Ocean Colour

Optical remote sensing of the oceans - BC (before CZCS) and AC (after CZCS), R.W. Austin; CZCS - its role in the study of the growth of oceanic phytoplankton, C.S. Yentsch; radiative transfer in the atmosphere for correction of ocean colour remote sensors, H.R. Gordon; underwater light field and primary production - application to remote sensing, S. Sathyendranath and T. Platt; CZCS data processing algorithms, B. Sturm; the coastal zone colour scanner (CZCS) algorithm - a critical review of residual problems, J.J. Simpson; review of the major CZCS applications - US case studies, C.R. McClain; ocean colour and CZCS applications in and around Europe, V. Barale and R. Doerffer; special features and applications of CZCS data in Asian waters, H. Fukushima and J. Ishizaka; global oceanic production and climate change, G.P. Harris et al; coupling of ocean colour data to physical-biological models, J. Ishizaka and E.E. Hofmann; ocean colour in relation to biological patterns and processes in a biogeographical province, J. Pelaez-Hudlet; seasonal and meridional variability of the remotely sensed fraction of euphotic zone chlorophyll prediced by a Lagrangian plankton model, K.U. Wolf and V. Strass; future systems for global monitoring of ocean colour, H. van der Piepen and R. Doerffer.