Odyssee Saint Laurent Winter 2019 St. Lawrence System Survey

Odyssee Saint Laurent is a dataset from a 2019 winter research mission aboard the icebreaker C.C.G.S. Amundsen, focusing on the St. Lawrence system in eastern Canada. It was conducted as part of the Réseau Québec maritime (RQM) program to gain knowledge of the region's oceanographic properties. The data is managed by the OB_DAAC organization and is available on multiple platforms.

Use Cases

• Analyzing seasonal variations in ocean temperature and salinity in the St. Lawrence estuary.
• Studying the relationship between ocean optics and water chemistry in a coastal winter environment.
• Modeling salinity density gradients and their impact on winter ocean circulation patterns.
• Correlating geospatial location data with in-situ measurements of ocean chemistry.

Strengths

• Data originates from a dedicated research program (RQM's Odyssée Saint-Laurent) using a specialized icebreaker vessel.
• Cross-platform presence on NASA Earthdata and Data.gov signals its importance and broad accessibility.

Limitations

• Critical metadata such as row count, file size, and specific column names are unavailable from all sources.
• Sources conflict on license information, with one specifying 'other-license-specified' and another listing 'None'.

Provenance

Source

Réseau Québec maritime (RQM) Odyssée Saint-Laurent research program.

Collection Method

Data gathered during a winter 2019 mission aboard the icebreaker C.C.G.S. Amundsen.

Time Range

Winter 2019

Freshness

2026-03-12 23:00:43.169633

Geography

St. Lawrence system, eastern Canada.