MCR LTER: Coral Reef: Optical parameters and SST from SeaWiFS and MODIS, ongoing since 1997 and AVHRR-derived SST from 1985 to 2009

First Year: 

1985

Last Year: 

2020
Monthly averages of the Sea Surface Temperature (SST), the Sub-surface chlorophyll-a concentration (Chl), the colored dissolved and detrital organic materials at 443 nm (acdm[443]) and the particulate backscattering coefficient at 443 nm (bbp[443]) around Moorea are obtained or derived from satellite data (SST from AVHRR and MODIS-Aqua; Chl, acdm[443] and bbp[443] from SeaWiFS and MODIS-AQUA). The satellite data are averaged over a 1 month period for geographic areas of 16S-19S/147W-151W (SeaWiFS and MODIS-AQUA) and 15S-20S/145W-155W for AVHRR.

Package Type: 

Other Time Series
Suspended

Topic: 

Collaborative Time-series & GeoSpatial Datasets
Physical Oceanographic
Primary Production

Related MCR Person: 

Stephane Maritorena

Core Research Areas: 

Primary Production
Organic Matter

Keywords: 

Detrital Organic Matter Absorption Coefficient, Dissolved Organic Matter Absorption Coefficient, MODIS AQUA, NSST, Ocean_biogeochemistry, Particulate Backscattering Coefficient, SeaWiFS, SST, Chlorophyll, Marine, Temperature, Absorption, Chlorophyll, Gelb
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