Seven coastal monitoring stations provide estimates of long-term sea surface temperature change from 1935 to 2014. The dataset includes annual and seasonal estimates of temperature change per century and statistical significance for each station. This analysis supports the British Columbia climate change indicator published by Environmental Reporting BC.
Use Cases
- Analyze regional warming trends based on station-specific temperature change estimates
- Compare seasonal versus annual temperature changes based on the seasonal and annual estimates provided
- Assess statistical significance of observed trends based on the included significance data
- Map coastal temperature change patterns based on station location coordinates
Strengths
- Data covers a long-term period from 1935 to 2014
- Estimates are provided for seven distinct monitoring stations
- Includes both annual and seasonal change estimates
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Government of British Columbia
- Collection Method
- Analysis of sea surface monitoring data from Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Time Range
- 1935-2014
- Geography
- British Columbia coastal waters