Remote sensing Annual broadscale data

Source: R/data.R

Remote Sensing data averaged over broad regions and years.

RemoteSensing_Annual_Broadscale

Format

A dataframe

area

Area name where data was collected

year

The year in which data was collected

surface_chlorophyll_log10

Average surface chlorophyll as inferred from satellite (remote sensing) measurements, with a log 10 transform

bloom_start

Start of pythoplankton bloom, from satellite

bloom_duration

Length of phytoplankton bloom, from satellite

bloom_amplitude

Amplitude of phytoplankton bloom, from satellite

bloom_magnitude

Magnitude of phytoplankton bloom, from satellite

Details

The data can be cited as follows: Casault, B., Johnson, C., Devred, E., Head, E., Cogswell, A., and Spry, J. 2020. Optical, Chemical, and Biological Oceanographic Conditions on the Scotian Shelf and in the Eastern Gulf of Maine during 2018. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. 2020/037. v + 66 p.

Note

time_scale

Annual

regional_scale

Broadscale

category

biolgocial, biochemical, satellite