ARICE Metadata Catalogue
ArcticNet Basemaps
Map Projection - A Lambert Conformal Conic projection (with two standard parallels) is used for the ArcticNet Basemap series of mapsheets. In order to minimize distortion in the areas of most interest, the standard parallels were specifically chosen to follow the two major east-west channels through the Northwest Passage (Parry Channel and Queen Maud/Coronation Gulf). The projection parameters are as follows:
¿ 1st Standard parallel: 70°
¿ 2nd Standard parallel: 73°
¿ Origin latitude: 70°
¿ Origin longitude: -105°
¿ False easting: 2,000,000 metres
¿ False northing: 2,000,000 metres
Datums - Horizontal datum: NAD83; Vertical datum: soundings are reduced to mean sea level (MSL) using the WebTide tidal prediction models.
Misc. Processing Details
Since time is at a premium while underway, there are often cases where long transits are undertaken with little or no sound speed profiles collected. On the other hand, some oceanographic sections sampled by the Amundsen provide very dense sound speed information throughout the watercolumn. In sections where the watercolumn is poorly sampled, the 1/4 ° World Ocean Atlas (2001) climatology is used as a source of sound speed.
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- Date (Publication)
- 2018-03-15
- Cited responsible party
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role ArcticNet and contributors
Author Jonathan Beaudoin
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ArcticNet Basemaps
- Purpose
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Most of this Basemap Series comes from the electronic soundings by the CCGS Amundsen (and other platforms) as it traveled off the beaten path to further ArcticNet investigations. The maps show a colour-coded line crossing a rectangle of seabed that covers 15 minutes of latitude and 30 minutes of longitude. A scale allows conversion to kilometres or nautical miles. The crucial bit of information is the colour code for depth, which runs from 200 metres to less than 50.
The data collected by the CCGS Amundsen (and other platforms) is presented in the form of basemaps. Data are gridded at a resolution of 10 metres. For perusal via the web portal, images are created in which depths are colour coded (based on the range of depths in the mapsheets) and the terrain is sun-illuminated. Grid files are available for download in ESRI grid format (.flt and .hdr files for each mapsheet, downloaded as a zipped .tgz archive file).
- Status
- Under development
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Canadian Cryospheric Information Network
Polar Data Catalogue
Point of contact
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Polar Data Catalogue Thesaurus (Canada)
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Arctic
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Geospatial data
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Map layers
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Maps
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Oceanography
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Seabed
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- Place
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Canadian Arctic
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- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
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Terms of Use of the Polar Data Catalogue: https://www.polardata.ca/pdcinput/public/termsofuse
- Language
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eng; CAN
- Topic category
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- Environment
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- Begin date
- 2004-01-01
- End date
- Undefined
- Supplemental Information
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Summary: Not Applicable Research Program(s): ArcticNet. For further information: http://www.omg.unb.ca/Projects/Arctic/basemaps/about.html
- Distribution format
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Name Version Digital file
1.0
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Canadian Cryospheric Information Network
Polar Data Catalogue
Distributor
- Included with dataset
- No
Metadata
- File identifier
- 9bfe1c07-8e3d-49d1-99ec-51c837d625cc XML
- Metadata language
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eng; CAN
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2022-04-08T13:01:19
- Metadata standard name
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North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003
- Metadata standard version
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2009-01-01
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Canadian Cryospheric Information Network
Polar Data Catalogue
Point of contact
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