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    • Chemical, physical, and other data collected in the coastal waters of California as part of the California Cooperative Fisheries Investigation (CalCOFI) project since 1949

    Metadata Updated: July 1, 2025

    This collection includes data collected from multiple platforms in the coastal waters of California over many years, as part of the California Cooperative Fisheries Investigation (CalCOFI) project. CalCOFI has been observing the California Current since 1949 to understand and predict the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems.

    This collection includes physical measurements and observations of temperature, conductivity, pressure, salinity, density, sound velocity, sigma-t, depth, humidity, photosynthetic active radiation (PAR), light transmission, turbidity, solids, water color, tide, current, sea, swell, wave, weather, wind, cloud, chemical measurements and observations of alkalinity, ammonia (NH3), ammonium (NH4), nitrate, nitrite, nitrogen, carbon, oxygen, pH, phosphate, phosphorus, polychlorinated biphenyls, silicate, urea, biological measurements and observations of chlorophyll, productivity, fluorescence, phaeophytin, phaeopigment, phytoplankton, zooplankton, as well as fishery surveys and other data.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Date 2025-05-30T12:30:51Z
    Metadata Created Date February 1, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) April 16, 2001 (publication), May 29, 2025 (revision)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

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    Harvested from NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions

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    Resource Type Series
    Metadata Date 2025-05-30T12:30:51Z
    Metadata Created Date February 1, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) April 16, 2001 (publication), May 29, 2025 (revision)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nodc:CalCOFI
    Access Constraints Cite as: California State Department of Fish and Game; NOAA Fisheries; Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2001). Chemical, physical, and other data collected in the coastal waters of California as part of the California Cooperative Fisheries Investigation (CalCOFI) project since 1949. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/CalCOFI. Accessed [date]., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
    Bbox East Long 77.68667
    Bbox North Lat 56.95
    Bbox South Lat -34.716667
    Bbox West Long -179.82167
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Graphic Preview Description Preview graphic
    Graphic Preview File https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:CalCOFI
    Graphic Preview Type PNG
    Harvest Object Id 82f71cc2-a5cc-48ab-a0ff-19fbb74d1cd4
    Harvest Source Id c084a438-6f6b-470d-93e0-16aeddb9f513
    Harvest Source Title NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions
    Licence accessLevel: Public
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    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-179.82167, -34.716667], [77.68667, -34.716667], [77.68667, 56.95], [-179.82167, 56.95], [-179.82167, -34.716667]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1938-02-15
    Temporal Extent End 2017-07-26

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