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Summary

This script calculates log-transformed, mean annual net primary production values globally from 2003 to 2015. This data is used to standardize commercial fishing catch to produce fishing pressure layers for OHI and Cumulative Human Impacts.

NOTE: For OHI 2019, we did not update the NPP data since there were no changes to the source data methods


Data Source

Reference: Behrenfeld, M.J. and Falkowski, P.G., 1997. Photosynthetic rates derived from satellite‐based chlorophyll concentration. Limnology and oceanography, 42(1), pp.1-20.; Standard VGPM. (2018). Ocean Productivity. Retrieved from http://orca.science.oregonstate.edu/2160.by.4320.monthly.xyz.vgpm.m.chl.m.sst.php.

Downloaded: July 31, 2018

Description: Monthly Net Primary Production (mg C / m2 / day)

Native data resolution: 0.083 x 0.083 degree grid

Time range: 2002 - 2015, monthly. Only partial data provided for 2002. OHI uses 2003 - 2015.

Format: XYZ format


Convert to Raster (.xyz to .tiff)

This code sources a function, vgpm.raster that transforms the raw .xyz files into GeoTIFFs.

  • Raw NPP values are log-transformed in vgpm_func.R
  • Make sure the file path in vgpm_func.R points to the correct folder you want to save it in. May need to change the year.

Approximate time elapsed: 18 minutes

Take a look at a single raster

NPP values are log-transformed in vgpm.raster().

Testing projectRaster and resample Methods

Description: Testing the difference between just using projectRaster (method 1) or projectRaster and then resample (method 2) to convert projection and resolution to match that of the ocean raster.

Note: While method 1 only takes half an hour and method 2 takes over an hour, we may want to use method 2 so that we can convert to mollweide before gapfilling and then divide fisheries catch rasters by the npp rasters before increasing the resolution since the smaller resolution will be faster to process.

Gapfill NPP Rasters

This is done by averaging the neighboring cells of raster cells with NA values and repeating until all ocean cells are gapfilled. Took code from Mel’s create_layers.Rmd

Citation information

Behrenfeld, M.J. and Falkowski, P.G., 1997. Photosynthetic rates derived from satellite‐based chlorophyll concentration. Limnology and oceanography, 42(1), pp.1-20.

Downloaded from http://www.science.oregonstate.edu/ocean.productivity/standard.product.php