One Year of PACE OCI Chlorophyll
Click image to view movie (MP4, 14.8 MB). Credit: NASA
Click image to view movie (MP4, 15.8 MB). Credit: NASA
The Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) on the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) spacecraft is an optical spectrometer designed to detect phytoplankton by accurately measuring the the spectrum of sunlight reflected from the ocean. PACE was launched on February 8, 2024, and the first OCI global map of ocean chlorophyll was produced on March 4, 2024.
This year-long visualization of PACE chlorophyll data uses a traditional rainbow color palette to show areas with high chlorophyll concentration in red and yellow, medium chlorophyll in green and low chloroiphyll in blue and purple. Each individual image is a 30 day average, and the visualization covers one year, from March 2024 to March 2025, revealing the seasonal cycle of phytoplankton activity.
This year-long visualization of PACE chlorophyll data uses a traditional rainbow color palette to show areas with high chlorophyll concentration in red and yellow, medium chlorophyll in green and low chloroiphyll in blue and purple. Each individual image is a 30 day average, and the visualization covers one year, from March 2024 to March 2025, revealing the seasonal cycle of phytoplankton activity.
