Comparison between in situ backscattering measurements

and
a d inversion
i e sio p products
oducts
d t ususing
i gaan opt
optical
tical tti
time
e se
series
ies
Pierre Gernez aa-bb, David Antoine b, Stéphane Maritorena c, and Vincenzo Vellucci b; a ACRI-st,
ACRI st b LOV,
LOV c ICESS-UCSB
ICESS UCSB
pierre gernez@obs vlfr fr
pierre.gernez@obs-vlfr.fr

DATA & METHODS

In the NW Mediterranean Sea Sea, at an oceanic site (case 1 waters),
waters) the BOUSSOLE mooring
allo s continuous
allows contin o s recording of near-surface
near s rface la er optical properties since September 2003 1,
layer 1 2.

In situ measurements: I SEASONAL VARIABILITY

I.
•Backscattering coefficient bbpp (442,555)
(442 555) at 9 m - HOBI Labs Hydroscat-II.
Hydroscat II
•Chl
Chl concentration from fluorescence at 9m - WETLABS EcoFLNTU.
•Downward irradiance Ed (7λ, (7λ with 554) at 0+, 4 and 9 m - Satlantic 200 OCI series.series
•Upward
p irradiance Eu ((7λ,, with 554)) at 4 and 9 m - Satlantic 200 OCI series.
•Upward radiance Lu (7λ, (7λ with 554) at 4 and 9 m - Satlantic 200 OCR series. series
P d
Products d
derived
i d from
f In
I situ
i measurements:
•Diffuse attenuation coefficient for downward irradiance Kd (554).(554)
•Irradiance
I di reflectance
fl t R(554)
( ) andd remote-sensing
t i g reflectance
fl t RRS((554).
(554))
Products derived from model inversion:
bbpp(555) from R and Kd 3, using bb(λ) = 0
•b 962 Kd(λ) μd R(λ) / f’ ’’.
0.962
•b
bbp (555) from R (GSM 4).
)
b RS
Additional in situ data from NOMAD 8:
•b
bbp(555 nm), R(555 nm) and Kd(555 nm).
Additional products derived from model inversion (Globcolour data):
•b
bbp(555) and Chl from Globcolour
Globcolour-GSMGSM 4, 5.

Figure
g 1 Left axis: daily
y averages
g of bbp and Chl.
II MEASUREMENTS
II. S S vs INVERSIONS
SO S Right axis: mixed layer depth zm from density profiles collected
close to the buoy during monthly cruises
cruises.
a)
u Kd & R

a)
n siitu

CONCLUSIONS
f om in

Simple Kd & R inversion is efficient at 555 nm (Fig 2a)...

2a)
ved fro

... but
b t nott att 442 nm ((nott shown),
h ) pparticularly
ti l ly for
f clear
l waters,
t
where the contribution of pure water (bbw) is dominant.
dominant
etrriev
55), re

Æ The use of bbp(555) should be preferred

bbp((55

BOUSSOLE to that of bbp((442)) in biogeochemical

g studies.
NOMAD
GSM bbp retrieval is not adapted to clear waters (Fig 2b, 3a)...
bbp((555),
) measured in situ ... because the dataset used to optimize GSM contains few
0 3 mg m-3.
values of Chl < 0.3
b))
M)
SM

Æ Global datasets should be improved

s tu RRSS (GS

b)
f better
for b tt representing
p ti g low
l Chl and
d bbp conditions,
diti ,
that are typical of the open ocean.
ocean
m iin sit

Implications
p for bio-optical
p studies ((Fig
g 4):
)
ed frrom

Satellite retrieved bbp and Chl (Globcolour-GSM)

(Globcolour GSM) do not
reproduce the particular seasonal pattern observed in situ in
eve

2007.
2007
5), rettrie
555

III BIO-OPTICAL
III. BIO OPTICAL RELATIONSHIPS
bbpp(5

bbp(555),
(555) retrieved from in situ Kd & R a)
Fig
g 2 a)) Retrieved bbp ((from Kd & R)) vs measured bbp. Fig
g 3 a)) bbp ((Globcolour GSM)) vs bbp ((Boussole,, HS-II).
)
b) Retrieved bbp
b (GSM) vs bbp b (from Kd & R)
R). b) Chl (Globcolour GSM) vs Chl (Boussole)
(Boussole).
Bloom
Su
Summer
e
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2705 2714 Winter
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
P. Gernez
P Gerne benefited from a grant pro
provided
ided b
by ACRI
ACRI-st
st and the French Assoc
Assoc. for Tech
Tech. Res
Res. (ANRT).
(ANRT)
This work uses data collected in the frame
f off the BOUSSOLE
O SSO project, Figure 4 a) bbp vs Chl. Measured (Boussole).
which is supported by the following agencies and institutions:
b) bbp vs Chl
Chl. Inversed (GSM)
(GSM).
Green red,
Green, red yellow and blue points are for
winter-bloom, summer, end of summer and
autumn periods.