Remote Sensing

DFO Contacts and Internet sites regarding Remote Sensing in the Northwest Atlantic

Bedford Institute of Oceanography

• Ocean Colour, Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and Primary Productivity.
  Bi weekly composite images of sea-surface temperature (NOAA AVHRR) and ocean colour (SeaWIFS and MODIS) for the Northwest Atlantic from 1997 to present. Individual passes are also available for 9 pre-defined areas from Georges Bank to Cape Chidley.
• Sea Surface Temperature and Ocean Colour (OCDB) Database.
  Web accessible databases of Satellite derived (NOAA / AVHRR from JPL) sea-surface temperature for the Northwest Atlantic from 1982 to 2005 (SST) and ocean colour (SeaWIFS) for the Northwest Atlantic from 1997 to 2004 (OCDB).

Maurice Lamontagne Institute

• Sea Surface Temperature
  Data available as JPEG images, covering Canada's coastal zones from 1993 to present. Acquired and processed from NOAA AVHRR satellites.

Integrated Science Data Management

• Data Archive and Ocean Monitoring Workstation Products (OMW)
  GEOSAT, TOPEX/POSEIDON, RADARSAT and SAR mode of ERS-1 and ERS-2 derived information from the sea surface. Data (altimetry since 1985, scatterometry since 1991) and products (vessel detection, frontal features, ocean wave information, slicks, winds since 1996) are available upon request only.
• AZMP - Climate Indices
  • Sea Surface Temperature Climatology
    Normal SST field for eastern Canadian waters (40-52º N and 40-75º W) derived from an analysis performed on NOAA-JPL's AVHRR weekly 18km MCSST dataset, using data from 1981 to 2000.
  • Labrador Current Volume Transport.
    Surface (unit-depth) geostrophic transport across Newfoundland and Grand Banks slopes derived from TOPEX/Poseidon altimetry for 1992-2004, created at NAFC.
  • Gulf Stream and Shelf/Slope Fronts
    Mean position and anomaly of the Gulf Stream and Shelf/Slope Fronts derived from NOAA AVHRR SST maps digitized at BIO, from 1966 to present.