Deliverables:

      D1: Requirements Baseline (RB) Document background on development of S5P ocean colour products

      D2: Data Pool (DP) (some internal use only - most data already publicly available)

      D3: Auxiliary dataset User Manual (AUM-1)

      D4: Algorithm Theoretical Base Document (ATBD)

      D5: Validation Report (VR)

      D6: Prototype Products (available on request)

      D7: Product User Manual (PUM)

      D8: Updated Data Pool and  Auxiliary dataset User Manual (AUM-2)

      D9: Impact Assessment Report (IAR)

      D10: Scientific Roadmap (SR)

      D11: Website (WEB)

      D12+D13: Promotion and Multimedia Report (PRO+MM)

      D14: Publications (see list below - PUB)

      D15: Monthly Progress Reports (PR)

      D16: Final Report (FR)

      D17: Executive Summary (ES)

 

   Publications:

  1. Sun X., Brewin R.J.W., Sathyendranath S., Dall’Olmo G., Airs R., Barlow R., Bracher A., Brotas V., Kheireddine M., Lamont T., Maranon E., Moran X.A.G., Raitsos D. E., Shen F., Tilstone G. (2023) Coupling ecological concepts with an ocean-colour model: Part I. Phytplankon size structure. Remote Sensing of Environment 285: 113415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113415
  2. Gabarró C., Hughes N., Wilkinson J., Bertino L., Bracher A., Diehl T., Dierking W., Gonzalez-Gambau V., Lavergne T., Madurell T., Malnes E., Wagner P. M., (2023) Improving satellite-based monitoring of the Arctic polar regions: Identification of research and capacity gaps" Frontiers in Remote Sensing 4:952091. Doi: 10.3389/frsen.2023.952091 citation AC3, ESA S5POC, besides KEPLER
  3. Brewin R. J. W., Sathyendranath S., Kulk G., Rio M.-H., Concha J. A., Bell T. G., Bracher A., Fichot C., Frölicher T.L., Galík M., Hansell D. A., Kostadinov T. S., Mitchell C., Neele A. R., Organelli E., Richardson K., Rousseaux C., Shen F., Stramski D., Tzortziou M., Watson A. J., Addey C. I., Bellacicco M., Bouman H., Carroll D., Cetinic I., Dall’Olmo G., Frouin R., Hauck J., Hieronymi M., Hu C., Ibello V., Jönsson B., Kong C.E., Kovac Z., Laine M., Lauderdale J., Lavender S., Livanou E., Llort J., Lorinczi L., Nowicki M., Arinda Pradisty N., Psarra S., Raitsos D. E., Ruescas A. B., Russell J. L., Salisbury J., Sanders R., Shutler J. D., Sun X., González Taboada F., Tilstone G., Wei X., Woolf D. K. (2023) Ocean carbon from space: current status and priorities for the next decade. Earth-Science Reviews, special issue “Aquatic carbon stocks and fluxes: The big picture from remote sensing”: 104386,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104386
  4. Xi H. Bretagnon M., Losa S., Brotas V., Gomes M., Peeken I., Mangin A., Bracher A. (in press) Two-decade satellite monitoring of surface phytoplankton functional types in the Atlantic Ocean. Report: 7th edition of the Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report (OSR 7). State of the Planet.
  5. Oelker J., Losa S. N., Richter A., Bracher A. (2022) TROPOMI-retrieved underwater light attenuation in three spectral regions in the ultraviolet to blue. Frontiers in Marine Science 9. 787992. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.787992.
  6. Bracher A., Brewin R.J.W., Ciotti A. M., Clementson L., Hirata T., Kostadinov T. S., Mouw C. B., Organelli E. (2022): Application of remote sensing to monitor phytoplankton diversity  7th chapter in “Advances in Phytoplankton Ecology” , Section 2 “New technologies for remote and automatic monitoring and sensor technology and applications for management”, Clementson L., (eds.), Elsevier, ISBN: 9780128228616.
  7. Wendisch M., Brückner M. Crewell S., Ehrlich A., Notholt J., Lüpkes C., Macke A., Burrows J. P., Rinke A., Quaas J., Maturilli M., Schemann V., Akansu E. F. Barrientos-Velasco C., Bärfuss K., Blechschmidt A., Block K.,  Bougoudis I., Bozem H., Böckmann C., Bracher A., Bresson H., Bretschneider I., Buschmann M., Chechin D., Chylik J., Dahlke S., Deneke H., Dethloff K., Donth T., Donth W., Dupuy R., Ebell K., Egerer U.,  Engelmann R., Eppers O., Gerdes R., Gierens R., Gorodetskaya I., Gottschalk M., Griesche H., Gryanik V., Handorf D., Altstädter B., Hartmann J., Hartmann M., Heinold B., Herber A., Herrmann H., Heygster G.,  Höschel I., Hofmann Z., Hölemann J., Hünerbein A., Jafariserajehlou S., Jäkel E., Jacobi C., Janout M., Jansen F., Jourdan O., Juranyi Z., Kalesse H., Kanzow T., Käthner R., Kliesch L., Knudsen E., Kovacs T:, Körtke W., Krampe D. Kretzschmar J., Kreyling D., Kulla B., Kunkel D., Lampert A., Lauer M., Lelli L., von Lerber A., Linke O., Löhnert U., Lonardi M., Losa S., Losch M., Maahn M., Mech M., Mei L., Mertes S., Metzner E., Mewes D., Michaelis J., Mioche G., Moser M., Nakoudi K., Neggers R., Neuber R., Nomokonova T., Oelker J., Presvelou I.,  Pätzold F., Pefanis V., Pohl C., van Pinxteren M., Radovan A., Rhein M., Rex M., Richter A., Risse N., Ritter C., Rostosky P., Rozanov V., Ruiz-Donoso E., Saavedra P., Salzmann M., Schacht J., Schäfer M., Schneider J., Schnierstein N., Seifert P., Seo S., Shupe M., Siebert H., Soppa M., et al. (2022) Atmospheric and Surface Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms Determining Arctic Amplification: A Review of First Results and Prospects of the (AC)³ Project.  ; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. DOI 10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0218.1 .
  8. Álvarez E., Losa S., Bracher A., Thoms S., Völker C. (2022) Phytoplankton Light Absorption Impacted by Photoprotective Carotenoids in a Global Ocean Spectrally-resolved Biogeochemistry Model. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems DOI: 10.1029/2022MS003126  .
  9. Vishnu PS, Xi H, Belluz JDB, Hussain MS, Bracher A and Costa M (2022) Seasonal dynamics of major phytoplankton functional types in the coastal waters of the west coast of Canada derived from OLCI Sentinel 3A. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:1018510. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.1018510.
  10. Sun X., Brewin R.J.W., Sathyendranath S., Dall’Olmo G., Airs R., Barlow R., Bracher A., Brotas V., Kheireddine M., Lamont T., Maranon E., Moran X.A.G., Raitsos D. E., Shen F., Tilstone G. (2023) Coupling ecological concepts with an ocean-colour model: Part I. Phytplankon size structure. Remote Sensing of Environment 285: 113415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113415
  11. Oelker J. (2021) “Suitability of atmospheric satellite sensors for ocean color applications” PhD Thesis, 150 pages, Department of Physics and Engineering, University Bremen, Bremen, Germany, Bremen. 150 pages, Department of Physics and Engineering, University Bremen, Bremen, Germany, Bremen, 2021. Doi: 10.26092/elib/11004.
  12. Xi H., Losa S.N., Mangin A., Garnesson P., Bretagnon M., Demaria J., Soppa M.A., d’Andon O.H.F., Bracher A. (2021) Global chlorophyll a concentrations of phytoplankton functional types with detailed uncertainty assessment using multi-sensor ocean color and sea surface temperature satellite products. Journal Geoph. Res.-Oceans 126: e2020JC017127, doi: 10.1029/2020JC0171275.
  13. Bracher A., Xi H., Dinter T.,et al. (2020) High resolution water column phytoplankton composition across the Atlantic Ocean from ship-towed vertical undulating radiometry. FMARS 7:  235, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.002356.
  14. Dierssen H., Bracher A., Brando V., Loisel H., Ruddick K. 2020. Data needs for hyperspectral detection of algal bloom diversity across the globe. Oceanography 33(1): 74-79. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2020.1117.
  15. Xi H., Losa S., Mangin A., Soppa M.A., Garnesson P., Demaria J., Liu Y., Fanton d'Andon O., Bracher A. (2020) Global retrieval of phytoplankton functional types based on empirical orthogonal functions using CMEMS GlobColour merged products and further extension to OLCI data. Remote Sensing of Environment 240: 111704. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111704

 

   Presentations:

  1. Bracher A., Oelker J., Alvarado L., Losa S., Xi H., Soppa M., Brito A., Brotas V., Costa M., Favareto L., Gomes M., Suseelan V.P., Richter A (2022) TROPOMI’s high spectrally resolved satellite data to fill gaps in ocean color observations. Oceans from Space V, Venice, Italy, 24 Oct 2022, Oral.
  2. Alvarado L., Bracher A., Oelker J., Losa S., Soppa M., Xi H., Bracher A., Richter A (2022) High spectrally resolved satellite data for novel ocean color products retrievals. EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference 2022, Brussels, Belgium, 21 Sep 2022, Oral.
  3. Bracher A., Oelker J., Alvarado L., Losa S., Xi H., Soppa M., Brito A., Brotas V., Costa M., Favareto L., Gomes M., Rio M.-H. , Suseelan V.P., Richter A. (2022) Diffuse Attenuation of Underwater UV and Short Blue Light Obtained from TROPOMI’s High Spectral Resolution. 12th Earsel Workshop, Potsdam, Germany, 22 June 2022. Poster.
  4. Bracher A., Xi H., Oelker J., Losa S., Alvarado L., Soppa M. A., Brotas V., Brito A., Gomes M., Costa M.,  Nerger L., Suseelan V. P., Richter A., Voelker C., Alvarez E. (2022) Novel ocean color information from Sentinel-5P’s high spectral resolution. A8.11 (Color and Light from Earth Observation). Living Planet Symposium 2022, Bonn, Germany.  Oral.
  5. Xi H., Bretagnon M., Losa S.N., Mangin A., Alvarado L., Gomes M., Brotas V., Tilstone G., Bracher A. (2022) 20-year satellite observations of phytoplankton functional types (PFTs) in the Atlantic Ocean. Living Planet Symposium 2022. Bonn, Germany. Poster
  6. Xi H., Peeken I., Bretagnon M., Brotas V., et al., Bracher A.  (2022) Phytoplankton functional types from multi-sensor satellite observations – towards a long-term monitoring (2002-2020). Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022. 27 Feb 2022. virtual. Oral.
  7. Bracher A., Xi H., Oelker J., Losa S., Alvarado L., Soppa M. A., Brotas V., Brito A., Gomes M., Costa M.,  Nerger L., Suseelan V. P., Richter A., Voelker C., Alvarez E. (2022) Toward the Synergistic Use of Ocean Colour Products to Improve the Description of Phytoplankton Productivity within the Global Ocean. ESA Ocean Carbon from Space Workshop, Online event, 14 – 18 February 2022. Oral.​
  8. Xi H., Peeken I., Losa S., Mangin A., Alvarado L., Bretagnon M., Bracher A., 2022. Phytoplankton functional types observation from space in the Fram Strait (2002-2020). ESA Ocean Carbon from Space Workshop, Online event, 14 – 18 February 2022. Poster.​
  9. Bracher A. (2021) S5P+-I-OC : S5P+ Innovation Ocean Color - presentation (Astrid Bracher, AWI ESA Ocean Science Cluster Collocation Meeting from 29 Nov to 2 Dec 2021. Oral.
  10. Bracher A. (2021) Quantifying Phytoplankton Diversity from Space. FCUL Science Seminar, University of Lisbon, 4 Nov 2021. Invited Oral.
  11. Bracher A. (2021) Phytoplankton Diversity from Space. HIFMB Data Science Seminar, University Oldenburg, Online Meeting, 19 May 2021. Invited Oral.
  12. Bracher A., Oelker J., Losa S., Soppa M. A., Richter A., Rozanov A., Brotas V., Brito A., Gomes M., Costa M., Rio M.H. (2021) The potential of Sentinel-5P’s high spectral resolution for ocean applications. Session OS4.3 (Ocean Remote Sensing). EGU21-13128 abstract number. EGU 2021 General Assembly.  Mini Oral.
  13. Bracher A., Oelker J., Losa S., Soppa M. A., Richter A., Rozanov A., Brotas V., Brito A., Gomes M., Costa M. (2020) S5P/TROPOMI Occean Colour. Presentation at “TROPOMI-OMI Meeting - 26-29 Oct 2020” (online) on 27 Oct 2020.
  14. Bracher A. (2019) The Ocean as Seen by SCIAMACHY. “SCIA4Future – Highlights from the SCIAMACHY Mission”, Atlantic Hotel, Bremen, Germany, 5 Dec 2019. Invited Oral.