Marine Weather for Pacific South Coast

Metadata

File identifier 54355c78-2942-463c-973c-9a5a108a5669 ISO Language code English Character Set UTF8 Date stamp 09-09-2015 11:17:31 Metadata standard name ISO 19115:2003/19139 Metadata standard version 1.0 Contact

General Telephone

Individual name Voice Stephane Lessard 418-649-6351 Organisation name Canadian Coast Guard Position name Address Operational Systems Engineer Role code Electronic mail address Point of contact [email protected]

Other language

French

Reference System Information

Identifier

Unique resource identifier WGS 1984

Data identification

Abstract Environment 's Marine weather XML files contain forecast conditions, marine weather alerts (warnings and watches), ice alert information and end of season notification. Progress Completed Spatial Representation Type Vector ISO Language code English Character Set UTF8 Supplemental Information The Marine Weather XML files contain the same XML information used to generate each marine forecast area page on the Environment Canada web site at the following address: http://weather.gc.ca/marine/region_e.html?mapID=02 The XML files are updated 2-4 times daily at a minimum, but can be updated "as needed" with issuance of forecast amendments, marine weather alerts (warnings and watches) and Ice alert information. Tables describing each of the marine weather XML element tags and their associated attributes can be found at the following address: https://dd.weather.gc.ca/marine_weather/docs/tags_table_e.csv The XML schemas for marine weather data are found in this directory: https://dd.weather.gc.ca/marine_weather/schema/ Environment Canada's guide to the marine forecast can be accessed at the following address: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/general-marine-weather-information/publications/ guide-forecasts.html Citation

Title Marine Weather for Pacific South Coast Publication 2015-07-31 Revision 2020-06-02

Point of contact

Address Address

Electronic mail address [email protected] General

Organisation name OnLine resource Environment Canada Role code Linkage Publisher http://www.meteo.gc.ca Protocol WWW:LINK-1.0-http--partners Description Weather Information

Maintenance information

Maintenance Frequency Continual

Graphic overview

Descriptive keywords

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world. (CCG specific) Pacific South Coast

Legal constraints

Access Restriction Copyright

Spatial resolution

Resolution

Equivalent scale

Representative fraction

Denominator 50000

Topic category

Marine Weather

Extent

Description Pacific South Coast Geographic bounding box (Inclusive)

51.7 N 47.66 S -131 W -121.7 E

Distribution Information

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource

Central Coast from McInnes Island to Pine Island - Central Coast from McInnes Island to Pine Island Explorer - Explorer - Haro Strait - Howe Sound - Johnstone Strait Juan de Fuca Strait - Juan de Fuca Strait Queen Charlotte Sound - Queen Charlotte Sound - Queen Charlotte Strait - Strait of Georgia West Coast Island North - West Coast North West Coast Vancouver Island South - West Coast Vancouver Island South Côte Centrale de l'île McInnes à l'Île Pine - Côte Centrale de l'île McInnes à l'Île Pine Explorer - Explorer Détroit de Haro - Détroit de Haro Baie Howe - Baie Howe Détroit de Johnstone - Détroit de Johnstone Détroit de Juan de Fuca - Détroit de Juan de Fuca Bassin de la Reine-Charlotte - Bassin de la Reine-Charlotte Détroit de la Reine-Charlotte - Détroit de la Reine-Charlotte Détroit de Georgie - Détroit de Georgie Île de Vancouver Ouest - partie nord - Île de Vancouver Ouest - partie nord Île de Vancouver Ouest - partie sud - Île de Vancouver Ouest - partie sud

Data quality info

Scope

Scope code Dataset

Links

https://dd.meteo.gc.ca/marine_weather/xml/pacific/m000008... https://dd.meteo.gc.ca/marine_weather/xml/pacific/m000011... Central Coast from McInnes Island to Pine Island Haro Strait Johnstone Strait https://dd.meteo.gc.ca/marine_weather/xml/pacific/m000006... Explorer https://dd.meteo.gc.ca/marine_weather/xml/pacific/m000014... https://dd.meteo.gc.ca/marine_weather/xml/pacific/m000006... https://dd.meteo.gc.ca/marine_weather/xml/pacific/m000006... https://dd.meteo.gc.ca/marine_weather/xml/pacific/m000001... Link https://dd.meteo.gc.ca/marine_weather/xml/pacific/m000002... West Coast Vancouver Island North Queen Charlotte Strait https://dd.meteo.gc.ca/marine_weather/xml/pacific/m000010... Queen Charlotte Sound Strait of Georgia West Coast Vancouver Island South Juan de Fuca Strait https://dd.meteo.gc.ca/marine_weather/xml/pacific/m000004... https://dd.meteo.gc.ca/marine_weather/xml/pacific/m000000... Howe Sound

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