Net Primary Productivity

Satellite Measured Primary Productivity in the Indian Ocean 2003-13

"Net primary productivity is the amount of organic carbon generated by photosynthesis in planktonic organisms minus the amount of organic carbon used by these organisms in respiration" (Brown, Murray  2010).

Data from NOAA Ocean Watch database
AQUA MODIS

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Click below to see an animation of monthly Net Primary Productivity levels in the Indian Ocean from 2002 to 2013.

Animation created by Vineet Tolia