An evaluation of ocean color model estimates of marine primary productivity in coastal and pelagic regions across the globe
International audience Nearly half of the earth's photosynthetically fixed carbon derives from the oceans. To determine global and region specific rates, we rely on models that estimate marine net primary productivity (NPP) thus it is essential that these models are evaluated to determine their...
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[SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography Saba, V. S. Friedrichs, M. A. M. Antoine, D. Armstrong, R. A. Asanuma, I. Behrenfeld, M. J. Ciotti, A. M. Dowell, M. Hoepffner, N. Hyde, K. J. W. Ishizaka, J. Kameda, T. Marra, J. Mélin, F. Morel, A. O'Reilly, J. Scardi, M. Smith, W. O. Smyth, T. J. Tang, S. Uitz, J. Waters, K. Westberry, T. K. An evaluation of ocean color model estimates of marine primary productivity in coastal and pelagic regions across the globe |
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International audience Nearly half of the earth's photosynthetically fixed carbon derives from the oceans. To determine global and region specific rates, we rely on models that estimate marine net primary productivity (NPP) thus it is essential that these models are evaluated to determine their accuracy. Here we assessed the skill of 21 ocean color models by comparing their estimates of depth-integrated NPP to 1156 in situ C-14 measurements encompassing ten marine regions including the Sargasso Sea, pelagic North Atlantic, coastal Northeast Atlantic, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Sea, subtropical North Pacific, Ross Sea, West Antarctic Peninsula, and the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone. Average model skill, as determined by root-mean square difference calculations, was lowest in the Black and Mediterranean Seas, highest in the pelagic North Atlantic and the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone, and intermediate in the other six regions. The maximum fraction of model skill that may be attributable to uncertainties in both the input variables and in situ NPP measurements was nearly 72%. On average, the simplest depth/wavelength integrated models performed no worse than the more complex depth/wavelength resolved models. Ocean color models were not highly challenged in extreme conditions of surface chlorophyll-a and sea surface temperature, nor in high-nitrate low-chlorophyll waters. Water column depth was the primary influence on ocean color model performance such that average skill was significantly higher at depths greater than 250 m, suggesting that ocean color models are more challenged in Case-2 waters (coastal) than in Case-1 (pelagic) waters. Given that in situ chlorophyll-a data was used as input data, algorithm improvement is required to eliminate the poor performance of ocean color NPP models in Case-2 waters that are close to coastlines. Finally, ocean color chlorophyll-a algorithms are challenged by optically complex Case-2 waters, thus using satellite-derived chlorophyll-a to estimate NPP in coastal ... |
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Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche (LOV) Observatoire océanologique de Villefranche-sur-mer (OOVM) Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Department of Botany and Plant Pathology Cordley Hall 2082 JOINT RESEARCH CENTER ITA Partenaires IRSTEA Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA) Paulista University JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) European Commission - Joint Research Centre Ispra (JRC) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO - UC San Diego) University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) University of California (UC)-University of California (UC) Oregon State University (OSU) |
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An evaluation of ocean color model estimates of marine primary productivity in coastal and pelagic regions across the globe |
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An evaluation of ocean color model estimates of marine primary productivity in coastal and pelagic regions across the globe |
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:hal-03502044v1 2023-05-15T13:36:58+02:00 An evaluation of ocean color model estimates of marine primary productivity in coastal and pelagic regions across the globe Saba, V. S. Friedrichs, M. A. M. Antoine, D. Armstrong, R. A. Asanuma, I. Behrenfeld, M. J. Ciotti, A. M. Dowell, M. Hoepffner, N. Hyde, K. J. W. Ishizaka, J. Kameda, T. Marra, J. Mélin, F. Morel, A. O'Reilly, J. Scardi, M. Smith, W. O. Smyth, T. J. Tang, S. Uitz, J. Waters, K. Westberry, T. K. Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche (LOV) Observatoire océanologique de Villefranche-sur-mer (OOVM) Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Department of Botany and Plant Pathology Cordley Hall 2082 JOINT RESEARCH CENTER ITA Partenaires IRSTEA Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA) Paulista University JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) European Commission - Joint Research Centre Ispra (JRC) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO - UC San Diego) University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) University of California (UC)-University of California (UC) Oregon State University (OSU) 2011 https://hal.science/hal-03502044 https://hal.science/hal-03502044/document https://hal.science/hal-03502044/file/bg-8-489-2011.pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-489-2011 en eng HAL CCSD European Geosciences Union info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.5194/bg-8-489-2011 hal-03502044 https://hal.science/hal-03502044 https://hal.science/hal-03502044/document https://hal.science/hal-03502044/file/bg-8-489-2011.pdf doi:10.5194/bg-8-489-2011 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 1726-4170 EISSN: 1726-4189 Biogeosciences https://hal.science/hal-03502044 Biogeosciences, 2011, 8 (2), pp.489-503. ⟨10.5194/bg-8-489-2011⟩ [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2011 ftunivnantes https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-489-2011 2023-01-25T00:12:34Z International audience Nearly half of the earth's photosynthetically fixed carbon derives from the oceans. To determine global and region specific rates, we rely on models that estimate marine net primary productivity (NPP) thus it is essential that these models are evaluated to determine their accuracy. Here we assessed the skill of 21 ocean color models by comparing their estimates of depth-integrated NPP to 1156 in situ C-14 measurements encompassing ten marine regions including the Sargasso Sea, pelagic North Atlantic, coastal Northeast Atlantic, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Sea, subtropical North Pacific, Ross Sea, West Antarctic Peninsula, and the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone. Average model skill, as determined by root-mean square difference calculations, was lowest in the Black and Mediterranean Seas, highest in the pelagic North Atlantic and the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone, and intermediate in the other six regions. The maximum fraction of model skill that may be attributable to uncertainties in both the input variables and in situ NPP measurements was nearly 72%. On average, the simplest depth/wavelength integrated models performed no worse than the more complex depth/wavelength resolved models. Ocean color models were not highly challenged in extreme conditions of surface chlorophyll-a and sea surface temperature, nor in high-nitrate low-chlorophyll waters. Water column depth was the primary influence on ocean color model performance such that average skill was significantly higher at depths greater than 250 m, suggesting that ocean color models are more challenged in Case-2 waters (coastal) than in Case-1 (pelagic) waters. Given that in situ chlorophyll-a data was used as input data, algorithm improvement is required to eliminate the poor performance of ocean color NPP models in Case-2 waters that are close to coastlines. Finally, ocean color chlorophyll-a algorithms are challenged by optically complex Case-2 waters, thus using satellite-derived chlorophyll-a to estimate NPP in coastal ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula North Atlantic Northeast Atlantic Ross Sea Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Ross Sea Pacific Biogeosciences 8 2 489 503 |