Sea surface temperatures by ADF&G statistical areas

Select an ADF&G statistical area to view daily data or data averaged by week or month.

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Sea surface temperatures by NMFS reporting areas

Select a NMFS reporting area to view daily data or data averaged by week or month.

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Variable Description
sst.mean Average sea surface temperature across the queried spatial stratum (e.g., STAT_AREA or NMFSAREA) during the queried time period (e.g., day, week, month).
date calendar date between 01 Jan 2003 and 10 May 2018
STAT_AREA Alaska Dept of Fish and Game stat6 groundfish management area. For maps of the NMFS reporting areas visit www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg
NMFSAREA NMFS reporting areas as described in the manuscript text. For maps of the NMFS reporting areas visit https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/maps.
FMP_AREA_C Fishery management plan area (e.g., Bering Sea Aleutian Islands, Gulf of Alaska)
STATEFED Flag identifying whether a stat area occurs in state or federal waters
sst.sd For daily STAT_AREA query, standard deviation of daily sst values per STAT_AREA. For coarser spatial or temporal queries, this is the standard deviation of sst values from the daily STAT_AREA, but does not propagate the original standard deviations.
year year corresponding to the days, weeks, or months that were aggregated.td>
month month corresponding to the days or weeks that were aggregated.
week week, beginning on Sunday, corresponding to the days that were aggregated.
julian julian day for a given date
min and max lons and lats bounding box coordinates for a given STAT_AREA
m.depth mean depth for a given STAT_AREA in meters. This field is dropped for coarser spatial areas.
sd.depth standard deviation of depth for a given STAT_AREA. Useful for identifiying regions occurring on the continental slope
sd.depth standard deviation of depth for a given STAT_AREA. Useful for identifiying regions occurring on the continental slope