Gridded and Mapped Data Caribbean 2002-2019
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Dr. Rik Wanninkhof
The data products listed below are obtained from observations on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCCL) ships Explorer of the Seas (EoS) (2002-2015); the Allure of the Seas (AoS) (2016-ongoing) and the Celebrity Equinox (Eqnx) (2015-ongoing) covering the years 2002 through 2019. The cruise tracks are shown in the figure below. The reduced and quality controlled data and metadata can be obtained from the OCC Home Page and collated in an annual folder at a href=”https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/ocean-carbon-acidification-data-system/oceans/VOS_Program/explorer.html”>NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information VOS Program website.
- Readme File for Gridded and Mapped Caribbean Data – August 26, 2020 Release (Link to Readme File).
- Gridded data product on a 1° by 1° by monthly grid (Link to Monthly Gridded Data).
- Mapped data product on a 1° by 1° by monthly grid (Link to Monthly Mapped Data).
- Monthly mapped product for the whole region (Link to Monthly Average Data).
- Annual mapped product for the whole region (Link to Yearly Average Data).
- Summary of MLR coefficients (Link to MLR Coefficients).
Annual multi-linear regression (MLR) coefficients for the equation: fCO2w_MLR = a Longitude + b Latitude + c SST + d MLD + e SSS + f. The MLR from 2002 – 2018 are unchanged from Table 1 in Wanninkhof et al. 2020. The coefficients and their uncertainty (1-sigma) for 2019 are added to this file.
Wanninkhof, R., Pierrot, D., Sullivan, K., Barbero, L., & Triñanes, J. (2020). A 17-year dataset of surface water fugacity of CO2 along with calculated pH, aragonite saturation state and air–sea CO2 fluxes in the northern Caribbean Sea. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 12(3), 1489-1509. (Link to Paper)
John T. Morris, Ian C. Enochs, et al.
Coral reef habitat is created when calcium carbonate production by calcifiers exceeds removal by physical and biological erosion. Carbonate budget surveys provide a means of quantifying the framework-altering actions of diverse assemblages of marine species to determine net carbonate production, a single metric that encapsulates reef habitat persistence. In this study, carbonate budgets were calculated for 723 sites across the Florida Reef Tract (FRT) using benthic cover and parrot fish demographic data from NOAA’s National Coral Reef Monitoring Program, as well as high resolution LiDAR topobathymetry. Results highlight the erosional state of the majority of the study sites, with a trend towards more vulnerable habitat in the northern FRT, especially in the Southeast Florida region (− 0.51 kg CaCO3m−2 year−1), which is in close proximity to urban centers. Detailed comparison of reef types reveals that mid-channel reefs in the Florida Keys have the highest net carbonate production (0.84 kg CaCO3 m−2 year− 1) and indicates that these reefs may be hold-outs for reef development throughout the region. This study reports that Florida reefs, specifically their physical structure, are in a net erosional state. As these reefs lose structure, the ecosystem services they provide will be diminished, signifying the importance of increased protections and management efforts to offset these trends.