This interactive tool plots observational bottle data throughout the Pacific Northwest coastal waters
and the Salish Sea.
Directions:
- Drag a rectange on the map to select a region. Those cast locations will turn BLUE.
- Click on the Time Slider to select a specific month to highlight. You can either drag the slider to
a month or use the left-right arrow keys. If there are casts in the region for that month they will
turn RED.
- Use the dropdown menu below the time slider to select the year.
This data comes from a veriety of agencies: WA Department of Ecology, UW Washington Ocean Acidification
Center cruises, NOAA West Coast Ocean Acidification cruise, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, etc. The
complete reference for data sources is here .
The observations are plotted vs. depth (m) on the right. The properties are: CT = Potential Temperature
(deg C), SA = Salinity (g/kg), Dissolved Oxygen, Nitrate, Dissolved Inorganic Carbon, and Total
Alkalinity.