A synthetic satellite dataset of the spatio-temporal distributions of Emiliania huxleyi blooms and their impacts on Arctic and sub-Arctic marine environments (1998–2016)

A 19-year (1998–2016) continuous dataset is presented of coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi distributions and activity, i.e. the release of CaCO 3 in water and the decrease of uptake of dissolved CO 2 by Emiliania huxleyi cells (e.g. Kondrik et al., 2018a), in Arctic and sub-Arctic seas. The dataset...

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Published in:Earth System Science Data
Main Authors: D. Kondrik, E. Kazakov, D. Pozdnyakov
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-119-2019
https://doaj.org/article/bede1ea128b7451a8d13eb2914507fbf
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Summary:A 19-year (1998–2016) continuous dataset is presented of coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi distributions and activity, i.e. the release of CaCO 3 in water and the decrease of uptake of dissolved CO 2 by Emiliania huxleyi cells (e.g. Kondrik et al., 2018a), in Arctic and sub-Arctic seas. The dataset is based on optical remote-sensing data (mostly OC CCI data) with assimilation of different relevant in situ observations, preprocessed with authorial algorithms. Alongside bloom locations, we provide both detailed information on E. huxleyi impacts on carbon balance and the sub-datasets of quantified coccolith concentrations, particulate inorganic carbon content and CO 2 partial pressure in water driven by coccolithophores. All data are presented on a regular 4×4 km grid at a temporal resolution of 8 days. The paper describes the theoretical and methodological basis for all processing and modelling steps. The data are available on Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1402033 .