Chloro a concentration seasonal averages 2002 to 2013 for the southern South Atlantic

This dataseries is composed of rasters of seasonal averages of cholorophyl a concentration (in mg.m-3) for approx. 4km pixel for the South Atlantic area (including Falkland Islands, Tristan Da Chuna and South Georgia). This data series was produced as part of the Darwin Plus- funded project 'Marine Spatial Planning for the Falkland Islands' (July 2014-July 2016).

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Field	Value
Last Updated	December 21, 2020, 10:06 (PST)
Created	January 30, 2020, 05:22 (PST)
Region	Falkland Islands
Language	eng
Topic Category	Biota; flora and/or fauna in natural environment
Temporal Extent Start	2002-01-01
Temporal Extent End	2013-12-31
Dataset Reference Date	2013
Lineage	The raw monthly composites were downloaded freely from OceanColour at http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/cms/ as Level 3 mapped data. Monthly maps were classified as winter (Jun-Jul-Aug), spring (Sep-Oct-Nov), summer (Dec-Jan-Feb) and autumn (Mar-Apr-Jun). Average values for each pixel were calculated for season across the 11 years of data. Interpolation using IDW filled in the no data pixel (where there was no data available across all years).
West Longitude	47591.88674
South Latitude	3764776.842
East Longitude	819221.8867
North Latitude	4704026.842
Spatial Reference System	UTM 21S WGS84
Responsible Organisation Name	Hidden (personal data protection)
Contact Mail Address	Hidden (personal data protection)
Responsible Party Role	Hidden (personal data protection)
Access Limitations	Open access
Use Constraints	Open, but copyright and/or Intellectual Property Rights apply
Resource Reference	If data are used, the marine spatial planning process must be acknowledged. If data are included in a publication, data owners/holders must be contacted to explain their use. OceanColour (NASA) must also be ackowledged (see website).
Data Format	tiff
Update Frequency	not planned
Accuracy	approximately 4km
Resource Type	Dataseries
Original Title	Hidden (internal use only)
Metadata Date	2016-08-08
Metadata Point of Contact	datamanager@saeri.ac.fk
Contact Consent	Contact details hidden
Unique Resource ID	FK-SAERI-285

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