Title

Monthly Dynamic Seascape Pelagic Habitat Classification 2019

License

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Abstract

“The CoastWatch Seascape Pelagic Habitat Classification product (CW Seascapes) identifies
spatially explicit water masses with particular biogeochemical features using a model
and satellite-derived measurements. The seascape product is generated as monthly and 8-
day composites at 5 km spatial resolution.
US and global Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) partnered with US
Integrated Ocean Observation System (IOOS), NOAA/OAR/AOML and NOAA/NESDIS/STAR to
develop and routinely generate “seascapes” products and to make them available on
CoastWatch. Derived from dynamic fields of satellite and modelled data, seascapes are
classified and used as a biogeographical framework to describe dynamic, changing ocean
habitats for MBON and other applications. CW Seascapes provide information about the
quality and extent of different oceanographic habitats or features and can be used to assess
and predict the different planktonic and fisheries communities that reside within seascapes.
Current CW Seascapes products include monthly and 8-day time steps at 5 km
resolution. High resolution (1 km) case studies are planned on a case by case basis as
through cooperation with US and global MBON partners.”

Publication Date

Aug. 4, 2022, 9:32 p.m.

Type

Raster Data

Keywords

biogeography , gmm , mbon , MODIS , NOAA CoastWatch , seascape_dec_2019 , surface larvae dispersal

Category

Geoscientific Information

information pertaining to earth sciences. Examples: geophysical features and processes, geology, minerals, sciences dealing with the composition, structure and origin of the earth s rocks, risks of earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, gravity information, soils, permafrost, hydrogeology, erosion

Regions

Global

Owner

jcleary

Group

Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab at Duke University

More info

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Restrictions

The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.

Language

English

Temporal Extent

Jan. 1, 2019, midnight - Jan. 1, 2020, noon

Supplemental Information

The U.S. MBON projects are funded under the National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP RFP NOAA-NOS-IOOS-2014-2003803) in partnership between NOAA, BOEM, and NASA

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