Chlorophyll a (MSFD)

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This dataset is part of the 2018 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 5, criterion 2. This dataset contains the average of the 90th percentile chlorophyll a concentration during the growing season (march-october) in the Belgian part of the North Sea for the years 2011-2016. Chlorophyll a concentration (Chl) was generated from satellite daily data from ocean colour sensors. Data is supplied at approximately 1 km resolution on a geographical grid with equal spacing in longitude and latitude covering the described region.

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Field	Value
Source	https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/bmdc-be-dataset-2015?locale=en
Last Updated	October 25, 2021, 16:33 (UTC)
Created	October 19, 2021, 13:36 (UTC)
Access level	Public
Data timespan	2011-2016
Geographical area	Belgium
Language	English
Organization	Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (Belgium)
Time interval	march-october