Belkin and O'Reilly described in 2008 in "An algorithm for oceanic front detection in chlorophyll and SST satellite imagery" how to detect oceanographic fronts based on satellite imagery.

I also found the reference to the "NOAA CoastWatch Chlorophyll Frontal Product from MODIS/Aqua". But as I understood, this product is only available for the United States area.

I am looking for a product, e.g. as netcdf file from Copernicus, NASA etc. which offers already detected chlorophyll fronts for the area of the Patagonian Shelf, but couldn't find one so far.

If there is none, is there a feasible way to program the algorithm myself (e.g. in R), using processed (L4) chlorophyll data obtained for the region?

Many thanks for any suggestions.

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