Real-Time Provisional High-Resolution Record of Surface Seawater Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Content Collected from Hakai Institute Quadra Island Field Station in Hyacinthe Bay, British Columbia, Canada

This dataset includes continuous sea surface measurements of partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2), sea surface temperature and salinity collected from Hakai Institute Quadra Island Field Station in Hyacinthe Bay, British Columbia, Canada. Quadra Island, at the northern terminus of the Salish Sea, has been a site for shore-based and high-resolution measurement of surface seawater CO2 content since December 2014. Measurements of in situ temperature, salinity, and CO2 partial pressure are made near-continuously on seawater drawn from a sample line with an intake 50 m from shore and a depth of 1 m in Hyacinthe Bay on the eastern side of Quadra Island. The effort to collect these data are part of the Hakai Institute's directive to advance the understanding of carbon cycling in northeast Pacific coastal settings with specific emphasis on ocean acidification.

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Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Limitations: This dataset is provisional. For science purposes, please refer to the dataset: "High-resolution record of surface seawater carbon dioxide (CO2) content collected from Hakai Institute Quadra Island Field Station in Hyacinthe Bay, British Columbia, Canada".

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Metadata Reference Date(s) October 23, 2025, 22:22 (UTC) (Creation)
October 23, 2025, 22:22 (UTC) (Revision)
Frequency of Update As Needed

Responsible Party 1
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Hakai Institute ROR logo
Email
data@hakai.org
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Distributor

Field Value
Ocean Variables
  • Inorganic Carbon
  • Sea Surface Salinity
  • Sea Surface Temperature
Climate Variables
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Inorganic Carbon
Scope Dataset
Status On Going
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Spatial Extent { "coordinates": [ -125.222, 50.116 ], "type": "Point" }
North Bounding Latitude 50.116
South Bounding Latitude 50.116
East Bounding Longitude -125.222
West Bounding Longitude -125.222
Default Locale English
Projects
  1. Oceanography
Included in Data Catalogue
Included in Data Catalogue 1
Name
CIOOS Pacific
Description
Home of Canada's Pacific Ocean Data
URL
https://catalogue.cioospacific.ca
Included in Data Catalogue 2
Name
Hakai Data Catalogue
Description
Science on the Coastal Margin
URL
https://catalogue.hakai.org