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Table 2. Original sets of data and data contributors in the final table.
Data source
Description
Data contributors
Marine Optical Buoy
(MOBY)
Daily observations of remote-sensing reflectance, measured by
a fixed mooring system, located west of the Hawaiian island of
Lana’i. Data compiled between 1997-2012. Data were obtained
from the MOBY website. Compiled standard variable: rrs.
Paul DiGiacomo, Kenneth Voss
BOUée pour l’acquiSition
de Séries Optiques à Long
termE (BOUSSOLE)
High frequency (15 min) observations of remote-sensing re
flectance, from a fixed mooring system, located in the western
Mediterranean Sea. Measurements of chlorophyll a concentra
tion are also available at the mooring locations. Remote-sensing
reflectance and chlorophyll a data were compiled between
2003-2012 and 2001-2012, respectively. Data were provided
by David Antoine. Compiled standard variables: rrs, chlajhplc.
David Antoine
AErosol RObotic
NETwork-Ocean Color
(AERONET-OC)
Daily observations of remote-sensing reflectance, measured
by modified sun photometers. Data compiled between 2002-
2012. Sites included: Abu_Al_Bukhoosh (~25°N, ~53°E),
COVE_SEAPRISM (~36°N, ~75°W), Gloria (~44°N,
~29°E), Gustav_Dalen_Tower (~58°N, ~17°E), Helsinki
Lighthouse (~59°N, ~24°E), LISCO (-40° N. ~73°W),
Lucinda 18° S, ~ 146° E), MVCO (-41° N. -70° W), Pal-
grunden (~58°N, ~13°E), Venice (~45°N, ~12°E) and
WaveCIS_Site_CSI_6 (-28° N. ~ 90° W). Data were obtained
from the AERONET-OC website. Compiled standard variable:
rrs.
Robert Arnone (WaveCIS), Sam Ahmed (LISCO), Vittorio
Brando (Lucinda), Dick Crout (WaveCIS), Hui Feng (MVCO),
Alex Gilerson (LISCO), Rick Gould (WaveCIS), Brent Holben
(COVE-SEAPRISM), Susanne Kratzer (Palgruden), Heidi M.
Sosik (MVCO), Giuseppe Zibordi (Abu A1 Bukhoosh & Gloria
& Gustav Dalen Tower & Helsinki Lighthouse & Venice)
SeaWiFS Bio-optical
Archive and Storage
System (SeaBASS)
Global archive of in situ marine data from multiple contribu
tors. Bio-optical global data between 1997-2012 were extracted
from the SeaBASS website. Pigment data were extracted us
ing the Data Search tool, which provides data directly from the
archives. Radiometric data were extracted using the Validation
tool, which only provides in situ data with matchups for ocean-
colour sensors. Compiled standard variables: rrs, chlajhplc,
chl_fluor, aph, adg, bbp and kd.
Robert Arnone, Kevin Arrigo, William Balch, Ray Barlow,
Mike Behrenfeld, §ükrü Beçiktepe, Emmanuel Boss, Chris
Brown, Douglas Capone, Ken Carder, Francisco Chavez, Alex
Chekalyuk, Jay-Chung Chen, Dennis Clark, Hervé Claustre,
Jorge Corredor, Glenn Cota, Yves Dandonneau, Heidi Dierssen,
David Eslinger, Piotr Flatau, Robert Frouin, Carlos García,
Joaquim Goes, Gwo-Ching Gong, Rick Gould, Larry Hard
ing, Jon Hare, Stan Hooker, Chuanmin Hu, Sung-Ho Kang,
Gary Kirkpatrick, Oleg Kopelevich, Sam Laney, Zhongping
Lee, Ricardo Letelier, Marlon Lewis, Antonio Mannino, John
Marra, Chuck McClain, Christophe Menkes, Mark Miller, Greg
Mitchell, Ru Morrison, James Mueller, Frank Muller-Karger,
James Nelson, Norman Nelson, Mary Jane Perry, David Phin-
ney, John Porter, Collin Roesler, David Siegel, Mike Sier-
acki, Jeffrey Smart, Raymond Smith, Heidi M. Sosik, James
Spinhirne, Dariusz Stramski, Rick Stumpf, Ajit Subramaniam,
Chuck Trees, Michael Twardowski, Kenneth Voss, Marcel Wer-
nand, Ronald Zaneveld, Eric Zettler, Giuseppe Zibordi, Richard
Zimmerman
NASA bio-Optical Marine
Algorithm Data set
(NOMAD)
High-quality global dataset of coincident bio-optical in situ
data. The dataset was built upon SeaBASS archive. The cur
rent version (version 2.0 ALPHA, 2008) was used with an ad
ditional set of columns of remote-sensing reflectance corrected
for the bidirectional nature of the light field, provided by NO
MAD creators. Data compiled between 1997-2007. Compiled
standard variables: rrs, chlajhplc, chljfluor, aph, adg, bbp and
kd.
Robert Arnone, Kevin Arrigo, William Balch, Ray Barlow,
Mike Behrenfeld, Chris Brown, Douglas Capone, Ken Carder,
Francisco Chavez, Dennis Clark, Hervé Claustre, Jorge Corre
dor, Glenn Cota, David Eslinger, Piotr Flatau, Robert Frouin,
Rick Gould, Larry Harding, Stan Hooker, Oleg Kopelevich,
Marlon Lewis, Antonio Mannino, John Marra, Mark Miller,
Greg Mitchell, Tiffany Moisan, Ru Morrison, Frank Muller-
Karger, James Nelson, Norman Nelson, David Siegel, Ray
mond Smith, Timothy Smyth, James Spinhirne, Dariusz Stram
ski, Rick Stumpf, Ajit Subramaniam, Kenneth Voss
MERIS Match-up In situ
Database (MERMAID)
Global database of in situ bio-optical data matched with concur
rent MERIS Level 2 satellite ocean-colour products. The Ex
tract matchup tool was used to acquire data. Data were com
piled between 2002 and 2012. Access was granted through a
signed Service Level Agreement. Compiled standard variables:
rrs, chlajiplc, chl_fluor, aph, adg, bbp and kd.
Simon Bélanger, Jean-François Berthon, Vanda Brotas, Elisa-
betta Canuti, Pierre Yves Deschamps, Annelies Hommersom,
Mati Kahru, Holger Klein, Hubert Loisel, David McKee, Greg
Mitchell, Michael Ondrusek, Michel Repecaud, David Siegel,
Giuseppe Zibordi
Atlantic Meridional
Transect (AMT)
Multidisciplinary programme that makes biological, chemical
and physical oceanographic measurements during an annual
voyage between the United Kingdom and destinations in the
South Atlantic. It has compiled observations of chlorophyll a
concentration between 1997 (AMT5) and 2005 (AMT17).
Data were provided by the British Oceanographic Data Centre
(BODC). Compiled standard variables: chlajhplc, chljfluor.
Ray Barlow, Stuart Gibb, Victoria Hill, Patrick Holligan, Gerald
Moore, Leonie O’Dowd, Alex Poulton, Emilio Suarez
