The purpose of the map is to show how organic carbon accumulates in seabed sediments of the North Sea and Skagerrak. Organic carbon accumulation rates are measured as grammes of carbon per square metre and year and are calculated from sedimentation rates and concentrations of organic carbon. Sedimentation rates measure how quickly sediment accumulates at the seabed. Organic carbon concentration measures the amount of organic carbon per volume of sediment. Uncertainty highlights how uncertain the estimates of the spatial model are and is measured in the same unit as the estimated parameter.

This data set may be used as a basis for decision making about high-level seabed use and environmental planning, habitat mapping, vulnerability analysis, impact analysis in connection with installations on the seabed etc.

Detaljnivået på de ulike data tilsier bruk innenfor kartmålestokken: 1:200 000 til 1:5 000 000

Datasettet omfatter predikerte akkumulasjonsrater av organisk karbon og tilsvarende usikkerhet. Rasterdata, 500m-oppløsning.

ISO19115

2003