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Bermuda Bio-Optics Project (BBOP) In-situ Bio-optical, Nutrient and Biogeochemical Data
Entry ID: UCSB_ICESS_BBOP_INSITU

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Summary

Abstract: The Bermuda Bio-Optics Project (BBOP) explores the relationship
between light and upper ocean biogeochemistry at an open ocean site
near the island of Bermuda. This site is occupied approximately 16
times a year as part of the Bermuda Atlantic Time Series, BATS, which
is part of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study, JGOFS.

The goal is to evaluate the role of light in the cycling of carbon,
nitrogen, silica, phosphorous and sulfur in the upper ocean and to
study these processes using satellite ocean color sensors (i.e.,
SeaWiFS). To this end, BBOP is a contributor to the SeaWiFS
Bio-Optical Archive and Storage System (SeaBASS) data
base.

A profiling spectroradiometry system is deployed during each BATS
cruise. These data provide the "optical link" between the BATS
biogeochemistry measurements and the SeaWiFS ocean color imagery. A
full-time satellite acquisition and analysis project has been
established at the Bermuda Biological Station, in which ocean color
and other satellite imagery are used to extend the BBOP time-series
observations throughout the North Atlantic basin.

Data sets include photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), surface
irradiance, nutrients, chlorophyll and other pigments, primary
production, and sediment trap data.

BBOP is funded by NASA's Sensor Intercomparison and Merger for
Biological and Interdisciplinary Oceanic Studies (SIMBIOS) program.

[This information was obtained from the UCSB/ICESS BBOP website.]

Related URL

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Description: Bermuda Bio-Optics Project (BBOP) website

Geographic Coverage

N: 32.0 S: 31.0 E: -64.0 W: -65.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1992-01-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > BERMUDA

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA
GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
OCEANS

Platform

SHIPS [Information]

Instrument

SEDIMENT TRAPS [Information]

SPECTRORADIOMETERS [Information]

Project

SIMBIOS >Sensor Intercomparison Merger for Biological Interdisciplinary Oceanic Studies [Information]

Keywords

BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

ICESS

SEABASS

SIMBIOS

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

UCSB/ICESS

Data Center

Institute for Computational Earth System Science, University of California, Santa Barbara [Information]
Data Center URL: http://www.icess.ucsb.edu/

Data Center Personnel

Name: MARGARET O'BRIEN
Email: mob at icess.ucsb.edu
Contact Address:
Institute for Computational Earth System Science
University of California, Santa Barbara
City: Santa Barbara
Province or State: CA
Postal Code: 93106-3060
Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution_Media: FTP

Personnel

DAVID SIEGEL
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 805-893-4547
Fax: 805-893-2578
Email: davey at icess.ucsb.edu
Contact Address:
Institute for Computational Earth System Science
6844 Ellison Hall
University of California
City: Santa Barbara
Province or State: CA
Postal Code: 93106-3060
Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-09-05

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