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.
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.
Latest Updates
SCOPE Researchers Visit Split, Croatia for Primary Production Workshop
Recently, Dr. Gemma Kulk, Dr. Shubha Sathyendranath and Bror Jönsson travelled to Split, Croatia, to attend a workshop on phytoplankton primary production. The workshop was
The Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition 2024
In July, SCOPE members Mayra Rodriguez and Elin Meek participated in the Royal Society Summer Science Exposition, taking place at the home of the Royal
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