Satellite-based observations of Carbon in the Ocean: Pools, Fluxes and Exchanges (SCOPE)​

About SCOPE

The ocean plays an important role in the global carbon cycle through the annual absorption of a quarter of all anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Monitoring the ocean carbon cycle is fundamental to managing climate change and satellite observations play a major role in this, with capabilities to view the surface ocean synoptically at high temporal resolution. In the Satellite-based observations of Carbon in the Ocean: Pools fluxes and Exchange (SCOPE) project, funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), we bring together an international team of experts to study the ocean carbon cycle from space to better understand how much carbon the ocean stores and how this changes over time. We focus on producing climate-quality datasets, including error estimates, and on collaboration between remote sensing scientists, in situ data experts and biogeochemical modellers to advance our capability of monitoring the ocean carbon cycle.

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Objectives

SCOPE aims to provide the best possible characterisation of the ocean carbon budget from satellite observations and further the understanding of its variability in space and time. This is delivered through the development of new satellite-based ocean carbon products, with pixel-by-pixel uncertainty estimates, and through science case studies and an impact assessment. SCOPE will also bring present and past ESA and European developments together with other relevant new results from the scientific community through broad collaboration and partnership.

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CBIOMES
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CBIOMES annual meeting

SCOPE team members Gemma Kulk, Shubha Sathyendranath, Lekshmi Krishnakumary and Mayra Rodriguez visited New York City last week (25-27 June 2024) for the annual meeting

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Dynamic Earth exhibition

Dynamic Earth is a world-class Science Centre and Planetarium in Edinburgh. Their newest exhibition, All Eyes on Earth, features SCOPE Science Lead Gemma Kulk. This

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