The Canadian Pacific Robotic Ocean Observing Facility uses state of the art technology to observe changes in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. The ocean and marine ecosystems are still poorly understood in many areas largely because of a lack of data. C-PROOF works to understand what drives ocean and climate variability, and our data is used to better predict weather and climate changes across Canada. Additionally, we collaborate with our partners to improve timely predictions of fish stocks so that economic and ecological concerns can be properly addressed. We also want to explore the ocean’s potential as a source of energy, which will help remote coastal communities and the country as a whole move towards carbon-free energy sources that rely on ocean waves and wind.
What we do
C-PROOF deploys autonomous ocean gliders and floats to explore and monitor the ocean. These instruments are equipped with revolutionary new sensors capable of tracking life, measuring ocean nutrients, and quantifying ocean turbulence. We also plan to deploy mooring arrays with innovative instrumentation. Our data is publicly available and is shared with a wide array of partners and user groups for the benefit of Canadians; the data is used to inform ecosystem management, climate predictions, and weather forecasts. C-PROOF helps provide the information we need to make better plans for the future, and helps drive development of the technological solutions needed to enable those plans.
In The News
Publications
If you use C-PROOF data, please let us know at cproof@uvic.ca.
Wong Annie P. S., et al., 2020. Argo Data 1999–2019: Two Million Temperature-Salinity Profiles and Subsurface Velocity Observations From a Global Array of Profiling Floats, Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.00700.
Roemmich Dean, et al., 2019. On the Future of Argo: A Global, Full-Depth, Multi-Disciplinary Array, Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00439.
Testor Pierre, et al., 2019. OceanGliders: A Component of the Integrated GOOS, Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00422.
Barth John A., et al., 2019. Better Regional Ocean Observing Through Cross-National Cooperation: A Case Study From the Northeast Pacific, Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00093.
Presentations
If you use C-PROOF data in a presentation, please let us know at cproof@uvic.ca.
Klymak et al, 2024, 2023 State of the NEP Meso- and Submesoscales, State of the Pacific Ocean meeting, 2024
Ross et al 2024, Review of temperature, salinity and density of the northeastern Pacific in 2023 using Argo, glider, satellite and Line P data, State of the Pacific Ocean meeting, 2024
Hannah et al, Subsurface ocean conditions on the B.C. shelf: the B.C. shelf mooring program, State of the Pacific Ocean meeting, 2024
Dosser et al, Oxygen in 2023 from Line P, La Perouse, and Queen Charlotte Sound State of the Pacific Ocean meeting, 2024
Pena et al, Nutrients and chlorophyll in the northeastern Pacific in 2023 using Line P and glider data, State of the Pacific Ocean meeting, 2024
Lee et al, 2023 Ocean conditions in Gwaii Haanas and Haida Gwaii Chaan sk̲’ada gud ahl hlɢ̲unggulaa | Tang.ɢ̲wan ɢ̲an gud ad hlɢ̲ang.gulx̲a Working Together Ocean Sciences Expedition, State of the Pacific Ocean meeting, 2024
Sandwith et al, Detection of high-frequency biogeochemical events and their physical forcings in the Northern Strait of Georgia, State of the Pacific Ocean meeting, 2024