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: RAYMOND, BEN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), RAYMOND, BEN (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: environment; geoscientificInformation; inlandWaters; oceans; EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > WATER CHARACTERISTICS > CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATIONS; OCEAN COLOR; EARTH SCIENCE; OCEAN OPTICS; ICE GROWTH/MELT; SEA ICE; PACK ICE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING; MICROWAVE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; CHLOROPHYLL; OCEAN CHEMISTRY; PIGMENTS; ICE; MELT; SEA-ICE BLOOM; SEAWIFS; SEAWIFS > Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor; SMMR > Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer; SATELLITES; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice pack; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/images-showing-retreat-east-antarctica/701179; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ice_retreat_blooms; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

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).