Marine productivity follows a seasonal cycle depicted in this monthly climatology. Carbon export shifts northwards first during the northern hemisphere’s summer, and then balances towards the southern hemisphere at the end of the year.

Select model and month to display the export production of each combination.


The dataproducts displayed here are those from Eppley and Peterson, 1979, Betzer et al., 1994, Baines et al., 1994, Laws et al., 2000, Laws et al., 2011, Dunne et al., 2005, Westberry et al., 2012,  and  Li and Cassar, 2016.

The comparison analyses were funded by NASA, and the data visualization by LabexMER.

The dataviz (except those on GoogleMaps) have been developed in D3.js by GraphicPrototype.