Publication Date:
2023-06-21
Description:
Phytoplankton in the sunlit layer of the ocean act as the base of the marine food web fueling fisheries, and also
regulate key biogeochemical processes such as exporting carbon to the deep ocean. Phytoplankton composition
structure varies in ocean biomes and different phytoplankton groups drive differently the marine ecosystem. As one of
the algorithms deriving phytoplankton composition from space borne data, within the framework of the EU Copernicus
Marine Service (CMEMS), OLCI-PFT algorithm was developed using multi-spectral satellite data collocated to an
extensive in-situ PFT data set based on HPLC pigments and sea surface temperature data (Xi et al. 2020, 2021). It
provides global PFT retrievals including chlorophyll a estimations of diatoms, haptophytes, dinoflagellates,
chlorophytes and prokaryotic phytoplankton spanning the period from 2002 until today, by using multi-sensor merged
products and OLCI data. These PFT products with per-pixel uncertainty are publicly available on the CMEMS. Due to
different lifespans and radiometric characteristics of the ocean color sensors, it is crucial to evaluate the CMEMS PFT
products to provide quality-assured data for a consistent long-term monitoring of the phytoplankton community
structure. In this study, using in-situ phytoplankton data (HPLC pigment data further evaluated with microscopic, flow
cytometry, molecular and hyperspectral optical data) collected from expeditions since 2009 in the tropical, temperate
and polar (mainly Fram Strait within the PEBCAO network) regions, we aim to 1) validate the CMEMS PFT products
and investigate the continuity of the PFTs data derived from different satellites, and 2) deliver two-decade consistent
PFT products for times series analysis. For the latter we determine inter-annual trends and variation of the surface
phytoplankton community structure targeting some key sub-regions (e.g.,east Fram Strait) that have been observed
being influenced by the changing marine environment.
Repository Name:
EPIC Alfred Wegener Institut
Type:
Conference
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info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject
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application/pdf
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