Previous Animation Next Animation SeaWiFS Biosphere Data over the North Pacific 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.    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 the North Pacific. Duration: 4800.0 minutes Available formats:   1280x720 (60 fps) Frames   1280x720 (59.94 fps) MPEG-4   47 MB   320x180     PNG           231 KB   512x288 (60 fps) MPEG-1   27 MB   1280x720 (60 fps) MPEG-2   167 MB   512x288 (30 fps) MPEG-1   26 MB   1280x720 (30 fps) MPEG-2   167 MB   1280x720 (30 fps) Frames   1280x720 (30 fps) MPEG-4   140 MB   320x180 (60 fps) MPEG-1   10 GB   320x180 (60 fps) X-FLV       2 MB How to play our movies    Print resolution picture of global SeaWiFS biosphere data above the North Pacific. Available formats:   3840 x 2160     TIFF 4 MB   320 x 180         PNG     103 KB    Print resolution picture of SeaWiFS global biosphere over the North Pacific. Available formats:   3840 x 2160     TIFF 9 MB   320 x 180         PNG     237 KB   160 x 80           PNG       55 KB   80 x 40             PNG       14 KB Animation Number: 3454 Completed: 2007-11-22 Animators: Alex Kekesi (GST) (Lead)   Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC) Scientists: Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC)   Michael Behrenfeld (Oregon State University) Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: SeaStar/SeaWiFS   SeaStar/SeaWiFS/Sea Surface Temperature Data Collected: 08/29/1997 - 10/23/2006 Series: Ocean Productivity Keywords: DLESE >> Biology DLESE >> Chemical oceanography DLESE >> Ecology DLESE >> Environmental science SVS >> HDTV DLESE >> Hydrology DLESE >> Physical oceanography GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Biosphere GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Climate Indicators GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Biosphere >> Vegetation GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Biosphere >> Ecological Dynamics >> Food-web Dynamics GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Biosphere >> Microbiota >> Chlorophyll GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Biosphere >> Vegetation >> Chlorophyll GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Biosphere >> Vegetation >> Vegetation Index GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Hydrosphere >> Water Quality/Water Chemistry >> Chlorophyll GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Oceans >> Ocean Chemistry >> Chlorophyll     Please give credit for this item to: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (http://www.geoeye.com). Data provided by: Norman Kuring (NASA/GSFC) Back to Top

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