Ocean Colour: Theory and Applications in a Decade of CZCS Experience

Abstract

Optical remote sensing of the oceans - BC (before CZCS) and AC (after CZCS), R.W. Austin CZCS - its role in the study of the growth of oceanic phytoplankton, C.S. Yentsch radiative transfer in the atmosphere for correction of ocean colour remote sensors, H.R. Gordon underwater light field and primary production - application to remote sensing, S. Sathyendranath and T. Platt CZCS data processing algorithms, B. Sturm the coastal zone colour scanner (CZCS) algorithm - a critical review of residual problems, J.J. Simpson review of the major CZCS applications - US case studies, C.R. McClain ocean colour and CZCS applications in and around Europe, V. Barale and R. Doerffer special features and applications of CZCS data in Asian waters, H. Fukushima and J. Ishizaka global oceanic production and climate change, G.P. Harris et al coupling of ocean colour data to physical-biological models, J. Ishizaka and E.E. Hofmann ocean colour in relation to biological patterns and processes in a biogeographical province, J. Pelaez-Hudlet seasonal and meridional variability of the remotely sensed fraction of euphotic zone chlorophyll prediced by a Lagrangian plankton model, K.U. Wolf and V. Strass future systems for global monitoring of ocean colour, H. van der Piepen and R. Doerffer.