31st ISRSE Saint Petersburg (Russia) 2005

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Mare Pictum Our Own View of Ocean Colour
Vittorio Barale Joint Research Centre of the
European Commission
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HOME
The Great Move of 1979
me
SCRIPPS OR BUST
wife (at the reins)
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There are two Kinds of Oceanographic
Alchemy theres Batropic and theres Baroclinic

Scrippsus Institutionis Oceanographiae
late middle ages
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There are two Kinds of Oceanographic
Alchemy theres Batropic and theres Baroclinic

Scrippsus Institutionis Oceanographiae
late middle ages
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Ocean Color
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Global Ocean Color
Simulated true-color image by MODIS, 19 July
2003, showing a large algal bloom off the north
coast of Norway due to coccolithophorids, with
shells composed of CaCO3 scales.
False-color image by CZCS, 27 November 1981. The
color coding indicates the approximate
chlorophyll-like pigment concentration (CHL) in
the water. Reds and yellows indicate more
phytoplankton, greens and blues indicate
less. Dark blue and purple indicate very low
concentrations in clear oceanic waters.
A scanning electron micrograph of the
coccolithophorid Emiliana huxleyi, a species
which commonly forms phytoplankton blooms.
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Barale, V., and C.C. Trees (1987) SPATIAL
VARIABILITY OF THE OCEAN COLOR FIELD IN CZCS
IMAGERY Advances in Space Research, vol. 7, n.
2, p. (2) 95 (2) 100.
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P1
A4
P3
A7
P7
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Barale, V., and R. Wittenberg Fay
(1986) VARIABILITY OF THE OCEAN SURFACE IN
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA NEAR-COASTAL WATERS AS
OBSERVED IN A SEASONAL ANALYSIS OF CZCS
IMAGERY Journal of Marine Research, vol. 44, p.
291 316.
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Home
Adriatic Sea
Simulated true color from SeaWiFS data 26/02/2001
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Barale, V., C.R. McClain and P. Malanotte Rizzoli
(1986) SPACE AND TIME VARIABILITY OF THE SEA
SURFACE COLOR FIELD IN THE NORTHERN ADRIATIC
SEA Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 91, n.
C11, p. 12957-12974.
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MCH
5 June 1986
Vittorios Defense
The Great Advisor, M.C. Hendershott, and his grad
student plan a Thesis Defense (La Jolla, 1986)
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vittorio
and then eventually, I DID IT
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Better Sensors Larger Satellites More and More
Data
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European Commission
Joint Research Centre
Finally back in Europe, I started a new career,
which made my Advisor proud of me
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Optical Signatures of the European Seas
September 2001
April 2001
May 2001
June 2001
July 2001
August 2001
Baltic Sea
8 May 2002
10 May 2002
15 May 2002
17 May 2002
Black Sea
4 August 2002
7 August 2002
11 August 2002
16 August 2002
variable optical properties of the European Seas
Chl Climatological Yearly Mean (1998-2003)
June 2000
CHL FAPAR (SeaWiFS)
Mediterranean Sea
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New Environmental Indicators Climate Change
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fame
fortune
retirement
Zee Hendershott
be sure that the Great Advisor will not abandon
ship. You just keep on rowing!
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Sunset over Europe