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SeaWiFS Chlorophyll Mean

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

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This data set contains the mean of SeaWiFS chlorophyll generated from the climatology monthly means; the monthly climatologies represent the mean values for each month across the whole dataset time series. Chlorophyll a is a plant pigment which provides a measurement of the biomass (or quantity) of plants. In the water column, it is a measure of the suspended (or planktonic) biomass of single-celled microscopic plants. Chlorophyll is a commonly used measure of water quality. High levels of chlorophyll represent algal blooms. The data are received as monthly composites, with a 4 km resolution, and are constrained to the region between 90E and 180E, and 10N to 60S. The data was sourced from http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/SeaWiFS/. This dataset is a contribution to the CERF Marine Biodiversity Hub.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title SeaWiFS Chlorophyll Mean
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/56f3c1ca-71fb-4172-bf7b-45468eda2743
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 31/07/2008
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        108.22,
        -48.15
      ],
      [
        164.22,
        -48.15
      ],
      [
        164.22,
        -7.94
      ],
      [
        108.22,
        -7.94
      ],
      [
        108.22,
        -48.15
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "SeaWiFS Chlorophyll Mean". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/seawifs-chlorophyll-mean1