The COASTlOOC dataset

Coastal Surveillance Through Observation of Ocean Color (COASTlOOC) oceanographic expeditions were conducted in 1997 and 1998 to examine the relationship between the optical properties of seawater and related biological and chemical properties across the coastal-to-open ocean gradient in various European seas. A total of 379 stations were visited along the coasts of the Gulf of Lion in the Mediterranean Sea (n = 61), Adriatic Sea (n = 39), Baltic Sea (n = 57), North Sea (n = 99), English Channel (n = 85) and Atlantic Ocean (n = 38). Particular emphasis was dedicated to the collection of a comprehensive set of apparent (AOPs) and inherent (IOPs) optical properties to support the development of ocean color remote sensing algorithms. The data were collected in situ using traditional ship-based sampling, but also from a helicopter, which is a very efficient means for that type of coastal sampling. The dataset collected during the COASTlOOC campaigns is unique in that it is fully consistent in terms of operators, protocols, and instrumentation. This rich and historical dataset is still today frequently requested and used by other researchers. Therefore, we present the result of an effort to compile and standardize a dataset which will facilitate its use in future development and evaluation of new bio-optical models adapted for optically-complex waters.

Date (Publication): 2023-03-03

Date (Revision): 2024-09-19

Other citation details: Massicotte Philippe, Babin Marcel, Fell Frank, Fournier-Sicre Vincent, Doxaran David (2023). The COASTlOOC dataset. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/93570

In addition to properly cite this dataset, it would be appreciated that the following work(s) be cited too, when using this dataset in a publication :

Massicotte Philippe, Babin Marcel, Fell Frank, Fournier-Sicre Vincent, Doxaran David (2023). The COASTℓOOC project dataset. Copernicus GmbH. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-83

Credit: A great number of people contributed to the generation of the COASTlOOC database as described herein, be it by contributing to project implementation, supporting the field campaigns, performing lab work, or providing scientific guidance. In this respect, we would like especially to thank James Aiken, Jean-François Berthon, Annick Bricaud, Hervé Claustre, Roland Doerffer, Giovanni Massimo Ferrari, Hans Hakvoort, Geir Johnsen, Khadija Oubelkheir, Matt Pinkerton, Rainer Reuter, Marcel Wernand and Grigor Obolensky. We are also grateful to the crews of the ships (NO Thetis-2, RV Poseidon, RV Victor Hensen) and helicopter (Commerc’Air SA) we used for collecting the field data.

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Takuvik International Research Laboratory (IRL 3376) ULaval - CNRS, Biology department, Laval University, Quebec G1V 06A, Canada - Massicotte Philippe

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Takuvik International Research Laboratory (IRL 3376) ULaval - CNRS, Biology department, Laval University, Quebec G1V 06A, Canada Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, CNRS / Sorbonne Université, 06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France - Babin Marcel

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Informus GmbH, 13187 Berlin, Germany - Fell Frank

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ACRI-ST, 06904 Sophia-Antipolis, France European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), 64295 Darmstadt, Germany [current address] - Fournier-Sicre Vincent

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Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, CNRS / Sorbonne Université, 06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France - Doxaran David

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SEANOE