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Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian Seas Regional Climatology Version 2 (NCEI Accession 0170742)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 29, 2026 | Last Modified: 2018-02-20T00:00:00.000+00:00
To provide an improved oceanographic foundation and reference for multi-disciplinary studies of the GINS, the NCEI Regional Climatology Team developed a new version of high-resolution quality-controlled temperature and salinity fields on standard depth levels from the sea surface to 4,900 m depth in the GINS region. Version 2 is based on temperature and salinity observations from the World Ocean Database for years 1955 to 2012, or roughly six decades. The individual decadal fields are a significant upgrade from the previous version of the GINS. Version 2 contains six decadal climatologies from 1955 to 2012 with annual, seasonal, and monthly time resolutions, which can be used to assess ocean climate change over the 1955-2012 time period and can be utilized in other climate-related applications.

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  • GIN Seas Regional Climatology, Version 2

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  • https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1173

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  • Climatological Atlas of the World Ocean

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  • World Ocean Atlas 2013, Volume 1: Temperature

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  • https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/atlas-nesdis-80

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  • https://doi.org/10.1002/2017gl073644

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  • World Ocean Atlas 2013, Volume 2: Salinity

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  • GCMD Keyword Forum Page

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  • NCEI Contact Information

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0170742 LATITUDE LONGITUDE SALINITY WATER TEMPERATURE bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - MBT bathythermograph - XBT bottle conductivity sensor CTD laboratory analysis salinometer temperature probe temperature sensor thermistor thermograph thermometer thermosalinograph XCTD atlas in situ physical profile MULTIPLE SHIPS NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Arctic Ocean Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea) Iceland Sea Irminger Sea North Atlantic Ocean Norwegian Sea oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS CONDUCTIVITY METERS > CONDUCTIVITY METERS CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth MBT > Mechanical Bathythermographs SALINOMETERS TEMPERATURE PROBES > TEMPERATURE PROBES TEMPERATURE SENSORS > TEMPERATURE SENSORS THERMISTORS > THERMISTORS THERMOMETERS > THERMOMETERS THERMOSALINOGRAPHS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORWEGIAN SEA

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issued 2018-02-20T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "LATITUDE",
  "LONGITUDE",
  "SALINITY",
  "WATER TEMPERATURE",
  "bathythermograph - BT",
  "bathythermograph - MBT",
  "bathythermograph - XBT",
  "bottle",
  "conductivity sensor",
  "CTD",
  "laboratory analysis",
  "salinometer",
  "temperature probe",
  "temperature sensor",
  "thermistor",
  "thermograph",
  "thermometer",
  "thermosalinograph",
  "XCTD",
  "atlas",
  "in situ",
  "physical",
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  "MULTIPLE SHIPS",
  "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information",
  "Arctic Ocean",
  "Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea)",
  "Iceland Sea",
  "Irminger Sea",
  "North Atlantic Ocean",
  "Norwegian Sea",
  "oceanography",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY",
  "BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS",
  "CONDUCTIVITY METERS > CONDUCTIVITY METERS",
  "CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth",
  "MBT > Mechanical Bathythermographs",
  "SALINOMETERS",
  "TEMPERATURE PROBES > TEMPERATURE PROBES",
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  "THERMISTORS > THERMISTORS",
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  "THERMOSALINOGRAPHS",
  "XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs",
  "OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN",
  "OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN",
  "OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORWEGIAN SEA"
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modified 2018-02-20T00:00:00.000+00:00
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rights otherRestrictions
spatial 15.0,50.0,-45.0,84.5
temporal 1955-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2012-12-31T00:00:00+00:00
title Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian Seas Regional Climatology Version 2 (NCEI Accession 0170742)

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