Identification

Title

Canadian Archipelago Throughflow Study (CATS)

Alternative title(s)

106.292

Abstract

This dataset is part of the Canadian Archipelago Throughflow Study (CATS), a coordinated, multi-investigator program whose goal is to understand and estimate flow through the main passages of the Canadian Archipelago, including Nares Strait and Jones Sound, Barrow Strait, the downstream flow through Davis Strait and circulation and water-mass properties in the upstream Arctic source region. This freshwater export can have global implications, as it enters the North Atlantic precisely in the regions where deep North Atlantic waters are formed, in the Nordic and Labrador Seas. During 2003-06, The Canadian Archipelago Throughflow Study, as a part of the Arctic Sub-Arctic Ocean Flux (ASOF) experiment, deployed an array of ocean-sensing instruments at 80.5N latitude to investigate the flux of seawater from the Arctic Ocean via Nares Strait, the pathway to the west of Greenland. Additionally, data was gathered from a Healy cruise through the region. This data set contains Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) and conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) data from both the United States Coast Guard Cutter HEALY (USCGC Healy) and moorings in the Nares Strait. Healy data is from the 2003 July cruise. Mooring data covers 2003-2006. All data files are ASCII text with detailed header information. All documentation files are PDF.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu//dataset/106.292

protocol: https

name: Canadian Archipelago Throughflow Study (CATS) homepage

description: Dataset homepage

Unique resource identifier

code

106.292

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

Moorings

Ships

USCGC Healy - HLY

Keyword set

keyword value

Oceanography

Mooring

Arctic

CTD ocean cast

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-74.90400

East bounding longitude

-60.36500

North bounding latitude

82.13300

South bounding latitude

72.33600

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2003-07-24T19:21:00Z

End position

2006-08-12T16:29:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-02-03T09:51:50Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

University of Delaware

full postal address

College of Marine and Earth Studies

Newark

19716

USA

telephone number

302-831-0742

email address

muenchow@udel.edu

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-02-07T22:48:59Z

Metadata language