FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Quantifying the Variability of Phytoplankton Blooms in the NW Mediterranean Sea with the Robust Satellite Techniques (RST) BT AF Ciancia, Emanuele Lacava, Teodosio Pergola, Nicola Vellucci, Vincenzo Antoine, David Satriano, Valeria Tramutoli, Valerio AS 1:1,2;2:1;3:1;4:3;5:4,5;6:2;7:2; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:; C1 Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, Italian National Research Council, C.da Santa Loja, Tito Scalo, 85050 Potenza, Italy School of Engineering, University of Basilicata, Via dell’AteneoLucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy Institut de la Mer de Villefranche, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, LOV, F-06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France Remote Sensing and Satellite Research Group, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia Laboratoired’Océanographie de Villefranche, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, IMEV, F-06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France C2 CNR, ITALY UNIV BASILICATA, ITALY UNIV SORBONNE, FRANCE UNIV CURTIN, AUSTRALIA UNIV SORBONNE, FRANCE IF 5.349 TC 3 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00858/96947/105618.pdf LA English DT Article CR BOUSSOLE DE ;phytoplankton phenology;multi-sensor ocean colour data;long-term analysis;North-Western Mediterranean Sea AB Investigating the variability of phytoplankton phenology plays a key role in regions characterized by cyclonic circulation regimes or convective events, like the north-western Mediterranean Sea (NWM). The main goal of this study is to assess the potential of the robust satellite techniques (RST) in identifying anomalous phytoplankton blooms in the NWM by using 9 years (2008–2017) of multi-sensor chlorophyll-a (chl-a) products from the CMEMS and OC-CCI datasets. Further application of the RST approach on a corresponding time-series of in situ chl-a measurements acquired at the BOUSSOLE site allows evaluation ofthe accuracy of the satellite-based change detection indices and selecting the best indicator. The OC-CCI derived chl-a anomaly index shows the best performances when compared to in situ data (R2 and RMSE of 0.75 and 0.48, respectively). Thus, it has been used to characterize an anomalous chl-a bloom that occurred in March 2012 at regional scale. Results show positive chl-a anomalies between the BOUSSOLE site and the Center of Convection Zone (CCZ) as a possible consequence of an intense convection episode that occurred in February 2012. PY 2021 PD DEC SO Remote Sensing SN 2072-4292 PU MDPI AG VL 13 IS 24 UT 000737328500001 DI 10.3390/rs13245151 ID 96947 ER EF