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Description

The Northeast U.S. Shelf (NES) Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) project integrates observations, experiments, and models to understand and predict how planktonic food webs are changing, and how those changes impact the productivity of higher trophic levels. The NES-LTER is co-located with the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem, spanning the Middle Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Maine. Our focal cross-shelf transect extends about 150 km southward from Martha&#39s Vineyard, MA, to just beyond the shelf break.

Product Summary

Platforms
Water-based Platforms ,
In Situ Ocean-based Platforms
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2018-01-31 to Present
Data Partner
Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OB.DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/OB.DAAC) ,
SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System, Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/SeaBASS)
Concept ID
C2208430341-OB_DAAC
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
22
Processing Level
2
Updated
Science Keywords
Ocean Chemistry ,
Ocean Optics ,
Ocean Temperature ,
Salinity/Density

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

SeaBASS. (2017). NES-LTER [Data set]. NASA Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/SEABASS/NES-LTER/DATA001 Date Accessed: 2025-12-22