Southern Surveyor Voyage SS2013_v04, Pigment and Ocean Colour Data

Updated: 2015-12-14

This record contains data collected on the RV Southern Surveyor within the Indian ocean during July 2013. Samples were collected between Fremantle and Broome. The data can be used for Ocean Colour sensor validation. Parameters measured are the concentration of chlorophyll and carotenoid pigments and retrieved chlorophyll a estimate, and the absorption coefficient for particulate (a/p) and detrital or non-algal (a/d) components of the water column. A total of 29 stations were sampled (including 5 underway locations).