Analysis and visualization techniques for integrating remotely sensed sea ice data with plankton observations ...

• Main Author: Feng, Jun
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University Of Tasmania 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25959/23233439.v1; https://figshare.utas.edu.au/articles/thesis/Analysis_and_visualization_techniques_for_integrating_remotely_sensed_sea_ice_data_with_plankton_observations/23233439/1

The study of sea ice dynamics and zooplankton in the Southern Ocean has been undertaken over a long period. Antarctic sea ice is monitored by a number of Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) instruments. SSM/I is a passive microwave radiometric system and operated by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. Analysed data comprising sea ice concentrations are routinely produced on a 25-km grid and there is a complete collection covering the years from 1987 to 2007. Over many years of zooplankton observations in Southern Ocean a large amount of information has been collected using the Continuous Plankton Recorder. The latest survey aims to study regional, seasonal, inter-annual and long-term variability in zooplankton abundance, species composition, and distribution patterns in the Southern Ocean zooplankton communities (Hosie et al. 2003). Visualisation techniques are used to display these two important data sets. They can facilitate the observation, analysis and the effective prediction of dynamics ...