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Annual Review of Marine Science

Volume 10, 2018

Spaceborne Lidar in the Study of Marine Systems

Abstract

Satellite passive ocean color instruments have provided an unbroken ∼20-year record of global ocean plankton properties, but this measurement approach has inherent limitations in terms of spatial-temporal sampling and ability to resolve vertical structure within the water column. These limitations can be addressed by coupling ocean color data with measurements from a spaceborne lidar. Airborne lidars have been used for decades to study ocean subsurface properties, but recent breakthroughs have now demonstrated that plankton properties can be measured with a satellite lidar. The satellite lidar era in oceanography has arrived. Here, we present a review of the lidar technique, its applications in marine systems, a perspective on what can be accomplished in the near future with an ocean- and atmosphere-optimized satellite lidar, and a vision for a multiplatform virtual constellation of observational assets that would enable a three-dimensional reconstruction of global ocean ecosystems.

Keyword(s): aerosols, atmospheric corrections, clouds, lidar, ocean plankton, remote sensing
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Spaceborne Lidar in the Study of Marine Systems
Annual Review of Marine Science 10, 121 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-121916-063335
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