of the largest 1/3 of waves measured, meters)
wave_peak_directional_spread (variance-weighted mean in oncoming waves direction for peak wave during sample time, degrees)
wind_direction (calculated wind direction from onboard sensor data, degrees)
wind_speed (calculated wind speed from onboard sensor data, m/s)


Wave and SST for Sable Island South SPOT 1461


Codar height dat gathered by MEOPAR

cdm_data_type = Other
VARIABLES:
time (Timestamp, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
OriginLatitude (Origin Latitude, degrees_north)
OriginLongitude (Origin Longitude, degrees_east)
RangeResolutionKMeters (Range Resolution KMeters, km)
AntennaBearing (Antenna Bearing, degrees)
distance (km)
doppler_points
range_cell
spectra_count
time_from_start (seconds)
vector_flag
wave_direction (Sea Surface Wave To Direction, degrees)
wave_height (Sea Surface Wave Significant Height, m)
wave_method
wave_period (Sea Surface Swell Wave Period, seconds)
wind_direction (Wind From Direction, degrees)