Data from: Effects of sea ice cover on satellite-detected primary production in the Arctic Ocean ...

The influence of decreasing Arctic sea ice on net primary production (NPP) in the Arctic Ocean has been considered in multiple publications but is not well constrained owing to the potentially large errors in satellite algorithms. In particular, the Arctic Ocean is rich in coloured dissolved organic...

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Main Authors: Kahru, Mati, Lee, Zhongping, Mitchell, Brian Greg, Nevison, Cynthia D.
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Dryad 2016
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.34f4q
https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.34f4q
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Summary:The influence of decreasing Arctic sea ice on net primary production (NPP) in the Arctic Ocean has been considered in multiple publications but is not well constrained owing to the potentially large errors in satellite algorithms. In particular, the Arctic Ocean is rich in coloured dissolved organic matter (CDOM) that interferes in the detection of chlorophyll a concentration of the standard algorithm, which is the primary input to NPP models. We used the quasi-analytic algorithm (Lee et al. 2002 Appl. Opti. 41, 5755−5772. (doi:10.1364/AO.41.005755)) that separates absorption by phytoplankton from absorption by CDOM and detrital matter. We merged satellite data from multiple satellite sensors and created a 19 year time series (1997–2015) of NPP. During this period, both the estimated annual total and the summer monthly maximum pan-Arctic NPP increased by about 47%. Positive monthly anomalies in NPP are highly correlated with positive anomalies in open water area during the summer months. Following the ... : NPP_VgpmFromQaa_25_2.0_1997-2012Series of 5-day NPP for period 1997-2012 in HDF4 filesNPP_VgpmFromQaa_25_2.0_2013-2015 ...