Chlorophyll a time series
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Summary
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.
DescriptionNetcdf file containing the chlorophyll a statistics for the U.S. East Coast
Entity Information
Entity Type
Data File
Data Attribute / Type | Description |
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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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Item Identification
Title: | Chlorophyll a time series |
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Short Name: | Chlorophyll |
Status: | Completed |
Abstract: |
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. |
Entity Information
Entity Type: | Data File |
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Active Version?: | Yes |
Description: |
Netcdf file containing the chlorophyll a statistics for the U.S. East Coast |
Data Attributes
Attribute Summary
Name | Type | Description | ||
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N/A
|
Ocean color source | Data Set | Source (satellite) of the ocean color data | |
N/A
|
Algorithm | Data Set | Algorithm used to generate the chlorophyll a data | |
N/A
|
chlor_a | Data Set | Arithmetic mean of the chlorophyll a concentration | |
N/A
|
chlor_a_median | Data Set | Median of the chlorophyll a concentration | |
N/A
|
chlor_a_std | Data Set | Standard deviation of chlorophyll a observations | |
N/A
|
chlor_a_nobs | Data Set | Number of chlorophyll a observations | |
N/A
|
latitude | Data Set | Latitude coordinates at the center of the grid cells |
Attribute Details
Ocean color source
Data Storage Type: | Data Set |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Source (satellite) of the ocean color data |
Unit of Measure: | NA |
Algorithm
Data Storage Type: | Data Set |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Algorithm used to generate the chlorophyll a data |
Unit of Measure: | NA |
chlor_a
Data Storage Type: | Data Set |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Arithmetic mean of the chlorophyll a concentration |
Unit of Measure: | mg m^-3 |
chlor_a_median
Data Storage Type: | Data Set |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Median of the chlorophyll a concentration |
Unit of Measure: | mg m^-3 |
chlor_a_std
Data Storage Type: | Data Set |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Standard deviation of chlorophyll a observations |
Unit of Measure: | mg m^-3 |
chlor_a_nobs
Data Storage Type: | Data Set |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Number of chlorophyll a observations |
Unit of Measure: | NA |
latitude
Data Storage Type: | Data Set |
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Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Latitude coordinates at the center of the grid cells |
Unit of Measure: | degrees north |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 35401 |
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GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:35401 |
Metadata Record Created By: | Patricia L Jones |
Metadata Record Created: | 2016-10-22 13:38+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2022-08-09 17:11+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2019-05-30 |
Owner Org: | NEFSC |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Last Review Date: | 2019-05-30 |
Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2020-05-30 |