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National Coverage of Sea-Surface Temperature Fields
This project will offer data on sea surface temperatures obtained through remote sensing using a Web map server (WMS) as well as national coverage of all Arctic, Pacific and Atlantic coastal waters and Canadian inland lakes.
The current series of images from the NOAA-19 AVHRR sensors is nearing an end, but these sensors will be maintained on the European polar-orbiting operational meteorology satellites (MetOp), which will supply basic data for the next fifteen years. Presently, Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO) Maurice Lamontagne Institute remote sensing laboratory posts sea-surface temperature maps through the St. Lawrence Observatory Web portal (www.osl.gc.ca). This information, presented as images in JPG format, is easily downloadable, but cannot be incorporated into a spatial reference system. Using the Web, mapping applications will have access to authoritative data from the most appropriate source.
At the national level, the increased availability of ocean temperature data in a format that is compatible with interoperable applications will allow DFO to integrate this information into management and decision-making systems. The adoption of Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) standards and specifications will make it easier for managers in the areas of environment and public safety to access data of relevance to them, giving them an additional layer of information to use in decision making.
Since an operational structure is already in place, the project will essentially allow DFO to better serve its users by offering them a new way of sharing existing data. To that end, new metadata will be accessible through the CGDI.
Primary Partner:
Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Mont-Joli,
Quebec;
Funding From GeoConnections: $27,500.00 ( 42.0 %)
Estimated Inception Date: April, 2007
Estimated Completion Date: January, 2008