Calcite Product

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Calcite Product

• William Balch
• Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
• W. Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575

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Progress

• AMT cruises (completed last 45day AMT cruise on 2
  December 2005). Total days at sea for my group
  in last 1.5years 205 in Atlantic, EqPac and
  Gulf of Maine
• 2-band and 3-band merger code completed by Sean
  and Brian
• AMT sample processing PIC, coccolith counts, BSi
  samples
• Data processing-Underway ac-9 (particulate and
  dissolved), bb bb (Eco-VSF), chlorophyll, T, S,
  micro SAS 6 band above-water radiometer
  measurements
• Matchups to be done for all cruises

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AMT 15
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AMT-16
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2 Band 3 Band
SeaWiFS scene S2003147125430 of a coccolithophore
bloom in the North Sea on May 27 2003. Comparison
between 2-band PIC algorithm and 3-band PIC
algorithm. Color scales range from 0-0.05 moles
PIC m-3. Images by Sean Bailey and Brian Franz.
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Challenge Resolving some processing differences
between Goddard and Miami code. Given that same
look-up tables are being used, there should be no
differences
Nov 8, 2004 Aqua PIC
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Using binning (n36) SE of the PIC estimate is
/- 3ugPIC/l.
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Aqua PIC values vs. SeaWiFS PIC values show slope
gt1 and intercept gt0
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Gulf of Maine Match-ups
SeaWiFS nLw
(Werdell)
In Situ nLw
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Gulf of Maine Match-ups
SeaWiFS nLw
(Werdell)
In Situ nLw
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Gulf of Maine Match-ups