Maritimes Region Historical RAPID Climate Change Program Moored Time Series Data

Rapid Climate Change (RAPID) was originally a £20 million, six-year (2001-2007) program of the Natural Environment Research Council. This monitoring effort was continued in the NERC-funded follow-on program RAPID-WATCH 2008-2014. The program aimed to improve the ability to quantify the probability and magnitude of future rapid change in climate, with a main (but not exclusive) focus on the role of the Atlantic Ocean's Thermohaline Circulation. The program used a combination of observations (present day and palaeo) and modelling (atmospheric, oceanic, terrestrial, cryospheric). Observations such as moorings were used for testing simulations of Thermohaline Circulation variability and climate change including the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, long-term transports and mixing processes and atmospheric forcing of ocean convection, and large-scale ocean transports.

The specific scientific objectives of the RAPID program were agreed by the Rapid Climate Change Steering Committee and are detailed in the RAPID Science Plan (https://rapid.ac.uk/rapid/Scienceplan.php).

In the Maritimes the Rapid moorings were mostly on the Scotian shelf and slope off of Halifax from 2004 to 2010.

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Licence: Open Government Licence 2.0 (Canada)

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Metadata Reference Date(s) July 31, 2023 (Revision)
August 01, 2023 (Publication)
Data Reference Date(s) January 01, 2004 (Creation)
Frequency of Update As Needed

Responsible Party 1
Name
Environmental Data Section (MEDS), Marine
Affiliation
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Role
Owner
Responsible Party 2
Name
Cardoso, Diana
Affiliation
DFO
Email
Diana.Cardoso@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Role
  • Custodian
  • Point of Contact
Responsible Party 3
Name
Data Services, BIO
Affiliation
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Email
BIO.Datashop@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Role
Distributor

Field Value
Ocean Variables
  • Oxygen
  • Sea Surface Salinity
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Subsurface Currents
  • Subsurface Salinity
  • Subsurface Temperature
  • Surface Currents
  • Other
Climate Variables
  • Surface Currents
  • Oxygen
Scope Dataset
Status Completed
Maintenance Note Generated from https://cioos-siooc.github.io/metadata-entry-form
Spatial Extent [[[-64.0, 41.0], [-59.0, 41.0], [-59.0, 44.0], [-64.0, 44.0], [-64.0, 41.0]]]
North Bounding Latitude 44.0
South Bounding Latitude 41.0
East Bounding Longitude -59.0
West Bounding Longitude -64.0
Temporal Extent
Begin
2004-01-01
End
2010-12-12
Vertical Extent
Min
1.0
Max
4000.0
Default Locale English
Included in Data Catalogue
Included in Data Catalogue 1
Name
CKAN
Description
 
URL
https://catalogue.dev.cioosatlantic.ca