Evaluation of empirical and semi-analytical chlorophyll algorithms in the Ligurian and North Tyrrhenian Seas

Chiara Lapucci; Marina A. Rella; Carlo Brandini; Nicolas Ganzin; Bernardo Gozzini; Fabio Maselli; Luca Massi; Caterina Nuccio; Alberto Ortolani; Charles C. Trees

doi:10.1117/1.JRS.6.063565

21 September 2012 Evaluation of empirical and semi-analytical chlorophyll algorithms in the Ligurian and North Tyrrhenian Seas

Chiara Lapucci, Marina A. Rella, Carlo Brandini, Nicolas Ganzin, Bernardo Gozzini, Fabio Maselli, Luca Massi, Caterina Nuccio, Alberto Ortolani, Charles C. Trees

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Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Vol. 6, Issue 1, 063565 (September 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.6.063565

Abstract

The estimation of chlorophyll concentration in marine waters is fundamental for a number of scientific and practical purposes. Standard ocean color algorithms applicable to moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) imagery, such as OC3M and MedOC3, are known to overestimate chlorophyll concentration ([CHL]) in Mediterranean oligotrophic waters. The performances of these algorithms are currently evaluated together with two relatively new algorithms, OC5 and SAM_LT, which make use of more of the spectral information of MODIS data. This evaluation exercise has been carried out using in situ data collected in the North Tyrrhenian and Ligurian Seas during three recent oceanographic campaigns. The four algorithms perform differently in Case 1 and Case 2 waters defined following global and local classification criteria. In particular, the mentioned [CHL] overestimation of OC3M and MedOC3 is not evident for typical Case 1 waters; this overestimation is instead significant in intermediate and Case 2 waters. OC5 and SAM_LT are less sensitive to this problem, and are generally more accurate in Case 2 waters. These results are finally interpreted and discussed in light of a possible operational utilization of the [CHL] estimation methods.

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Chiara Lapucci, Marina A. Rella, Carlo Brandini, Nicolas Ganzin, Bernardo Gozzini, Fabio Maselli, Luca Massi, Caterina Nuccio, Alberto Ortolani, and Charles C. Trees "Evaluation of empirical and semi-analytical chlorophyll algorithms in the Ligurian and North Tyrrhenian Seas," Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 6(1), 063565 (21 September 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.6.063565

Published: 21 September 2012

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