Uncertainty in ocean-color estimates of chlorophyll for phytoplankton groups
dc.contributor.author | Brewin, RJW | |
dc.contributor.author | Ciavatta, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Sathyendranath, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Jackson, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Tilstone, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Curran, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Airs, RL | |
dc.contributor.author | Cummings, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Brotas, V | |
dc.contributor.author | Organelli, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Dall'Olmo, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Raitsos, DE | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-07T09:38:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-04-13 | |
dc.description.abstract | Over the past decade, techniques have been presented to derive the community structure of phytoplankton at synoptic scales using satellite ocean-color data. There is a growing demand from the ecosystem modeling community to use these products for model evaluation and data assimilation. Yet, from the perspective of an ecosystem modeler these products are of limited use unless: (i) the phytoplankton products provided by the remote-sensing community match those required by the ecosystem modelers; and (ii) information on per-pixel uncertainty is provided to evaluate data quality. Using a large dataset collected in the North Atlantic, we re-tune a method to estimate the chlorophyll concentration of three phytoplankton groups, partitioned according to size [pico- (<2 μm), nano- (2-20 μm) and micro-phytoplankton (>20 μm)]. The method is modified to account for the influence of sea surface temperature, also available from satellite data, on model parameters and on the partitioning of microphytoplankton into diatoms and dinoflagellates, such that the phytoplankton groups provided match those simulated in a state of the art marine ecosystem model (the European Regional Seas Ecosystem Model, ERSEM). The method is validated using another dataset, independent of the data used to parameterize the method, of more than 800 satellite and in situ match-ups. Using fuzzy-logic techniques for deriving per-pixel uncertainty, developed within the ESA Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI), the match-up dataset is used to derive the root mean square error and the bias between in situ and satellite estimates of the chlorophyll for each phytoplankton group, for 14 different optical water types (OWT). These values are then used with satellite estimates of OWTs to map uncertainty in chlorophyll on a per pixel basis for each phytoplankton group. It is envisaged these satellite products will be useful for those working on the validation of, and assimilation of data into, marine ecosystem models that simulate different phytoplankton groups. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | European Space Agency (ESA) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | NERC-UK ECOMAR | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 4: 104 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3389/fmars.2017.00104 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | NE/C513018/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/38253 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Frontiers Media | en_GB |
dc.rights | Copyright © 2017 Brewin, Ciavatta, Sathyendranath, Jackson, Tilstone, Curran, Airs, Cummings, Brotas, Organelli, Dall'Olmo and Raitsos. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. | en_GB |
dc.subject | phytoplankton | en_GB |
dc.subject | size | en_GB |
dc.subject | function | en_GB |
dc.subject | chlorophyll | en_GB |
dc.subject | ocean-color | en_GB |
dc.subject | uncertainty | en_GB |
dc.title | Uncertainty in ocean-color estimates of chlorophyll for phytoplankton groups | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2019-08-07T09:38:58Z | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available from Frontiers Media via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2296-7745 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Frontiers in Marine Science | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2017-03-27 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2017-04-13 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2019-08-07T09:35:49Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2019-08-07T09:39:01Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
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