l cycles of the ocean and food web. Assessing phytoplankton groups by their optical characteristics Photos: Sonja Wiegmann, Phytooptics, AWI Phytoplankton group’s absorption varies due to different pigment [...] Absorption Spectroscopy applied to Phytoplankton and to oceanic inelastic processes: based on Beer-Lambert-Law, aims to fulfill following minimization Atmosphere Polynom Phytoplankton Inelastic scattering (VRS) [...] France 4IUP-Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany ESA SEOM project SY-4Sci Synergy R & D Study 4: Phytoplankton Functional Types: Dec 2014 – Nov 2016 Astrid Bracher1, Mariana Soppa1, Svetlana Loza1, Tilman

in situ measurements of Phytoplankton Functional Types (PFTs) estimated from in situ phytoplankton pigment data and (ii) intercomparison with satellite retrievals of Phytoplankton Size Classes conc. (PSCs) [...] Version 2.0 D2.3-AWI-IUP Phytoplankton Functional Types Doc: SEOM-SynSenPFT-PVP-D2.3 ATBD Date: 23 Nov. 2015 Table 2: Overview of phytoplankton functional types, phytoplankton size class and phyto- plankton [...] D Study 4: Version 2.0 D2.3-AWI-IUP Phytoplankton Functional Types Doc: SEOM-SynSenPFT-PVP-D2.3 ATBD Date: 23 Nov. 2015 SY-4Sci Synergy R & D Study 4: Phytoplankton Functional Types (SynSenPFT) ESRIN Contract

around the island has in- creased over the last few decades. This develop- ment is evident both in phytoplankton and in zooplankton and most especially in the seafloor biocoenoses. Over the last 25 years, AWI

SY-4Sci Synergy R & D Study 4: Phytoplankton Functional Types Technical Note DMS Version: 1 Doc:SEOM-SynSenPFT-TN-DMS Date: 10 Mar 2015 1 SY-4Sci Synergy R & D Study 4: Phytoplankton Functional Types (SynSenPFT) [...] OLCI Ocean and Land Colour Instrument PFT Phytoplankton Functional Type PHYSAT Algorithm of Alvain et al. (2005) PhytoDOAS DOAS applied for retrieval of phytoplankton biomass PM Project Meeting PML Plymouth [...] producing phytoplankton”). Within the RB we have investigated if the planned activities will still fit in the overall project plan based on recent findings between the link of phytoplankton functional

physik.uni-bremen.de Ocean color hyperspectral satellite observations of chl a fluorescence, phytoplankton functional types and light penetration depth with SCIAMACHY Aleksandra Wolanin, Bracher A., Dinter [...] 2 Overview ● Introduction ● PhytoDOAS Method ● Hyperspectral data from SCIAMACHY ● Results ● Phytoplankton functional types (PFTs) (Bracher BG et al. 2009, Sadeghi et al. OS 2012, Sadeghi et al. BG 2012) [...] until 520 nm ola@iup.physik.uni-bremen.de ola@iup.physik.uni-bremen.de 5 The PhytoDOAS phytoplankton functional types (PFTs) Bracher BG et al. 2009, Sadeghi et al. OS 2012 Mean Chl-a March 2007 SCIAMACHY

gain knowledge on the role of marine phytoplankton in the global marine ecosystem and biogeochemical cycles, information on the global distribution of major phytoplankton functional types is essential. The [...] Synergistic Retrieval of Phytoplankton Functional Types from Space from Hyper- and Multispectral Measurements project (SynSenPFT) aims to improve the retrieval of phytoplankton types (PFTs) from space by [...] pigments specific to phytoplankton functional types. Biogeosciences, 8, 311-327. doi:10.5194/bg-8-311-2011 3. Ciotti, A. M. & Bricaud, A. (2006). Retrievals of a size parameter for phytoplankton and spectral light

gain knowledge on the role of marine phytoplankton in the global marine ecosystem and biogeochemical cycles, information on the global distribution of major phytoplankton functional types is essential. The [...] Synergistic Retrieval of Phytoplankton Functional Types from Space from Hyper- and Multispectral Measurements project (SynSenPFT) aims to improve the retrieval of phytoplankton types (PFTs) from space by [...] pigments specific to phytoplankton functional types. Biogeosciences, 8, 311-327. doi:10.5194/bg-8-311-2011 3. Ciotti, A. M. & Bricaud, A. (2006). Retrievals of a size parameter for phytoplankton and spectral light

laboratory phytoplankton cultures, and QAA- inverted phytoplankton absorption spectra to differentiate six taxonomic groups. The differentiation performed most effective on measured phytoplankton absorp- [...] Version 1.0 Doc: IUP-AWI Phytoplankton Functional Types SEOM-SynSenPFT-WP310-D3.1 D3.1: Spectral band requirements Date: 24 May 2016 SY-4Sci Synergy R & D Study 4: Phytoplankton Functional Types (SynSenPFT) [...] Funka Bay, Japan. They measured light absorption of phytoplankton (among other pa- rameters) and calculated the contribution of various phytoplankton groups to the concentration of chl-a using HPLC pigment

Synergy R & D Study 4: Version 3.0 AWI-IUP Phytoplankton Functional Types Doc: SEOM-SynSenPFT-PSD-D2.2 PSD Date: 23 May 2016 SY-4Sci Synergy R & D Study 4: Phytoplankton Functional Types (SynSenPFT) ESRIN Contract [...] AWI-IUP Phytoplankton Functional Types Doc: SEOM-SynSenPFT-PSD-D2.2 PSD Date: 23 May 2016 List of Figures 4 Sy-4SciPFT-PSD-D2.2. SY-4Sci Synergy R & D Study 4: Version 3.0 AWI-IUP Phytoplankton Functional [...] D-28359 Bremen, Germany Sy-4SciPFT-PSD-D2.2. SY-4Sci Synergy R & D Study 4: Version 3.0 AWI-IUP Phytoplankton Functional Types Doc: SEOM-SynSenPFT-PSD-D2.2 PSD Date: 23 May 2016 Change log Version Nr. Date

Study 4: Version 1.1 D2.5-AWI-IUP Phytoplankton Functional Types Doc: SEOM-SynSenPFT-SUM-D2.5 SUM Date: 16 September 2016 SY-4Sci Synergy R & D Study 4: Phytoplankton Functional Types (SynSenPFT) ESRIN [...] of Hirata et al. (2011) to retrieve PFTs PFT Phytoplankton Functional Type PhytoDOAS Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy applied to phytoplankton, algorithm by Bracher et al. (2009) and (Sadeghi [...] D-28359 Bremen, Germany 1 Sy-4SciPFT-SUM- SY-4Sci Synergy R & D Study 4: Version 1.1 D2.5-AWI-IUP Phytoplankton Functional Types Doc: SEOM-SynSenPFT-SUM-D2.5 SUM Date: 16 September 2016 Change log Version Nr