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On the calibration and use of in situ ocean colour measurements for monitoring algal blooms |
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| Authors: | D. G. Bowers P. S. D. Smith S. Kratzer J. R. Morrison P. Tett A. W. Walne |
| Affiliation: | 1. University of Wales;2. Sir Alistair Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science;3. University of Stockholm;4. Bermuda Biological Station for Research;5. Napier University |
| Abstract: | Simultaneous in situ measurements of chlorophyll concentration and water colour are reported at three diverse sites: a sea loch, the west Scottish shelf and the north Atlantic. A good (R2 =0.97) log-log relation exists between the ratio, gamma, of the irradiance reflection coefficients at 490 and 570 nm and the chlorophyll concentration, C, over a range of chlorophyll concentrations from 0.01 to nearly 50 mg m -3 |
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