Updated Fay and McKinley Biomes (2010-2024)

Fay and McKinley biomes recreated for 2010-2024, as the Fay and McKinley biomes were originally created for 1998-2010. The record was exteneded following the methods of Fay and McKinley, 2014, with the most notable differences being using MODIS-Aqua (instead of SeaWiFs) chlorophyll and a more general smoothing process (instead of an interative one). Code, which further details the explicit process to generate these biomes, is freely available on GitHub.

References

Fay, A. R. and McKinley, G. A.: Global open-ocean biomes: mean and temporal variability, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 6, 273–284, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-6-273-2014, 2014.

Fay, Amanda R; McKinley, Galen A (2014): Global Ocean Biomes: Mean and time-varying maps (NetCDF 7.8 MB) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.828650, Supplement to: Fay, AR; McKinley, GA (2014): Global open-ocean biomes: mean and temporal variability. Earth System Science Data, 6(2), 273-284, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-6-273-2014