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Global 10 Year Monthly Climatology and Monthly Composites of Phytoplankton Size Class from SeaWiFS Analyses as part of the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) Theme 2 Sub-theme 6
This dataset collection contains a 10 year monthly climatology and monthly composites of the fractional contributions of three phytoplankton size classes (micro-, nano- and picoplankton) over the globe for the period Sep 1997-2007, as produced by the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) using SeaWIFs data. Accompanying maps are also available.
This dataset contributes to fulfilling the first objective of the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) Theme 2 programme (Monitoring, Diagnosis and Prediction of the Global Carbon-Cycle), Quantification of ocean biogeochemistry and carbon fluxes sub-theme 6 (ST6): Quantify the global oceanic organic C cycle using OC data, partitioned into phytoplankton (pigments, biomass, size structure & PFTs), particulate organic C, coloured dissolved organic matter (CDOM), dissolved and particulate inorganic components.
Understanding the interaction between phytoplankton and the in-water light field is crucial to model ocean primary production and to improve our comprehension of the role of biological processes in the ocean–carbon cycle. The absorption coefficient of phytoplankton is a fundamental quantity in marine primary production models because:
- it alters the transmission of light underwater;
- it modifies the photosynthetic response of phytoplankton to available light;
- it can be used as a direct indicator of phytoplankton abundance and phytoplankton size;
- it can be used as an indicator of environmental variability
It is well known that the phytoplankton absorption coefficient is a function of the dominant phytoplankton pigment, chlorophyll-a, and that this relationship is directly linked to changes in both pigment composition and size structure.
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- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2012-07-18T16:25:27
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2012-07-18T16:25:27
- Identifier
- NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) / 049ff74d15b0ef759e966b275b8d39bb
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown
- Update scope
- series
- Keywords
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- phytoplankton
- global
- climatology
- nceo
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
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- Other constraints
- Usage limitations for the data within this collection is set at the individual dataset level. Please refer to the licence details of each underlying dataset.
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 1997-01-01T00:00:00
- End date
- 2007-12-31T00:00:00
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
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Brewin et. al, 2010
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Brewin et. al, 2011
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NCEO Theme 2 programme details
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NCEO Theme 2 programme at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory
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- Resource Locator
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SeaWIFS Project Homepage
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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Brewin et. al, 2010
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Brewin et. al, 2011
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NCEO Theme 2 programme details
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NCEO Theme 2 programme at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory
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- Resource Locator
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SeaWIFS Project Homepage
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- Quality Scope
- series
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 049ff74d15b0ef759e966b275b8d39bb XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Resource type
- series
- Hierarchy level name
- series
- Metadata Date
- 2023-01-26T02:22:46
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
