RFR-CCS: A monthly surface pCO2 product for the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem

Description

RFR-CCS is a monthly data product of surface pCO2 for the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem. It was built using pCO2 observations from the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas, fit against a variety of driver variables (sources of which are listed below) using a Random Forest Regression, and provided on a 0.25 degree resolution grid from January 1998 to December 2020.

Citation

If using this product, please also cite the original manuscript:

Sharp, J.D., Fassbender, A.J., Carter, B.C., Lavin, P.D., and Sutton, A.J. A monthly surface pCO2 product for the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem. Earth System Science Data, 14, 2081–2108, 2022. doi: 10.5194/essd-14-2081-2022.

Driver Variables (figshare)

1. Sea Surface Temperature: OISSTv2

2. Sea Surface Salinity: ECCO2

3. Chlorophyll-a: Oregon State (via NASA)

4. Wind Speed: ERA5

5. Atmospheric pCO2: NOAA MBL

6. Mixed Layer Depth: HYCOM

7. Distance from Shore: Calculated from latitude and longitude (dist2coast, Climate Data Toolbox)

8. Year

9. Month of Year