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Global Ocean Health Index (OHI) Assessments

7 June 201912 June 2019 Tilla RoyLeave a commentEcosystem services, Regulatory, Societal

The Global Ocean Health Index measures performance of ten societal goals for healthy oceans on a quantitative scale of increasing health from 0 to 100, […]

Jellyfish Database Initiative (JeDI)

6 June 20197 June 2019 Tilla RoyLeave a commentEcological, Zooplankton

The Jellyfish Database Initiative (JeDI) is a scientifically-coordinated global database dedicated to gelatinous zooplankton (members of the Cnidaria, Ctenophora and Thaliacea) and associated environmental data. […]

Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC–CCI)

5 June 20196 June 2019 Tilla RoyLeave a commentBiogeochemical, Ocean productivity

The Ocean Colour CCI (OC_CCI) project focuses on the Ocean Colour ECV encompassing water-leaving radiance in the visible domain, derived chlorophyll and inherent optical properties […]

Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT)

5 June 20195 June 2019 Tilla RoyLeave a commentBiogeochemical, Carbon cycle

The Surface Ocean CO₂ Atlas (SOCAT) is a synthesis activity for quality-controlled, surface ocean fCO₂ (fugacity of carbon dioxide) observations by the international marine carbon […]

Optimum interpolation Sea Surface Temperature

5 June 20195 June 2019 Tilla RoyLeave a commentHydrography, Physical

A high-resolution sea surface temperature analysis product that blends in situ (ship and buoy) reports and satellite data and uses optimum interpolation to fill spatial […]

Continuous Global Mangrove Forest Cover for the 21st century (CGMFC-21)

5 June 20197 June 2019 Tilla RoyLeave a commentEcological, Habitat

A global database of mangrove forest cover at high spatial and temporal resolutions that has been used to monitor mangrove cover at the global, national […]

Mineral dust aerosols and associated radiative effects

5 June 201912 June 2019 Pearse Buchanan and Tilla RoyLeave a commentAeolian, External drivers

Size-structured mineral dust aerosols and associated radiative effects produced by four different atmospheric transport models. The study draws on observational data on dust abundance, in […]

Global Potential for Aquaculture

5 June 201910 September 2020 Tilla RoyLeave a commentAnthropogenic, Ecosystem services, External drivers, Provisioning, Societal

A map of the biological production potential for marine aquaculture across the globe produced using an innovative approach that draws from physiology, allometry and growth theory. […]

World Ocean Atlas 2013 (WOA13)

5 June 201920 June 2019 Tilla RoyLeave a commentBiogeochemical, Hydrography, Macronutrients, Oxygen, Physical

World Ocean Atlas 2013 version 2 (WOA13 V2) is a set of objectively analyzed (1° grid) climatological fields of in situ temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, […]

Global marine commercial, small-scale, illegal and unreported fisheries catch 1950–2014

5 June 201912 June 2019 Tilla RoyLeave a commentEcosystem services, Provisioning, Societal

Global fisheries catch rates from a range of public sources harmonised and mapped based on the description of the reported taxa and the fishing fleets […]