Particle Size classes of Phytoplankton in the South China Sea - Marine Carbon Satellite Data

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Producer	Second Institute of Oceanography, MNR
Data Type	Remote Sensing (MODIS)
Data Abbreviation	PSC
Time Range	2003.1-2018.12
Product Level	L3B
Spatial Coverage	The SCS Sea
Spatial resolution	9km
Temporal Resolution	Monthly
Reference Coordinate System	Equal Latitude-Longitude Projection

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Phytoplankton Size Classes (PSC): According to ecological concepts, marine phytoplankton can be classified based on cell size into three categories: Micro (>20 μm), Nano (2 μm < size < 20 μm), and Pico (<20 μm). Micro represents the proportion of small-sized algae, Nano indicates the proportion of tiny-sized algae, and Pico signifies the proportion of very small-sized algae. This dataset provides the percentage of different-sized phytoplankton based on the size spectrum function.

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SIO_Aqua_MODIS_YYYYMMDDTOYYYYMMDD_L3B_SCS_9KM_PSC

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This dataset is available for open download and use at the National Earth System Science Data Center（http://www.geodata.cn/）

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Li, T., Bai, Y., He, X. et al. Phytoplankton size classes changed oppositely over shelf and basin areas of the South China Sea during 2003–2018. Prog Oceanogr, 2021, 191(102496).
Kostadinov, T. S., Siegel, D. A. & Maritorena, S. Retrieval of the particle size distribution from satellite ocean color observations. J Geophys Res, 2009, 114(C09015).

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