NMFS-ECHO:   Ecosystem Climatologies &
Historical Observations
"A synthesis of baseline ecosystem conditions to facilitate ecological analyses and fisheries management."


Average water temperature at depth from 0 to 5000 meters.
 Each dot represents average in situ data values at 1/8-degree lat-lon resolution (approx. 15 km x 15 km).
ABOUT NMFS-ECHO
 01-Sept-2008:   The images and data on this web site are results from the first-generation ECHO methodology which uses historical NOAA data to create high resolution (satellite-like) data fields of non-surface and non-satellite variables in support of near shore ecosystem assessment and management applications.   While making spatial fields from historical data is not a new concept (e.g., World Ocean Database, Reynolds SST), the ECHO fields are 4-8 times higher in resolution and focus only on near shore ecosystems of the US coastline.

These first-generation ECHO fields are not interpolated (to show actual raw data coverage for each variable set) and feature little or no quality control (to show the quality of the raw data sources before any final processing and quality control is applied).   The first-generation ECHO data available on this site are therefore only for evaluation and testing purposes.   Second-generation ECHO data fields, along with expanded content and a citable methodology publication, will be available shortly on this web site.

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