Multispectral Sentinel-Measurements to Determine Phytoplankton Functional Types at Best Spatial and Temporal Resolution (SynSenPFT) Motivation: Different phytoplankton groups have different roles in the biogeochemical [...] situ data of phytoplankton pigments Diagnostic Pigment Analysis10 f-PFTs Fit function applied to satellite Chla data Chla conc. of PFTs 3 Validation and intercomparison with phytoplankton size classes [...] pigments specific to phytoplankton functional types. Biogeosciences 8, 311–327. Soppa, M. A., Hirata, T., et al. 2014. Global retrieval of diatoms abundance based on phytoplankton pigments and satellite

molecules • Fluorescence of CDOM and phytoplankton chl-a • Absorption of water (salinity and temperatur dependent) • Absorption of constituents (CDOM and phytoplankton) Adapted from Blum et al. 2012 Blu [...] dinter@iup.physik.uni-bremen.de 18 Simulating effects of different absorptions and profiles Different phytoplankton absorption spectra: Different profiles: Uitz et al. 2006Prieur & Sathyendranath, 1981 Bracher

s (phycocyanin). The phytoplankton absorption spectrum results from the combination of the pigments present in the phytoplankton. Thus, the spectral signature of the phytoplankton absorption (aph) varies [...] 1). Table 2.1. Phytoplankton functional types and their respective diagnostic pigments (Hirata et al. 2011; IOCCG 2014; Vidussi et al. 2001). Phytoplankton Functional Types Phytoplankton pigments / Diagnostic [...] ........... 37 2.2.2 Phytoplankton blooms .................................................................................................. 40 2.2.2.1 Hypothesis on phytoplankton bloom initiation ...

s (phycocyanin). The phytoplankton absorption spectrum results from the combination of the pigments present in the phytoplankton. Thus, the spectral signature of the phytoplankton absorption (aph) varies [...] 1). Table 2.1. Phytoplankton functional types and their respective diagnostic pigments (Hirata et al. 2011; IOCCG 2014; Vidussi et al. 2001). Phytoplankton Functional Types Phytoplankton pigments / Diagnostic [...] ........... 37 2.2.2 Phytoplankton blooms .................................................................................................. 40 2.2.2.1 Hypothesis on phytoplankton bloom initiation ...

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emissions of marine biogenic precursor gases (Yu and Luo, 2010). More precisely, photo-oxidation of phytoplankton-derived dimethyl sulfide (DMS) is in general the prominent photochemical process in the troposphere

three-component model of phytoplankton size class. Remote Sensing of Environment, 168, 437-450. Ciotti, Aurea M, & Bricaud, Annick. 2006. Retrievals of a size parameter for phytoplankton and spectral light [...] SY-4Sci Synergy R & D Study 4: Phytoplankton Functional Types (SynSenPFT) ESRIN Contract number: 4000112410/14/I-NB Description of deliverable 2.6: SynSenFPT database Date: 2015-11-23 Authors: Mariana [...] ESRIN accepted the WP250 to be closed. - D2.6_satellite_validation_HPLCdataset: in situ HPLC phytoplankton pigment data from April/2002 to July 2012 for the validation of the SynSenPFT satellite products

1.0 IUP-AWI Phytoplankton Functional Types Doc: SEOM-SynSenPFT-D2.1 Report on PhytoDOAS sensitivity and correction using RTM Date: 30 Oct 2015 SY-4Sci Synergy R & D Study 4: Phytoplankton Functional Types [...] Aerosol optical dept PCA Principle component analysis PFT Phytoplankton Functional Type PhytoDOAS DOAS applied for retrieval of phytoplankton biomass PMP Project Management Plan PSD Product Specification [...] D- 28359 Bremen, Germany Sy-4SciPFT-D2.1- SY-4Sci Synergy R & D Study 4: Version 1.0 IUP-AWI Phytoplankton Functional Types Doc: SEOM-SynSenPFT-D2.1 Report on PhytoDOAS sensitivity and correction using

2 Doc: IUP-AWI Phytoplankton Functional Types SEOM-SynSenPFT-WP320-TN TN: Influence of PFT products on TChla retrievals Date: 30 March 2016 SY-4Sci Synergy R & D Study 4: Phytoplankton Functional Types [...] investigate if the knowledge on the phytoplankton composition could improve the accuracy of the retrievals of chlorophyll a (chl-a) concentration, assuming that the phytoplankton community can be fully explained [...] concentration of chl-a. Chl-a is the main photosynthetic pigment in phytoplankton and provides an esti- mate of the living phytoplankton biomass in the first optical depth. Typical chl-a products are derived