This record contains satellite-sensed chlorophyll-a concentration images of the Canadian Beaufort Sea at 1.1 km resolution. The dataset consists of 276 images, aggregated into two-week composites by calculating the mean value at each pixel, comprising years 1998 through 2020.
The dataset spans two ocean colour sensors, MODIS-Aqua and SeaWiFS. The Arctic Ocean Empirical algorithm was used to calculate chlorophyll-a concentration, after images were corrected for atmospheric effects using the NIR-SWIR switching algorithm, and Remote Sensing Reflectance (Rrs) were produced. A linear transform in log-10 space was applied to the chlorophyll-a concentration measured by SeaWiFS to improve its correlation with chlorophyll-a concentration measured by MODIS-Aqua.
The months of October through February were excluded from these datasets as the sun angle in winter is too low (e.g., polar night) for reliable data to be acquired, and the region is mostly covered in sea ice.
For further details, see Galley et al., 2022.
- Publisher - Current Organization Name: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada
Data and Resources
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Data DictionaryPDFEnglish French guide PDF
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Satellite-measured Chlorophyll-a concentration in the Canadian Beaufort Sea (1998-2020)GeoTIFEnglish French dataset GeoTIF
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Satellite-measured Chlorophyll-a concentration in the Canadian Beaufort Sea (1998-2020)ESRI RESTEnglish French web_service ESRI REST
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Satellite-measured Chlorophyll-a concentration in the Canadian Beaufort Sea (1998-2020)ESRI RESTEnglish French web_service ESRI REST
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