[HTML][HTML] Sensing the ocean biological carbon pump from space: A review of capabilities, concepts, research gaps and future developments

RJW Brewin, S Sathyendranath, T Platt, H Bouman… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The element carbon plays a central role in climate and life on Earth. It is capable of moving
among the geosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere. This flow of …

Gross and net primary production in the global ocean: An ocean color remote sensing perspective

TK Westberry, GM Silsbe, MJ Behrenfeld - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Phytoplankton photosynthesis and organic matter production fuel marine ecosystems and
provide the source material for trophic transfer and export to the ocean interior. Methods for …

Past and future global transformation of terrestrial ecosystems under climate change

C Nolan, JT Overpeck, JRM Allen, PM Anderson… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Impacts of global climate change on terrestrial ecosystems are imperfectly constrained by
ecosystem models and direct observations. Pervasive ecosystem transformations occurred …

Phytoplankton class‐specific primary production in the world's oceans: Seasonal and interannual variability from satellite observations

J Uitz, H Claustre, B Gentili… - Global Biogeochemical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We apply an innovative approach to time series data of surface chlorophyll from satellite
observations with SeaWiFS (Sea‐viewing Wide Field‐of‐view Sensor) to estimate the …

A three-component model of phytoplankton size class for the Atlantic Ocean

RJW Brewin, S Sathyendranath, T Hirata… - Ecological …, 2010 - Elsevier
A three-component model was developed which calculates the fractional contributions of
three phytoplankton size classes (micro-, nano-and picoplankton) to the overall chlorophyll …

Primary production, an index of climate change in the ocean: satellite-based estimates over two decades

G Kulk, T Platt, J Dingle, T Jackson, BF Jönsson… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Primary production by marine phytoplankton is one of the largest fluxes of carbon on our
planet. In the past few decades, considerable progress has been made in estimating global …

The CAFE model: A net production model for global ocean phytoplankton

GM Silsbe, MJ Behrenfeld, KH Halsey… - Global …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Carbon, Absorption, and Fluorescence Euphotic‐resolving (CAFE) net primary
production model is an adaptable framework for advancing global ocean productivity …

An evaluation of ocean color model estimates of marine primary productivity in coastal and pelagic regions across the globe

VS Saba, MAM Friedrichs, D Antoine… - …, 2011 - bg.copernicus.org
Nearly half of the earth's photosynthetically fixed carbon derives from the oceans. To
determine global and region specific rates, we rely on models that estimate marine net …

Challenges of modeling depth‐integrated marine primary productivity over multiple decades: A case study at BATS and HOT

VS Saba, MAM Friedrichs, ME Carr… - Global …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The performance of 36 models (22 ocean color models and 14 biogeochemical ocean
circulation models (BOGCMs)) that estimate depth‐integrated marine net primary …

An intercomparison of bio-optical techniques for detecting dominant phytoplankton size class from satellite remote sensing

RJW Brewin, NJ Hardman-Mountford… - Remote Sensing of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Satellite remote sensing of ocean colour is the only method currently available for
synoptically measuring wide-area properties of ocean ecosystems, such as phytoplankton …