Vol. 5, No. 1, 89-99, 2006
Luca Fiorani, Roberta Fantoni, Luigi Lazzara, Ilaria Nardello, Igor Okladnikov and Antonio Palucci
Abstract Within this framework, we are presenting a lidar-calibrated CDOM
algorithm for satellite imagery. It is based on the data collected by the ENEA
Lidar Fluorosensor onboard the research vessel Italica during the 18th
Italian Antarctic Oceanographic Campaign carried out from 5 January to 5 March
2003 in the Ross Sea.
Although the results are preliminary, they provide valuable information on distribution
and dynamics of CDOM in the Southern Ocean, one of the less studied but
more interesting zones of our planet from a biological point of view because of
a series of circumpolar fronts that result in the definition of different
oceanographic provinces, where the development of endemic phytoplankton is favoured.
Citation EARSeL European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories, Strasbourg, France BIS-Verlag
Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) is a key
parameter in the biogeochemical cycles affecting the oceansÂ’ contribution to
the carbon budget of the Earth system. Despite its importance, important ocean
colour satellite radiometers do not provide CDOM as a standard product.
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History
Submitted: 17 Jun 2005
Revised: 06 Feb 2006
Accepted: 08 Feb 2006
Published: 27 Feb 2006
Fiorani L, R Fantoni, L Lazzara, I Nardello, I Okladnikov & A Palucci, 2006. Lidar calibration of satellite sensed CDOM in the Southern Ocean.
EARSeL eProceedings, 5(1): 89-99
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