Placentia Bay: North Harbour - NHARB

NHARB (47.84626 N , 54.09684 W) is a water temperature and pressure gauge located in North Harbour, Placentia Bay. The station is equipped with an HydroMet OTT Pressure Level Sensor (PLS) measuring water pressure and temperature. The sensor is connected to a SUTRON Satlink2-V2 which collect 1 min average values (from a 1 Hz internal sampling) logged every 10 min and transmitted via an Omni-directional GOES antenna every hour. The station is installed on a wharf and the sensor is moored at about 3 m depth from mean sea level. This station is part of a monitoring program led by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre (Fisheries and Oceans, Canada) to provide with an oceanographic baseline of the area.

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Metadata Reference Date(s) September 01, 2017 (Creation)
February 14, 2023 (Revision)
Frequency of Update As Needed

Responsible Party 1
Affiliation
Marine Institute - CTec - SmartAtlantic
Role
Contributor
Responsible Party 2
Affiliation
DFO-MPO
Role
Originator
Responsible Party 3
Affiliation
Fisheries and Oceans Canada - P\u00eaches et Oc\u00e9ans Canada
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Author
Responsible Party 4
Name
SmartAtlantic
Email
SmartBay@smartbay.ca
Role
Publisher

Field Value
Ocean Variables
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Other
Scope Dataset
Status On Going
Spatial Extent [-54.09684, 47.84626]
North Bounding Latitude 47.84626
South Bounding Latitude 47.84626
East Bounding Longitude -54.09684
West Bounding Longitude -54.09684
Temporal Extent
Begin
2017-09-01
End
2023-02-14
Default Locale English
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Included in Data Catalogue 1
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CKAN
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https://catalogue.cioosatlantic.ca