Programme: ATMOSPHERE SCIENCE CLUSTER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES 6 EARTHCARE+ INNOVATION – EXPRO+
Project title: Ocean Color EarthCARE ANalysis
Acronym: OCEAN
Duration: 06/06/2025 – 05/06/2027
Project budget: 358105,00 EUR
ISMAR budget: 157130,00 EUR
Web site: http://ricerca.ismar.cnr.it/OCEAN/
Summary:
The objective of OCEAN project is to derive an in-water EarthCARE product from the analysis of the ocean sub-surface backscattered component of the 355 nm signal acquired by the ATLID (ATmospheric LIDar). The project will focus on the potential retrieval of the ocean particle optical properties at 355 nm: diffuse attenuation coefficient for downwelling irradiance, Kd [m-1], and sub-surface hemispheric particulate backscatter coefficient, bbp [m-1] (Mobley 1994). In particular, being dominated by the absorption due to CDOM (Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter), Kd coefficient at 355 nm, Kd(355), can be used as a proxy to describe spatial and temporal variability of this variable, which contributes to regulating the Earth’s climate.
Contact person in ISMAR: davide.dionisi@cnr.it
Partnership:
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto di Scienze Marine (CNR), Italia
- Aequora Private Limited Company, Portogallo
- Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale (ULCO), Francia
- Università degli Studi della Basilicata (UNIBAS), Italia
