aeef9d05-2bf9-40a2-aa63-6fbe182f58af NORCE Natalya Gallo Postdoctoral researcher ngal@norceresearch.no https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5168-4244 LifeWatch ERIC Quan Pan R&D Engineer for Cloud-based Virtual Research Environment quan.pan@lifewatch.eu 2025-11-14 en This is an input file for the Seagrass carbon stock input from GUI workflow component available at https://metadatacatalogue.lifewatch.eu/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/b1b247f4-62fc-478b-8e43-ba887fddfa88. global ocean physics reanalysis global ocean biogeochemistry hindcast global ocean waves reanalysis global ocean sea surface height global ocean sea surface temperature surface ocean carbon fields None Apache License, Version 2.0 Input For_modeling_df_shallow_carbon_density.rds file for Seagrass carbon stock model https://beta.naavre.net/jupyter/hub/user-redirect/lab/tree/Cloud%20Storage/naa-vre-public/vl-bluecarbon/For_modeling_df_shallow_carbon_density.rds NORCE Natalya Gallo Postdoctoral researcher ngal@norceresearch.no https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5168-4244 MARCO-BOLO (MBO) aims to structure and strengthen European coastal and marine biodiversity observation capabilities, linking them to global efforts to understand and restore ocean health, hence ensuring that outputs respond to explicit stakeholder needs from policy, planning and industry. To this end MBO will establish and engage with a Community of Practice (CoP) to determine end-user needs with the aim of optimising marine data flows, knowledge uptake, and improving governance based on biodiversity observations. By exploiting synergies with concurrent projects MBO will develop and demonstrate new autonomous technology for biodiversity mapping and monitoring, and data streams from remote sensing, eDNA, robotics, optical and acoustic observations. Protocols for eDNA-based biodiversity observations are established and validated across applications, taxa and ecosystems. The sequence of the analytical and technical processes for the different use cases will be incorporated into operational Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) and included into online reusable workflows, contributing to the free and open access of EU and global biodiversity information facilities, and to support major EU biodiversity directives and global initiatives. The project partnership will leverage its international activities (MBON, GOOS, OBIS) and participation in UN Ocean Decade Programmes (Marine Life 2030, OBON, ODIS, Ocean Practices for the Decade) to align the MBO work programme to global CoP, ensuring European participation and leadership in global biodiversity monitoring and global science. MBO results will be designed to build upon existing capability and infrastructures, and to be relevant to existing frameworks so that outputs can be easily integrated into national, regional (EU and adjacent sea basins), and global observation systems, with no delay ensuring the reusability of the investments Europe is already making in data generation. For_modeling_df_shallow_carbon_density.rds R Data Serialization bottomT Sea water potential temperature at sea floor bottom The temperature a parcel of water at the very bottom of the ocean would have if it were raised adiabatically (without exchanging heat) to the sea surface. It corrects for the warming effect of extreme water pressure at great depths. celsius uo Eastward seawater velocity The horizontal speed of water moving toward the east, with negative values indicating westward motion. meterPerSecond vo Northward seawater velocity The meridional component of the horizontal ocean current vector, representing the speed at which seawater is flowing directly to the north. metersPerSecond so Salinity The concentration of dissolved salts (primarily sodium and chloride) in seawater, usually expressed in parts per thousand (ppt) or Practical Salinity Units (PSU). deptho Bathymetry The depth and topography of underwater surfaces. meter o2 Dissolved oxygen concentration The amount of free oxygen gas that is physically dissolved between water molecules. millimolePerMeterCubed phyc Total phytoplankton The total concentration of phytoplankton biomass in a water body, expressed in terms of the amount of carbon or nitrogen bound within the living algal cells per unit of volume. millimolePerMeterCubed fe Dissolved iron The amount of iron substance. millimolePerMeterCubed no3 Nitrate The amount of nitrate. millimolePerMeterCubed po4 Phosphate The chemical compound containing phosphorus and oxygen, measured to study water quality and marine life. millimolePerMeterCubed nppv Total primary production of phytoplankton The rate at which microscopic marine algae convert inorganic carbon into organic matter via photosynthesis. milligramPerMeterCubedPerDay ph pH The numeric value of the pH. spco2 Surface CO2 The partial pressure of carbon dioxide pCO2 in the ocean's top layer and the air above it. pascal VHM0 Sea surface wave significant height The height of ocean waves in a given sea state. It is defined as the average height (trough to crest) of the highest one-third (33%) of all waves over a specific time period. meter eke Specific kinetic energy of sea water eke It measures the intensity of swirling, time-variable currents (mesoscale eddies) relative to the time-averaged circulation. centimeter analysed_sst Foundation sea surface temperature The temperature free of diurnal variability. kelvin VAVH_DAILY_MAX Daily maximum significant wave height The highest recorded average of the tallest one-third of waves within a 24-hour period. meter VAVH_DAILY_MEAN Daily mean significant wave height The average height of the highest one-third of all ocean waves over a 24-hour period. meter VAVH_DAILY_STD Daily standard deviation of significant wave height It measures the day-to-day variability of ocean waves. meter VAVH_DAILY_NBR Daily number of significant wave height measurements It counts the total number of valid satellite, buoy, and in-situ observations used to compile daily sea state statistics on a given grid. talk Total alkalinity in surface seawater A measure of the water's capacity to neutralise acids, representing the concentration of buffering molecules like carbonate and bicarbonate. micromolePerKilogram spco2 Surface aqueous partial pressure of CO2 A measurement of the amount of carbon dioxide dissolved in seawater, expressed as the pressure the gas would exert if it were in a hypothetical air volume in equilibrium with the water. atmosphere fgco2 Surface downward flux of total CO2 It measures the net amount of carbon dioxide passing from the atmosphere down into the Earth’s surface (land or oceans). It quantifies the rate at which carbon is absorbed or sequestered by ecosystems and oceans, often expressed in grams of carbon per square meter or petagrams globally per year. molality