feature (id #3):
Oceanographic Regions (renamed Upper Ocean Sub Regions)

category physical
description Upper ocean sub regions derived from expert knowledge, primary literature, satellite imagery, and oceanographic modelling.
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2 comments about this feature

  • Hi there,

    I noticed that the metadata for this feature says that the Area Attribute in the attribute table is in m2 and I think it must be a typo – I assume these values are km2? Just wanted to let you know there may be a typo.

    Thank you!

    reply to this comment

    • You are correct! Area is in square kilometers. I will post again when revised metadata has been posted. Thank you!

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for data layer: Oceanographic Regions

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