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2010-2023, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, FRONTWARD, Shelf-sea fronts: UK satellite climatology of thermal and colour fronts
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2010-2023, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, FRONTWARD, Shelf-sea fronts: UK satellite climatology of thermal and colour fronts

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May 2025

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January 2010 - December 2023

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April 2025

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Summary

Ocean fronts are the interface zones between distinct water masses, often locations of enhanced or sustained biological productivity and hence linked to higher abundance and biodiversity of certain marine animals. This series describes the strength and persistence of fronts, using monthly and seasonal long-term averages based on 10 years of sea-sur...

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Data: Shelf-sea front satellite dataset

Data: Shelf-sea front satellite dataset

This dataset describes the strength and persistence of fronts, using monthly and seasonal long-term averages based on 10 years of sea-surface temperature data (2010-2019, 1km resolution) and 7 years of chlorophyll-a data (2016-2023, 300m resolution). The data are provided as multiple layers (e.g. months, seasons) in netCDF files for analysis in GIS software.

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Colour fronts

19 Feb 2025

Thermal fronts

19 Feb 2025