Brief description
This data set comprises animations showing the spring/summer melt of sea ice in East Antarctica and the subsequent chlorophyll blooms. SMMR-SSM/I sea ice concentration data were obtained from the National Snow and Ice Data Centre, and AMSR-E sea ice concentration data from the University of Bremen. SeaWiFS and MODIS chlorophyll-a data were obtained from the OceanColor site. SeaWiFS and SMMR-SSM/I data were used for seasons prior to 2002/03; MODIS and AMSR-E data were used for later seasons. Chl-a data were averaged over 16-day periods. The animations also show the ETOPO2 bathymetry and the fronts of the Antarctic circumpolar current (Orsi et al. 1995).Lineage
Progress Code: completedData time period: 1997-11-01 to 2010-04-01
text: westlimit=20.0; southlimit=-72.0; eastlimit=160.0; northlimit=-45.0
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Home page for these animations (PROJECT HOME PAGE)
uri :
http://data.aad.gov.au/analysis/bloom.cfm
National Snow and Ice Data Centre (PROJECT HOME PAGE)
uri :
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0051
University of Bremen remote sensing home page (PROJECT HOME PAGE)
uri :
http://www.iup.uni-bremen.de/eng/research/remote-sensing/index.html
OceanColor site (PROJECT HOME PAGE)
- global : ice_retreat_blooms