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The Tara Oceans expedition, a 2.5-year long and 57,000 mile long trajectory, was conceived to provide a snapshot of the distribution of planktonic organisms in the world ocean, providing 'A global-scale study of morphological, genetic, and functional biodiversity of plankton organisms in relation to the changing physico-chemical parameters of the oceans' (Karsenti et al., 2011). The expedition took place from September 2009 to March 2012, spanned the majority of the world's oceans, and included, besides a large array of biological sampling, hydrographic measurements, optical measurements of surface hyper-spectral particulate absorption and attenuation, hyper-spectral reflectance and HPLC pigments.E. Karsenti, S.G. Acinas, P. Bork, C. Bowler, C. De Vargas, J. Raes, and 22 co-authors, A holistic approach to marine eco-systems biology, PLoS Biol. 9, e1001177, (2011), doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001177.

Product Summary

Platforms
BUOYS ,
MOORINGS ,
Water-based Platforms ,
AUVS ,
ROVS ,
Ships
Spatial Extent

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

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2009-09-13 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
C1633360675-OB_DAAC
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
869
Processing Level
2
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. (2009). Tara_Oceans_expedition [Data set]. NASA Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/SEABASS/TARA_OCEANS_EXPEDITION/DATA001 Date Accessed: 2026-05-04

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Optimization and assessment of phytoplankton size class algorithms for ocean color data on the Northeast US continental shelf Turner, Kyle J., Mouw, Colleen B., Hyde, Kimberly J.W., Morse, Ryan, Ciochetto, Audrey B. Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Salinity/Density
Biases from incorrect reflectance convolution Burggraaff, Olivier Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Salinity/Density
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