Oceanographic Features - Climatology of Surface and Near-bed Temperature and Salinity on the North-West European Continental Shelf for 1971–2000

A 30-year (1971-2000) temperature and salinity climatology is presented for surface and near-bed regions of the NW European shelf seas, with a resolution of 1/6 longitude by 1/10 latitude. The data have been extracted from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) data centre and supplemented by additional records from the World Ocean Data Centre (WODC). From the original data, which are irregularly distributed in space and time, the mean monthly temperature and salinity are calculated, as well as the climatic mean annual cycle. The climatology presented here is an improvement upon all existing climatologies presented in the literature for the NW European shelf; covering a wider area on a finer scale and including the surface and near-bed distribution of both temperature and salinity. Comparison of our data with existing climatologies shows good agreement, with differences occurring where our climatology is an improvement. This climatology, which will prove to be valuable to many users in the marine community will be regularly updated and made available to all users via the ICES data centre.

本数据集展示了西北欧大陆架海域30年（1971-2000年）的温度和盐度气候学数据，分辨率为经度1/6度、纬度1/10度。数据源自国际海洋探索理事会（ICES）数据中心，并补充了世界海洋数据中心（WODC）的额外记录。通过对原始数据的处理，原始数据在时空上分布不均，计算得出月平均温度和盐度，以及气候学平均年循环。本展示的气候学数据在西北欧大陆架气候学文献中具有提升，覆盖范围更广，尺度更精细，并包括温度和盐度的表面及近底分布。与现有气候学数据的比较表明，我们的数据与现有气候学数据吻合良好，差异出现在我们的气候学数据具有提升之处。本气候学数据，对海洋领域众多用户而言将具有宝贵价值，并将定期更新并通过ICES数据中心向所有用户开放。