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Global port environmental data used for environmental distance calculations

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Abstract

This dataset includes 6,727 global ports, providing geographic coordinates and four environmental variables: mean temperature of the warmest and coldest months, mean monthly temperature, and mean monthly salinity. All measurements were taken from surface water. Primary data sources include Wang et al. (2015), World Ocean Atlas 2018 (Locarnini et al. 2018; Zweng et al. 2018), and Wanders et al. (2019). Data for estuarine and riverine ports were adjusted where better information was available, with a focus on Canadian ports and last ports of call for ships arriving in Canada.