Northeast Pacific Ocean Current Climatology 1993-2020

Fisheries and Oceans Canada provides monthly mean ocean current climatology for the Northeast Pacific, derived from hourly model simulations for October through March. The data covers a 28-year period from 1993 to 2020 and is generated by the high-resolution Northeast Pacific Ocean Model (NEPOM). It is available in multiple formats including ESRI REST, CSV, and TIFF.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal current patterns for October-March months using the monthly climatological fields.
• Validate regional ocean models by comparing simulated currents against this 28-year climatology.
• Study long-term oceanographic trends in the Northeast Pacific using the 1993-2020 time series data.

Strengths

• Climatology derived from 28 years of hourly model data (1993-2020).
• High spatial resolution of 1/36-degree for the Northeast Pacific region.
• Produced by the authoritative source Fisheries and Oceans Canada using the NEPOM model.

Limitations

• Data is limited to the months of October through March, excluding half the year.
• Contains only climatological means, not the underlying hourly time series data.
• Spatial coverage is restricted to the Northeast Pacific, not a global dataset.

Provenance

Source

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Collection Method

Derived from hourly ocean currents simulated using the high-resolution Northeast Pacific Ocean Model (NEPOM).

Time Range

1993 to 2020, for months October through March.

Freshness

Last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Northeast Pacific Ocean.