Light attenuation coefficient (KDPAR) - Europe-wide

Raster showing the average diffuse attenuation coefficient of photosynthetic active radiation (KDPAR) between 2005 and 2009, values in metres^-1. Data was collected by the MERIS satellite and this layer was created for use in the 2019 EUSeaMap. In 2018 the coverage was extended to Iceland and Barents Sea. In 2022 the coverage was extended to the Caspian Sea. Dataset's spatial extent covers European Seas including the Azores and Canary Islands, but excluding the eastern Baltic. The spatial resolution of the dataset is around 100m, but that of the original data source is around 250m.



Created by the EMODnet Seabed Habitats consortium using data from the European Space Agency MERIS instrument.

Simple

Date (Publication)
2018-05-19
Citation identifier
kdpar_all_europe_2005_2009
Presentation form
Digital map
Purpose

Created for use in modelling of biological zones for EUSeaMap
Credit

EMODnet Seabed Habitats, derived by ACRI-ST from the European Space Agencies (ESA) MERIS project
Status
Completed
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Ifremer

Mickael Vasquez

Mickael.Vasquez@ifremer.fr

Originator
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Theme

  • Light

  • Earth observation

  • attenuation

  • KDPAR

  • Marine habitat mapping

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Habitats and biotopes
Use limitation

Data is freely available for research or commercial use providing that the originators are acknowledged in any publications produced

Access constraints
Copyright
Spatial representation type
Grid
Denominator
400000
Language

eng
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
Begin date
2005-01-01T10:52:00
End date
2009-12-31T10:52:00
N
S
E
W
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Vertical extent

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
0
Reference system identifier
WGS 1984
Distribution format
Name Version

GeoTiff

unknown
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425712003847?via%3Dihub

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

 		http://www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/access-data/download-data/?linkid=var_kdpar_all_europe_2005_2009

EMODnet Seabed Habitats downloads page - EUSeaMap preselected

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

 		https://files.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/data/kdpar_all_europe.zip

EMODnet Seabed Habitats download
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date
Pass
No

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
Pass
Statement

EMODnet Seabed Habitats, derived by ACRI-ST from the European Space Agency (ESA) MERIS instrument

Metadata

File identifier
f453edec-bc5b-40b8-9063-1de3727b2eaf XML
Metadata language

eng
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2020-05-11T09:32:43Z
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version

1.0
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

JNCC

emodnetseabedhabitats@jncc.gov.uk

Point of contact
 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

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Keywords

Earth observation KDPAR Light Marine habitat mapping attenuation
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Habitats and biotopes


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