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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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Date (Publication)
2012-07-18T16:25:27
Date (Creation)
2012-07-18T16:25:27
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https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/049ff74d15b0ef759e966b275b8d39bb
Identifier
NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) / 049ff74d15b0ef759e966b275b8d39bb
Author
  National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) - author
United Kingdom
+44 (0)116 2522016
Author
  Unavailable - Brewin, Robert J. W. ( author )
Custodian
  NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - custodian
NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
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Distributor
  NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - distributor
NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
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  NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - point_of_contact
NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
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  NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - publisher
NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
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Keywords
  • phytoplankton
  • global
  • climatology
  • nceo
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
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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
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
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  NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - Data Center Contact
NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
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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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SeaWIFS Project Homepage

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
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049ff74d15b0ef759e966b275b8d39bb XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
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series Series
Hierarchy level name
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Date stamp
2025-11-15T03:27:02
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)
NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
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atmospheric conditions

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