Chlorophyll-A Front Strength, California Current Ecosystem

Mar 9, 2022 (Last modified Mar 14, 2022)
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Chlorophyll-A Front Strength describes the gradient magnitude of fronts derived from chlorophyll-a concentration at the ocean surface for Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter, in units of log(mg / m3) / km.

Oceanic fronts are areas of sharp gradients between adjacent water masses that occur across large spatial and temporal scales. In the California Current System (CCS), fronts are created by wind-driven upwelling and the flow of the upwelled water in the form of cold, chlorophyll-rich filaments and eddies. Fronts are indicators of many oceanographic processes and are sites of increased biological activity affecting all oceanic life forms from microbes to seabirds and marine mammals.

These data were derived from the NOAA CoastWatch (dataset: erdMEchla1day; 2002-2013).


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Jeffery B. Leirness, CSS Inc., NOAA.
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2002-2013
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Leirness JB, Adams J, Ballance LT, Coyne M, Felis JJ, Joyce T, Pereksta DM, Winship AJ, Jeffrey CFG, Ainley D, Croll D, Evenson J, Jahncke J, McIver W, Miller PI, Pearson S, Strong C, Sydeman W, Waddell JE, Zamon JE, Christensen J. 2021. Modeling the at-sea density of marine birds to support renewable energy planning on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf of the contiguous United States. Camarillo (CA): US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. OCS Study BOEM 2021-014.
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2000 (Meter)
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US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
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