Images showing the retreat of sea ice and subsequent chlorophyll-a bloom in the spring/summer of 1997/98-2009/10, East Antarctica.

• Other Authors: AADC (owner), AADC, DATA OFFICER (distributor), AADC, DATA OFFICER (custodian), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (hasAssociationWith), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher), Australian Antarctic Division (sponsor), RAYMOND, BEN (collaborator), RAYMOND, BEN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), RAYMOND, BEN (author), Raymond, B. (originator)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: environment; geoscientificInformation; inlandWaters; oceans; EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > WATER CHARACTERISTICS > CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATIONS; OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > OCEAN COLOR; SEA ICE > ICE GROWTH/MELT; PACK ICE; SEA ICE; SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > MICROWAVE > BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MICROWAVE; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS > CHLOROPHYLL; ICE; MELT; SEA-ICE BLOOM; SEAWIFS; SEAWIFS > Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; East Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/images-showing-retreat-east-antarctica/2817348

Progress Code: completed This data set comprises animations showing the spring/summer melt of sea ice in East Antarctica and the subsequent chlorophyll blooms. SMMR-SSM/I sea ice concentration data were obtained from the National Snow and Ice Data Centre, and AMSR-E sea ice concentration data from the University of Bremen. SeaWiFS and MODIS chlorophyll-a data were obtained from the OceanColor site. SeaWiFS and SMMR-SSM/I data were used for seasons prior to 2002/03; MODIS and AMSR-E data were used for later seasons. Chl-a data were averaged over 16-day periods. The animations also show the ETOPO2 bathymetry and the fronts of the Antarctic circumpolar current (Orsi et al. 1995).