Data Layers & Links
GIS Data Layers
- Bathymetry:
- Bathymetry of the Gulf of Maine
Source: MassGIS
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- USGS Digital bathymetry of the Gulf of Maine, constructed by Ed Roworth and Rich Signell, gom15dd
Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
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- U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geophysical Data Center, 2001. 2-minute Gridded Global Relief Data (ETOPO2)
Source: National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
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- Boundaries:
- USEEZ: Boundaries of the Exclusive Economic Zones of the United States and territories
Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
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- Paskevich, Valerie, Unpublished Material, STATE_BOUNDS: internal US state boundaries.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
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- Land:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheri, National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of , 1994, ALLUS80K: Medium Resolution Digital Vector U.S. Shoreline shapefile: NOAA/NOS/ORCA/SEA, Silver Spring, MD.
Source: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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- Paskevich, Valerie, Unpublished Material, CANADA_WVS_GEO_WGS84 - World Vector Shoreline of Canada.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
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- PhysioRegion:
- Physiographic regions for the Census of Marine Life, Gulf of Maine Area program (GoMA).
Source: GoMA
- Coastline Version

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- Overland Version

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- Substrate:
- L.J.Poppe, Paskevich, V.F., Williams, S.J., Hastings, M.E., Kelly, J.T., Belknap, D.F., Ward, L.G., FitzGerald, D.M., and Larsen, P.F., 2003, Surficial Sediment Data from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and vicinity: a GIS Compilation: Open-File Report 03-001, U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
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- U.S. Geological Survey, 200506, CONMAPSG: Continental Margin Mapping (CONMAP) sediments grainsize distribution for the United States East Coast Continental Margin: Open-File Report 2005-1001, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
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- World Wild Life Fund – Canada and Conservation Law Foundation, Classifying and Mapping Physical Habitat Types (Seascapes) in the Gulf of Maine and the Scotian Shelf: Seascapes Version to May 2003.
- Fader, G.B.J., Lynds, T., Miller, R.O., Parrott, D.R., Hynes, S., Sherin, A. 2004. Scotian Shelf regional surficial geology compilation. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 4671, 1 CD-ROM.
- Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) Atlantic/Pacific - Expedition Database (ED)
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Google Earth Layers
Climate Change
- Layer:
- Glacier Ice in the Gulf of Maine
- Description:
- The maps in this file show the extent of glacier ice in the Gulf of Maine and Atlantic Canada from the last glacial maximum until 12,000 year ago.
- Type:
- Image Overlays, Time Series, Animation
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Satellite Data
- Layers:
- Sea Surface Temperature (SST) climatology for the Gulf of Maine
- Description:
- Daily, 8-day and Monthly SST images from University of Maine’s Satellite Oceanography Lab
- Type:
- Image Overlays, Time Series, Animation
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- Layers:
- Chlorophyll climatology for the Gulf of Maine
- Description:
- 8-day and Monthly chlorophyll images from University of Maine’s Satellite Oceanography Lab
- Type:
- Image Overlays, Time Series, Animation
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Data Links
- Gulf of Maine:
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- Global:
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