Thirteen sample points of chlorophyll a concentration are collected within the Ross Sea Marine Protected Area. The dataset is intended for long-term monitoring of environmental change and was contributed by the organization AMD_KOPRI. It was last updated on NASA's Earthdata platform in March 2018.
Use Cases
- Monitor long-term changes in phytoplankton biomass based on chlorophyll a concentration.
- Assess the health of the Ross Sea Marine Protected Area ecosystem based on primary productivity indicators.
- Correlate environmental changes with satellite-derived ocean color data based on in-situ chlorophyll measurements.
Strengths
- Focuses on a specific, ecologically significant region: the Ross Sea Marine Protected Area.
- Explicitly designed for long-term environmental monitoring, suggesting a time-series intent.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Last updated 2018-03-01 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- AMD_KOPRI via NASA Earthdata
- Collection Method
- Sample collection, likely from in-situ measurements.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2018-03-01 23:59:59.999000
- Geography
- Ross Sea Marine Protected Area, Antarctica