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Annual spring bloom metrics and average chlorophyll-a derived from the OC-CCI POLY4 chl-a product in the Northwest Atlantic. Pulled using marea::get_erddap_data(). NRMSE_bloom > 0.5 and |standardized anomalies| > 4 filtered out. Resampled from 4.64 km to 0.1 degree resolution.

Usage

data(satellite_ocean_colour)

Format

An ea_spatial (stars) object:

t_start_value

Day of year of the start of the spring phytoplankton bloom (day of year)

t_duration_value

Duration of the spring phytoplankton bloom (days)

amplitude_real_value

Maximum concentration during the spring phytoplankton bloom period (mg/m3)

magnitude_real_value

Total chlorophyll-a produced during the spring phytoplankton bloom period (days x mg/m3)

annual_mean_value

Average chlorophyll-a over the year (mg/m3)

Metadata (attr(obj, "meta")):

data_type

Character. "t_start: Day of year of the start of the spring phytoplankton bloom; t_duration: Duration of the spring phytoplankton bloom; amplitude_real: Maximum concentration during the spring phytoplankton bloom period; magnitude_real: Total chlorophyll-a produced during the spring phytoplankton bloom period; annual_mean: Average chlorophyll-a over the year"

units

Character. "t_start: day of year; t_duration: days; amplitude_real: mg/m3; magnitude_real: days*mg/m3; annual_mean: mg/m3"

region

Character. "Northwest Atlantic"

time_descriptor

Character. Year

source_citation

Character. "Clay, S., & Devred, E. (2025). Northwest Atlantic per-pixel spring bloom metrics derived from OC-CCI POLY4 satellite Chlorophyll-a (v1.1) [Data set]. https://catalogue.cioosatlantic.ca/dataset/ca-cioos_473fe40d-613e-4aba-b335-7a31a04e5d69?local=en"

temporal_coverage

Character. "1998-2024"

variable_name

Character. The name used for the variable

Source

SOPhyE group, DFO, see data-raw/satellite-ocean-colour/satellite_ocean_colour.R

Author

marea/DFO