NOAA_NCEI Accession 9900026 contains extracted chlorophyll-a and phaeopigment concentrations for the GLOBEC Georges Bank project. Data was collected by Dr. Dian Gifford of the University of Rhode Island during research cruises on the R/V Endeavor. The temporal coverage spans from January to June 1995.
Use Cases
- Analyze chlorophyll-a concentration trends over the 1995 sampling period to study spring phytoplankton blooms.
- Correlate phaeopigment concentrations with other metadata to assess grazing pressure or phytoplankton degradation.
- Use the self-documented metadata fields for quality control and integration with other GLOBEC project datasets.
- Model primary productivity on Georges Bank using the extracted pigment concentrations as a key input variable.
Strengths
- Data collected for the established GLOBEC Georges Bank project, ensuring scientific relevance.
- Each file is self-documenting with supporting metadata, aiding in interpretation.
- Covers a specific, ecologically significant period from January to June 1995.
Limitations
- Specific row count, column details, and sample size are unknown.
- Data is temporally limited to a single year (1995) and may not represent long-term trends.
- Geographic scope is restricted to the Georges Bank region in the Northwest Atlantic.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), originating from Dr. Dian Gifford at the University of Rhode Island.
- Collection Method
- Collected during research cruises aboard the R/V Endeavor.
- Time Range
- 1995-01-11 to 1995-06-16
- Freshness
- Data collection ended in June 1995; it is a historical snapshot with no ongoing updates.
- Geography
- Georges Bank region in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.