Sea Truth Validation of Bio-Optical Models for A and Bb; Application to Heat Budget Models and the Effects of Biology on Ocean Thermal Structure

The long-term goal is to obtain better measurements of the inherent optical properties of seawater (IOPs, absorption a and back-scattering bb) to provide better parameterizations of the absorption of light by seawater, to improve heat budget models of surface ocean stratification. The proposed work will extend on-going research at PML on furthering the understanding, accurate interpretation and exploitation of remotely sensed data of ocean color, from sensors: SeaWiFS, MODIS (NASA), MERIS (ESA). Assimilation of data from these sensors into 1-D and 3-D ocean circulation models is a long-term goal.
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