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Essential Ocean Variables

CharliePlasman edited this page Jan 22, 2024 · 4 revisions

Classes of Essential Ocean Variables

Biology and Ecosystems

  • Phytoplankton biomass and diversity
  • Zooplankton biomass and diversity
  • Fish abundance and distribution
  • Marine turtles, birds, mammals abundance and distribution
  • Hard coral cover and composition
  • Seagrass cover and composition
  • Macroalgal canopy cover and composition
  • Mangrove cover and composition
  • Microbe biomass and diversity (*emerging)
  • Invertebrate abundance and distribution (*emerging)

Biochemistry

Physics

  • Sea state
  • Ocean surface stress
  • Sea ice
  • Sea surface height
  • Sea surface temperature
  • Subsurface temperature
  • Surface currents
  • Subsurface currents
  • Sea surface salinity
  • Subsurface salinity
  • Salinity of sea ice
  • Brine volume
  • Ocean surface heat flux
  • Ocean bottom pressure

Cross-disciplinary (including human impact)

  • Ocean colour
  • Ocean sound
  • Marine debris (*emerging)
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