Project: DFO BIO
Name: Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS)
Email: BIO.Datashop@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Institution: DFO BIO
InfoURL: https://www.bio.gc.ca/science/monitoring-monitorage/azomp-pmzao/azomp-pmzao-en.php
Source URL: (local files)
20250820
Maritimes Region Atlantic Zone Off-Shelf Monitoring Program (AZOMP) Rosette Vertical Profiles
Unknown
tabular digital data
Halifax, NS, CA
ERDDAP, version 2.28.1, at Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.graph
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.subset
DFO BIO
The Atlantic Zone Off-Shelf Monitoring Program (AZOMP) collects and analyzes physical, chemical, and biological oceanographic observations from the continental slope and deep waters of the Northwest Atlantic, with the overall goal of monitoring variability in ocean climate and plankton affecting ecosystems off Atlantic Canada and climate systems at both regional and global scales.
Annual measurements in the Labrador Sea began in 1990 as a contribution to the World Climate Research Program and have evolved into a multidisciplinary regional monitoring effort and part of the Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Program (GO-SHIP).
AZOMP's sampling scheme off Atlantic Canada and the Labrador Sea involves annual sampling of both the extended Halifax Line, deep-water stations over the Scotian Slope and Rise located at the end of AZMP’s Halifax Line, and the Atlantic Repeat 7-West (AR7W) line, a 880 km-line running from Misery Point, Labrador to Cape Desolation, Greenland. Opportunistic sampling may also occur at stations in the Strait of Belle Ilse, station 27, Labrador Shelf, and OSNAP West line in support of ancillary research programs and initiatives. AZOMP sampling is conducted according to standard procedures (https://cat.fsl-bsf.scitech.gc.ca/record=b3951030~S6) and includes: 1- the collection of CTD and Lowered-ADCP profiles and water samples for the determination of physical (e.g., T, S, currents), chemical (e.g., nutrients, pH, transient gases for water mass determination and tracers for ventilation and carbon sequestration studies), and biological (e.g., chl a) variables; 2- multi net tows for zooplankton; and 3- vertical ring net tows for plankton. In addition XBTs and Argo floats are commonly deployed and vessel-mounted ADCP is used to determine current profiles. The data collected are synthesized into annual reports on the physical, chemical and biological changes in Atlantic Canada and the Labrador Sea.” One primary focus is on changes in the intensity of winter overturning of surface and intermediate-depth waters resulting in water mass formation and is part of the thermohaline circulation that affects the global climate. Convection also transfers atmospheric gases from the surface to intermediate depths, reducing the rate of increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere but increasing the acidity of the ocean
Unknown
https://www.bio.gc.ca/science/monitoring-monitorage/azomp-pmzao/azomp-pmzao-en.php
19930619
20250527
ground condition
As needed
-63.6448
-43.9842
63.417
37.9167
CIOOS Keywords
ADCP
carbon dioxide
chlorophyll a
climate change
CTD
dissolvedOrganicCarbon
fluorescence
inorganicCarbon
nitrate
nutrients
oceanColour
oceanographic missions
other
oxygen
particulateMatter
PCO2
phosphate
physical-chemical
phytoplankton
phytoplanktonBiomassAndDiversity
potential density
potential temperature
pressure
remote sensing
salinity
sampling
sea currents
seaSurfaceSalinity
seaSurfaceTemperature
seawater density
silicate
subSurfaceCurrents
subSurfaceSalinity
subSurfaceTemperature
surfaceCurrents
tracers
transientTracers
water density
water temperature
zooplanktonBiomassAndDiversity
CF Standard Name Table v78
platform_name
platform_id
latitude
longitude
latitude
longitude
status_flag
status_flag
time
time
depth
height_above_sea_floor
status_flag
sea_water_pressure
status_flag
sea_water_practical_salinity
sea_water_practical_salinity
status_flag
sea_water_practical_salinity
sea_water_practical_salinity
status_flag
sea_water_temperature
sea_water_temperature
sea_water_temperature
sea_water_temperature
sea_water_temperature
status_flag
sea_water_temperature
sea_water_temperature
sea_water_temperature
sea_water_temperature
sea_water_temperature
status_flag
sea_water_electrical_conductivity
status_flag
sea_water_electrical_conductivity
status_flag
volume_fraction_of_oxygen_in_sea_water
status_flag
volume_fraction_of_oxygen_in_sea_water
status_flag
concentration_of_colored_dissolved_organic_matter_in_sea_water_expressed_as_equivalent_mass_fraction_of_quinine_sulfate_dihydrate
status_flag
mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water
status_flag
mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water
status_flag
sea_water_ph_reported_on_total_scale
status_flag
surface_downwelling_photosynthetic_photon_spherical_irradiance_in_sea_water
status_flag
downwelling_photosynthetic_photon_spherical_irradiance_in_sea_water
status_flag
volume_scattering_function_of_radiative_flux_in_sea_water
status_flag
status_flag
status_flag
None.
Open Government Licence - Canada
DFO BIO
Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS)
Unknown
Mailing and Physical Address
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
BIO.Datashop@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.graph
Web page to make a customized map or graph of the data
HTML
Contributor Name: Marc Ringuette,BIO Data Services,Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS)
Contributor Role: custodian,distributor,owner
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Point
Point
Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System
CIOOS Data Manager
Data Manager
Mailing and Physical Address
6375 Edzell Castle Circle, 2nd Floor, Steele Ocean Sciences Building
Halifax
NS
B3H 4J1
CA
19999999999
info@cioos.ca
ERDDAP, version 2.28.1: get metadata; download data; make graphs and maps.
Open Government Licence - Canada
.tsv
1
Download a ISO-8859-1 tab-separated text table (line 1: names; line 2: units; ISO 8601 times). https://jkorpela.fi/TSV.html
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.dods
1
OPeNDAP clients use this to download the data in the DODS binary format. https://docs.opendap.org/index.php/UserGuideOPeNDAPMessages#Data_Transmission
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.iso19115
1
View the dataset's ISO 19115-2/19139 UTF-8 .xml metadata. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geospatial_metadata
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.ncCFHeader
1
View the UTF-8 header (the metadata) for the .ncCF file. https://linux.die.net/man/1/ncdump
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.ncHeader
1
View the UTF-8 header (the metadata) for the NetCDF-3 .nc file. https://linux.die.net/man/1/ncdump
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.jsonlKVP
1
View a UTF-8 JSON Lines file with Key:Value pairs (missing value = 'null'; times are ISO 8601 strings). https://jsonlines.org/
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.croissant
1
Download the dataset croissant schema. https://docs.mlcommons.org/croissant/docs/croissant-spec.html
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.tsv0
1
Download a ISO-8859-1 .tsv file without column names or units. Times are ISO 8601 strings. https://jkorpela.fi/TSV.html
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.nc
1
Download a flat, table-like, NetCDF-3 binary file with COARDS/CF/ACDD metadata. https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.csv
1
Download a ISO-8859-1 comma-separated text table (line 1: names; line 2: units; ISO 8601 times). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.dds
1
View the dataset's structure via an ISO-8859-1 OPeNDAP Dataset Descriptor Structure (DDS). https://docs.opendap.org/index.php/UserGuideOPeNDAPMessages#Dataset_Descriptor_Structure
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.csv0
1
Download a ISO-8859-1 .csv file without column names or units. Times are ISO 8601 strings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.xhtml
1
View a UTF-8 XHTML (XML) file with the data in a table. Times are ISO 8601 strings. https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_tables.asp
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.dataTable
1
A JSON file formatted for use with the Google Visualization client library (Google Charts). https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/reference#dataparam
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.das
1
View the dataset's metadata via an ISO-8859-1 OPeNDAP Dataset Attribute Structure (DAS). https://docs.opendap.org/index.php/UserGuideOPeNDAPMessages#Dataset_Attribute_Structure
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.nccsvMetadata
1
View the dataset's metadata as the top half of a 7-bit ASCII NCCSV .csv file. https://erddap.github.io/docs/user/nccsv-1.20
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.odvTxt
1
Download longitude,latitude,time,otherColumns as an ISO-8859-1 ODV Generic Spreadsheet File (.txt). https://odv.awi.de/en/documentation/
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.ncCF
1
Download a NetCDF-3 CF Discrete Sampling Geometries file (Contiguous Ragged Array). https://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-conventions/cf-conventions-1.8/cf-conventions.html#discrete-sampling-geometries
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.fgdc
1
View the dataset's UTF-8 FGDC .xml metadata. https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/metadata/base-metadata/index_html
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.itx
1
Download an ISO-8859-1 Igor Text File. Each response column becomes a wave. https://www.wavemetrics.net/doc/igorman/II-09%20Data%20Import%20Export.pdf
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.asc
1
View OPeNDAP-style ISO-8859-1 comma-separated text. https://docs.opendap.org/index.php/UserGuideOPeNDAPMessages#ASCII_Service
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.ncCFMAHeader
1
View the UTF-8 header (the metadata) for the .ncCFMA file. https://linux.die.net/man/1/ncdump
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.parquet
1
Download as a parquet file. Metadata contains column names ("column_names") and units ("column_units"). https://parquet.apache.org/
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.ncCFMA
1
Download a NetCDF-3 CF Discrete Sampling Geometries file (Multidimensional Array). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/netcdf-templates
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.mat
1
Download a MATLAB binary file. https://www.mathworks.com/
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.json
1
View a table-like UTF-8 JSON file (missing value = 'null'; times are ISO 8601 strings). https://www.json.org/
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.wav
1
Download a .wav audio file. All columns must be numeric and of the same type. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.ncoJson
1
Download a UTF-8 NCO lvl=2 JSON file with COARDS/CF/ACDD metadata. https://nco.sourceforge.net/nco.html#json
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.jsonlCSV1
1
View a UTF-8 JSON Lines CSV file with column names on line 1 (mv = 'null'; times are ISO 8601 strings). https://jsonlines.org/
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.jsonlCSV
1
View a UTF-8 JSON Lines CSV file without column names (mv = 'null'; times are ISO 8601 strings). https://jsonlines.org/
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.tsvp
1
Download a ISO-8859-1 .tsv file with line 1: name (units). Times are ISO 8601 strings. https://jkorpela.fi/TSV.html
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.nccsv
1
Download a NetCDF-3-like 7-bit ASCII NCCSV .csv file with COARDS/CF/ACDD metadata. https://erddap.github.io/docs/user/nccsv-1.20
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.htmlTable
1
View a UTF-8 .html web page with the data in a table. Times are ISO 8601 strings. https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_tables.asp
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.esriCsv
1
Download a ISO_8859_1 .csv file for ESRI's ArcGIS 9.x and below (separate date and time columns). https://support.esri.com/technical-article/000012745
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.geoJson
1
Download longitude,latitude,otherColumns data as a UTF-8 GeoJSON .json file. http://wiki.geojson.org/Main_Page
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.csvp
1
Download a ISO-8859-1 .csv file with line 1: name (units). Times are ISO 8601 strings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.parquetWMeta
1
Download as a parquet file with detailed metadata. https://parquet.apache.org/
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.html
.png
1
View a standard, medium-sized .png image file with a graph or map. http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.graph
.largePdf
1
View a large .pdf image file with a graph or map. https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/about-adobe-pdf.html
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.graph
.largePng
1
View a large .png image file with a graph or map. http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.graph
.smallPdf
1
View a small .pdf image file with a graph or map. https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/about-adobe-pdf.html
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.graph
.smallPng
1
View a small .png image file with a graph or map. http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.graph
.kml
1
View a .kml file, suitable for Google Earth. https://developers.google.com/kml/
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.graph
.pdf
1
View a standard, medium-sized .pdf image file with a graph or map. https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/about-adobe-pdf.html
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.graph
.transparentPng
1
View a .png image file (just the data, without axes, landmask, or legend). http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/
https://erddap.cioos.ca/erddap/tabledap/bio_atlantic_zone_off_shelf_monitoring_program_ctd.graph
None
20260827
Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System
CIOOS Data Manager
Data Manager
Mailing and Physical Address
6375 Edzell Castle Circle, 2nd Floor, Steele Ocean Sciences Building
Halifax
NS
B3H 4J1
CA
19999999999
info@cioos.ca
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-012-2002
universal time
None.
Open Government Licence - Canada