@article {Cui:2013:0143-1161:8301,
title = "Diurnal variability of ocean optical properties during a coastal algal bloom: implications for ocean colour remote sensing",
journal = "International Journal of Remote Sensing",
parent_itemid = "infobike://tandf/tres",
publishercode ="tandf",
year = "2013",
volume = "34",
number = "23",
publication date ="2013-12-10T00:00:00",
pages = "8301-8318",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0143-1161",
eissn = "1366-5901",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/tres/2013/00000034/00000023/art00003",
doi = "doi:10.1080/01431161.2013.833356",
author = "Cui and Cao and Zhang and Hao and Yu and Zu and Wang",
abstract = "Understanding the diurnal variability of ocean optical properties is critical for better interpretation of satellite ocean colour data and characterizing biogeochemical processes. The daytime variability of ocean optical properties throughout an algal bloom event is analysed in this
article based on in situ observations from dawn to dusk at a fixed coastal site in the South China Sea. Diurnal variability during the sunlit period of the ocean optical properties is found to be significant. During the 6 hours around noon, the temporal variability (defined by the coefficient
of variation) of phytoplankton absorption, coloured dissolved organic matter and non-algal particle absorption, and particle backscattering at 443nm can reach 21%\textpm15%, 12%\textpm9%, and 17%\textpm9%, respectively. The diurnal variability during
the bloom is much more pronounced than that of the non-bloom phase. With atmospheric radiative transfer modelling, it is further demonstrated that the geostationary satellite detection of within-day optical variability in algae-dominated waters depends on the reliability of the aerosol retrieval.
The implications of the diurnal bio-optical variability for the retrieval, validation, and interpretation of satellite ocean colour products are also discussed.",
}