Remote Sensing data averaged over broad regions and weeks.

RemoteSensing_Weekly_Broadscale

Format

A dataframe

area

Area name where data was collected

year

The year in which data was collected

month

The month in which data was collected (numeric)

week

The week in which data was collected (numeric)

surface_chlorophyll

Average surface chlorophyll as inferred from satellite (remote sensing) measurements

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

Weekly

regional_scale

Broadscale

category

biological, biochemical, satellite