An Assessment and Improvement of Satellite Ocean Color Algorithms for the Tropical Pacific Ocean

Nicholas A. Pittman, Peter G. Strutton, Robert Johnson, Richard J. Matear in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans vol. 124(12) by Nicholas A. Pittman, Peter G. Strutton et al. (2 more) at 2019

Abstract

Satellite ocean color measurements underestimate chlorophyll concentrations in the tropical Pacific Ocean, and we removed the systematic bias.

 Modifying algorithm coefficients and blending window size between algorithms can improve overall ocean color estimates.