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Monthly normalized fluorescence line height (nFLH), photosynthetically available radiation (PAR), and sea surface temperature (SST) data using MODIS over the Deepwater Horizon area from January 2001 to December 2017

Authors: Huilin Gao and Yao Li

Published On: Feb 24 2020 20:58 UTC

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7266/n7-xsm6-wx65

UDI: E2.x842.000:0001

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Project Information

Funded By:
National Academies of Sciences Gulf Research Program

Funding Cycle:
Early Career Research Fellowship

Research Group:
Oil Spills and Phytoplankton: a Comparison of the 2010 Deep Water Horizon Accident with the 2014 Galveston Bay Oil Spill

Point of Contact

Huilin Gao
Texas A&M University / Department of Civil Engineering
hgao@civil.tamu.edu

Data Collection Period

2001-01-01

2017-12-31

Theme keywords

Deepwater Horizon, oil spill, phytoplankton primary productivity, normalized fluorescence line height (nFLH), photosynthetically available radiation (PAR), sea surface temperature (SST), Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, MODIS

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Abstract:

This dataset contains the monthly normalized fluorescence line height (nFLH), photosynthetically available radiation (PAR), and sea surface temperature (SST) satellite imagery at 4km resolution over the Deepwater Horizon-affected area from 2001 to 2017. These data were further processed into a monthly time series of the spatial mean of each parameter, included in this dataset. The original MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) imagery products for nFLH, PAR, and SST were collected from the NASA Ocean color website (https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov). The nFLH data were used as an indicator of chlorophyll-a concentration to evaluate the long-term impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the phytoplankton primary productivity in the northern Gulf of Mexico. This dataset supports the publication: Li, Y., Hu, C., Quigg, A., & Gao, H. (2019). Potential influence of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on phytoplankton primary productivity in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Research Letters, 14(9), 094018. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab3735

Suggested Citation:

Huilin Gao and Yao Li. 2020. Monthly normalized fluorescence line height (nFLH), photosynthetically available radiation (PAR), and sea surface temperature (SST) data using MODIS over the Deepwater Horizon area from January 2001 to December 2017. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/n7-xsm6-wx65

Publications:

Li, Y., Hu, C., Quigg, A., & Gao, H. (2019). Potential influence of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on phytoplankton primary productivity in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Research Letters, 14(9), 094018. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab3735

Purpose:

To understand the potential impacts of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on long term chlorophyll a concentrations.

Data Parameters and Units:

Time [YYYYMM], Normalized Fluorescence Line Height (nFLH) [mW cm-2 µm-1 sr-1], Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR) [Einstein m-2 d-1], sea surface temperature (SST) [degrees Celsius].

Methods:

Detailed methods can be found in the associated publication, Li et al., 2019.