Concurrent shipboard and land-based measurements of aerosol
optical depth (AOD), water-leaving radiance (LW(λ)), remote sensing
reflectance (Rrs), profiles of inherent optical properties (IOPs), size fractionated
chl-a concentration, and phytoplankton High Performance
Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) pigments were collected for calibration
and validation of imagery and algorithms. Imagery data sets were processed
through two atmospheric correction schemes, ATREMand Tafkaa.
Chl-a concentration and phytoplankton biodiversity were computed
using standard chl-a algorithms and PHYDOTax and validated with
ground-truth measurements of chl-a and phytoplankton biodiversity.