Articles | Volume 12, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-1279-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-1279-2016
Technical note
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22 Dec 2016
Technical note |  | 22 Dec 2016

Technical note: Algal Pigment Index 2 in the Atlantic off the southwest Iberian Peninsula: standard and regional algorithms

Priscila Goela, Sónia Cristina, Tamito Kajiyama, John Icely, Gerald Moore, Bruno Fragoso, and Alice Newton

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In this study, the MERIS (ocean colour sensor from European Space Agency) algorithm for the quantification of chlorophyll a in coastal waters – API2 – is investigated in an area located in the Atlantic off the southwestern Iberian Peninsula. The study demonstrates the importance of regional algorithms for the study area that could complement upcoming standard results of the present Sentinel-3/OLCI space mission.