Hi :) I am working on species distribution models that use past (Last Interglacial), current and future marine conditions.
For LIG environmental data I use the output of the CESM2 lig127k model provided by esgf database. The environmental variables for the different time periods must be directly comparable and I noticed significant differences between the chlorophyll values of present and LIG conditions. I assume that this is due to differences in the computation of the variable. In the metadata “mass concentration of phytoplankton expressed as chlorophyll in sea water” is described as “Diatom Chlorophyll Mass Concentration” + “Other Phytoplankton Chlorophyll Mass Concentration”;
Does anyone know if there is some more detailed information on how the values were derived?
Thank you in advance!
For LIG environmental data I use the output of the CESM2 lig127k model provided by esgf database. The environmental variables for the different time periods must be directly comparable and I noticed significant differences between the chlorophyll values of present and LIG conditions. I assume that this is due to differences in the computation of the variable. In the metadata “mass concentration of phytoplankton expressed as chlorophyll in sea water” is described as “Diatom Chlorophyll Mass Concentration” + “Other Phytoplankton Chlorophyll Mass Concentration”;
Does anyone know if there is some more detailed information on how the values were derived?
Thank you in advance!