SeaWiFS Biosphere Data over Australia
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The SeaWiFS instrument aboard the Seastar satellite has been collecting ocean data since 1997. By monitoring the color of reflected light via satellite, scientists can determine how successfully plant life is photosynthesizing. A measurement of photosynthesis is essentially a measurement of successful growth, and growth means successful use of ambient carbon. This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. The nutrient-rich areas include coastal regions where cold water rises from the sea floor bringing nutrients along and areas at the mouths of rivers where the rivers have brought nutrients into the ocean from the land.
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Animation depicting nearly a decades worth of SeaWiFS ocean chlorophyll concentration and land Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data. This animation begins by slowly spinning the earth around until settling over Australia.
Duration: 2.6 minutes
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Animation depicting nearly a decades worth of SeaWiFS ocean chlorophyll concentration and land Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data. This animation begins by slowly spinning the earth around until settling over Australia. The first day of the eight day moving average is shown in this sequence.
Duration: 2.6 minutes
Available formats:
1280x720 (30 fps)
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125 MB
1280x720 (60 fps)
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129 MB
1280x720 (30 fps)
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290 MB
512x288 (30 fps)
MPEG-1
51 MB
1280x720 (30 fps)
Frames (Australia Biosphere with dates)
1280x720 (60 fps)
Frames (Australia Biosphere with dates)
320x180
PNG
248 KB
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