TAO Zui, MA Sheng, YANG Xiaofeng, WANG Yan. Assessing the uncertainties of phytoplankton absorption-based model estimates of marine net primary productivity[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2017, 36(6): 112-121. doi: 10.1007/s13131-017-1047-8
Citation: TAO Zui, MA Sheng, YANG Xiaofeng, WANG Yan. Assessing the uncertainties of phytoplankton absorption-based model estimates of marine net primary productivity[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2017, 36(6): 112-121. doi: 10.1007/s13131-017-1047-8

Assessing the uncertainties of phytoplankton absorption-based model estimates of marine net primary productivity

doi: 10.1007/s13131-017-1047-8
  • Received Date: 2016-04-08
  • Rev Recd Date: 2016-07-28
  • Satellite-derived phytoplankton pigment absorption (aph) has been used as a key predictor of phytoplankton photosynthetic efficiency to estimate global ocean net primary production (NPP). In this study, an aph-based NPP model (AbPM) with four input parameters including the photosynthetically available radiation (PAR), diffuse attenuation at 490 nm (Kd(490)), euphotic zone depth (Zeu) and the phytoplankton pigment absorption coefficient (aph) is compared with the chlorophyll-based model and carbon-based model. It is found that the AbPM has significant advantages on the ocean NPP estimation compared with the chlorophyll-based model and carbon-based model. For example, AbPM greatly outperformed the other two models at most monitoring sites and had the best accuracy, including the smallest values of RMSD and bias for the NPP estimate, and the best correlation between the observations and the modeled NPPs. In order to ensure the robustness of the model, the uncertainty in NPP estimates of the AbPM was assessed using a Monte Carlo simulation. At first, the frequency histograms of simple difference (δ), and logarithmic difference (δLOG) between model estimates and in situ data confirm that the two input parameters (Zeu and PAR) approximate the Normal Distribution, and another two input parameters (aph and Kd(490)) approximate the logarithmic Normal Distribution. Second, the uncertainty in NPP estimates in the AbPM was assessed by using the Monte Carlo simulation. Here both the PB (percentage bias), defined as the ratio of △NPP to the retrieved NPP, and the CV (coefficient of variation), defined as the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean are used to indicate the uncertainty in the NPP brought by input parameter to AbPM model. The uncertainty related to magnitude is denoted by PB and the uncertainty related to scatter range is denoted by CV. Our investigations demonstrate that PB of NPP uncertainty brought by all parameters with an annual mean of 5.5% covered a range of -5%-15% for the global ocean. The PB uncertainty of AbPM model was mainly caused by aph; the PB of NPP uncertainty brought by aph had an annual mean of 4.1% for the global ocean. The CV brought by all the parameters with an annual mean of 105% covered a range of 98%-134% for global ocean. For the coastal zone of Antarctica with higher productivity, the PB and CV of NPP uncertainty brought by all parameters had annual means of 7.1% and 121%, respectively, which are significantly larger than those obtained in the global ocean. This study suggests that the NPPs estimated by AbPM model are more accurate than others, but the magnitude and scatter range of NPP errors brought by input parameter to AbPM model could not be neglected, especially in the coastal area with high productivity. So the improving accuracy of satellite retrieval of input parameters should be necessary. The investigation also confirmed that the SST related correction is effective for improving the model accuracy in low temperature condition.
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