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Ocean color remote sensing provide routine, synoptic observations of the ocean surface at spatial and temporal resolutions not attainable by moored or ship-based platforms. Ocean color sensors measure the spectral distribution of reflected sunlight, which can be used to infer the contents of the water, including chlorophyll a concentrations, a proxy for phytoplankton biomass. Phytoplankton are the base of the marine food web and are critical regulators of key biogeochemical processes.

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Netcdf file containing the chlorophyll a statistics for the U.S. East Coast

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Data Attribute / Type Description
Ocean color source
Data Set
Source (satellite) of the ocean color data
Algorithm
Data Set
Algorithm used to generate the chlorophyll a data
chlor_a
Data Set
Arithmetic mean of the chlorophyll a concentration
chlor_a_median
Data Set
Median of the chlorophyll a concentration
chlor_a_std
Data Set
Standard deviation of chlorophyll a observations
chlor_a_nobs
Data Set
Number of chlorophyll a observations
latitude
Data Set
Latitude coordinates at the center of the grid cells

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