Active and passive optical remote sensing of the aquatic environment: introduction to the feature issue

• Published in: Applied optics. Optical technology and biomedical optics Vol. 59; no. 10; p. APS1
• Main Authors: Lee, Zhongping, Churnside, James, Mao, Zhihua, Wu, Songhua, Zibordi, Giuseppe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.04.2020
• Subjects: Color; Environmental Monitoring; Light; Optics and Photonics; Phytoplankton - chemistry; Phytoplankton - metabolism; Remote Sensing Technology - instrumentation; Remote Sensing Technology - methods; Seawater

Through decades of efforts and practices, we have achieved great progress in understanding ocean biology and biogeochemistry through satellite measurements of ocean (water) color, or passive remote sensing. These include detailed global maps of the distribution of surface phytoplankton, the producti...