Data Activity 1
Primary Productivity Exploration
Your Objective
Explore primary productivity by looking at 3-wavelength fluorometer data from the Northern Pacific Ocean (Coastal Endurance Array).
Coastal Endurance is one of the seven OOI arrays throughout the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Schematic of the instruments and moorings at the Coastal Endurance Washington Offshore station in the Pacific Ocean. Data in this activity were collected from the Shelf Surface Mooring (D).
Schematic of the different elements of the Coastal Endurance Washington Offshore Shelf Surface Mooring. The 3-wavelength flourometer is on the Instrument Package in 7m of water.
Wetlabs ECO Triplet 3-wavelength fluorometer instrument collected the data for this activity.
Challenge
What kind of patterns can we observe in data we collect about primary productivity?
Exploration
Select another variable (in addition to the blue plotted Chlorophyll-a Concentration data) to explore the data in ways that interest you. Zoom in and out of the data to look at different time scales that interest you.
Select the second parameter:
Explanation
Recall that the research challenge you are trying to address is: What kind of patterns can we observe in data we collect about primary productivity?
As you consider the data you are investigating, write a reflection on the following questions:
- What did you find interesting about the patterns you observed in the primary productivity data?
- What questions do you still have about primary productivity and data of primary productivity?