Product I: Temperature and Salinity Seasonal Fields

We created a summer and winter climatology with a high quality Arctic Ocean by merging WOA 1998 analyzed fields with EWG analyzed fields, along with data from the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO). For an explaination of how this was done, reference the "PHC 2.1 Detailed Report". Also reference section 2 of the PHC 2.0 paper, which describes in detail the WOA and EWG (AOA) data fields. Be aware that some of the specific details in this paper have changed for PHC 2.1. For example, the "Arctic Region" was redefined, and data from BIO were added. The PHC 2.1 Overview describes these changes, and the reasons for them.

Field Depths
For each season, there is a temperature and a salinity field for each of 33 depths.
These depths (in meters) are:

     0    400    1750
    10    500    2000
    20    600    2500
    30    700    3000
    50    800    3500
    75    900    4000
   100   1000    4500
   125   1100    5000
   150   1200    5500
   200   1300
   250   1400
   300   1500

Specifics

• Our data fields are global, and are stored in 1X1 degree bins, exactly analogous to the WOA (i.e. Levitus) data structure (described in detail on the data download page).
  
• All of our temperature fields are in situ.
  
• Temperature is in units of Celsius, while salinity is parts per 1000

  ---

  PHC 2.1 Seasonal Field Graphics

  
  

  

  Return to Table of Contents