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Description

Optical sensors were added to some of the 17 meteorological ODAS (Ocean Data Acquisition System) buoys which provide weather and ocean data along and off the west coast of Canada for the Environment (EC) and the Fisheries and Ocean departments (DFO) of the Canadian federal government. This dataset includes Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) data from two locations: Halibut Bank (buoy code 46146) and Saanich Inlet near the Institute of Ocean Sciences (buoy code 46134). For additional information please refer to Gower et al., 1999 (DOI:10.1109/OCEANS.1999.800169)

Product Summary

Platforms
Water-based Platforms ,
In Situ Ocean-based Platforms
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1998-05-05 to Present
Data Partner
Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OB.DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/OB.DAAC) ,
SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System, Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/SeaBASS)
Concept ID
C1633360580-OB_DAAC
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
2
Processing Level
2
Updated
Science Keywords
Ocean Chemistry ,
Ocean Optics ,
Ocean Temperature ,
Salinity/Density

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

SeaBASS. (1998). PAC_DFO_PAR_BUOY [Data set]. NASA Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/SEABASS/PAC_DFO_PAR_BUOY/DATA001 Date Accessed: 2025-12-22