Remote sensing of chlorophyll in the Baltic Sea at basin scale from  1997 to 2012 using merged multi-sensor data

Pitarch, Jaime; Volpe, Gianluca; Colella, Simone; Krasemann, Hajo; Santoleri, Rosalia

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-379-2016

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08 Mar 2016

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| 08 Mar 2016

Remote sensing of chlorophyll in the Baltic Sea at basin scale from 1997 to 2012 using merged multi-sensor data

Jaime Pitarch, Gianluca Volpe, Simone Colella, Hajo Krasemann, and Rosalia Santoleri

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RC C1150: 'Remote sensing of chlorophyll in the Baltic Sea at basin scale from 1997 to 2012 using merged multisensor data', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Nov 2015
- AC C1566: 'Response to referee 1', Jaime Pitarch, 01 Feb 2016
RC C1209: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Nov 2015
- AC C1565: 'Response to referee 2', Jaime Pitarch, 01 Feb 2016
AC C1564: 'Response to referee 1', Jaime Pitarch, 01 Feb 2016

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (23 Feb 2016) by Hans Bonekamp

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Short summary

Several operational satellite chlorophyll a (CHL) in the Baltic Sea were tested at a regional scale. Comparison to an extensive in situ CHL dataset showed low linearity. Bias-corrected CHL annual cycles were computed. The Gulf of Bothnia displays a single CHL peak during spring. In Skagerrak and Kattegat, there is a small bloom in spring and a minimum in summer. In the central Baltic, CHL follows a dynamic of a mild spring bloom followed by a much stronger bloom in summer.