Bio‐optical anomalies in the world's oceans: An investigation on the diffuse attenuation coefficients for downward irradiance derived from <scp>B</scp>iogeochemical <scp>A</scp>rgo float measurements
Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Year: 2017

Abstract Identification of oceanic regions characterized by particular optical properties is extremely important for ocean color applications. The departure from globally established bio‐optical models (i.e., anomaly) introduces uncertainties in the retrieval of biogeochemical quantities from satellite observations. Thanks to an array of 105 Biogeochemical Argo floats acquiring almost daily downward irradiance measurements at selected wavelengths in the UV and blue region of the spectrum, we ree