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Shutler, JD, Land, PE, Piollé, J-F, Woolf, DK, Goddijn-Murphy, LM, Paul, F, Girard-Ardhuin, F, Chapron, B and Donlon, CJ 2016 FluxEngine: A Flexible Processing System for Calculating Atmosphere–Ocean Carbon Dioxide Gas Fluxes and Climatologies. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 33. 741-756. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00204.1
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Abstract/Summary
The air–sea flux of greenhouse gases [e.g., carbon dioxide (CO2)] is a critical part of the climate system and a major factor in the biogeochemical development of the oceans. More accurate and higher-resolution calcu- lations of these gas fluxes are required if researchers are to fully understand and predict future climate. Satellite Earth observation is able to provide large spatial-scale datasets that can be used to study gas fluxes. However, the large storage requirements needed to host such data can restrict its use by the scientific com- munity. Fortunately, the development of cloud computing can provide a solution. This paper describes an open-source air–sea CO2 flux processing toolbox called the ‘‘FluxEngine,’’ designed for use on a cloud- computing infrastructure. The toolbox allows users to easily generate global and regional air–sea CO2 flux data from model, in situ, and Earth observation data, and its air–sea gas flux calculation is user configurable. Its current installation on the Nephalae Cloud allows users to easily exploit more than 8 TB of climate-quality Earth observation data for the derivation of gas fluxes. The resultant netCDF data output files contain .20 data layers containing the various stages of the flux calculation along with process indicator layers to aid interpretation of the data. This paper describes the toolbox design, which verifies the air–sea CO2 flux calculations; demon- strates the use of the tools for studying global and shelf sea air–sea fluxes; and describes future developments.
| Item Type: | Publication - Article |
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| Subjects: | Atmospheric Sciences Earth Observation - Remote Sensing Marine Sciences Oceanography |
| Divisions: | Plymouth Marine Laboratory > Science Areas > Earth Observation Science and Applications |
| Depositing User: | Peter Land |
| Date made live: | 10 Oct 2017 09:14 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Apr 2020 09:57 |
| URI: | https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/7065 |
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