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Article Dans Une Revue INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING Année : 2007

Validation of MERIS reflectance and chlorophyll during the BENCAL cruise October 2002: preliminary validation of new demonstration products for phytoplankton functional types and photosynthetic parameters

J. Aiken
  • Fonction : Auteur
J. R. Fishwick
  • Fonction : Auteur
S. Lavender
  • Fonction : Auteur
R. Barlow
  • Fonction : Auteur
G. F. Moore
  • Fonction : Auteur
H. Sessions
  • Fonction : Auteur
S. Bernard
  • Fonction : Auteur

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We measured water leaving reflectance, phytoplankton pigments, optical properties and photosynthetic parameters in the southern Benguela ecosystem in October 2002. These data were used to validate MERIS standard products: reflectance (MERIS wavelengths) and Case 1 Chlorophyll- a. In this heterogeneous area, accurate validation required sampling within a few minutes of the satellite overpass. Inter-pigment relationships e. g. Total Chlorophyll (TChla) to Total Pigment (TP) were robust (R-2 similar to 0.99) yet pigment ratios (TChla/TP) were not constant (range 0.44 to 0.62) increasing log-linearly with biomass (R-2 similar to 0.7). Photosynthetic parameters (e. g. Photosynthetic Quantum Efficiency, PQE) and optical ratios (a(676)/a(440)) also increased log-linearly with biomass (R-2 similar to 0.8). PQE, pigment and optical ratios were linearly inter-correlated (R-2 similar to 0.7 to 0.8). From these data we derived the bio-optical traits for several phytoplankton functional types (PFTs): micro-plankton (diatoms and dinoflagellates) had high biomass, pigment ratios and PQE; nano-flagellates had low to intermediate biomass, pigment ratios and PQE; prokaryotes had very low biomass, pigment ratios and PQE. We present MERIS data analysed for PFTs and new products (PQE).

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Océanographie
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hal-03504955 , version 1 (30-12-2021)

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J. Aiken, J. R. Fishwick, S. Lavender, R. Barlow, G. F. Moore, et al.. Validation of MERIS reflectance and chlorophyll during the BENCAL cruise October 2002: preliminary validation of new demonstration products for phytoplankton functional types and photosynthetic parameters. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, 2007, 28 (3-4), pp.497-516. ⟨10.1080/01431160600821036⟩. ⟨hal-03504955⟩
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