Continental runoff is a major source of freshwater, nutrients and terrigenous material to the
Arctic Ocean. As such, it influences water column stratification, light attenuation, surface …

Abstract The Operational Land Imager (OLI) onboard Landsat-8 is generating high-quality
aquatic science products, the most critical of which is the remote sensing reflectance (R rs) …

The match‐up of satellite‐derived reflectances with in situ observations is crucial to evaluate
their quality and temporal stability. To contribute to this effort, a project has been set up to …

Abstract As the Arctic Ocean (AO) is increasingly altered by anthropogenic climate change, it
is critical that we accurately assess ongoing changes in its capacity to support marine life …

Water clarity is a comprehensive indicator of the water environment status. Studies have
shown that in recent years the clarity of inland and ocean water has decreased in many …

Requirements for understanding the relationships between ocean color and suspended and
dissolved materials within the water column, and a rapidly emerging photonics and …

The Secchi disk depth (ZSD, m) has been used globally for many decades to represent
water clarity and an index of water quality and eutrophication. In recent studies, a new theory …

The distribution of suspended particulate matter (SPM) and its variations in estuary regions
are key to promoting carbon, oxygen, and nutrient cycling in coastal regions and nearby …

There is a growing use of remote sensing observations for detecting and quantifying
freshwater cyanobacteria populations, yet the inherent optical properties of these …

Abstract The Arctic Ocean is rapidly changing from thicker multiyear to thinner first‐year ice
cover, with significant consequences for radiative transfer through the ice pack and light …