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In this paper we report chlorophyll measurements made during an ocean colour validation cruise in April 2011 of the research vessel, Sagar Paschimi in the coastal waters of Northern Bay of Bengal. The chlorophyll-a concentration in these waters range from 0.2 to 4.0 mg/m3. Chlorophyll-a concentration from OCM-2 was estimated using the global ocean colour algorithms namely, OC2, OC3, OC4 and Chl-a algorithms respectively. OCM data was processed using the global SeaWiFS Data Analysis System (SeaDAS) in which all the above mentioned algorithms are embedded for estimating the chlorophyll-a concentration. A comparative study was made between and in-situ and satellite derived chlorophyll-a concentration. Although the matchups between in-situ and satellite data from OCM-2 were sparse, it indicates that direct application of the standard SeaWiFS algorithm-the OC4-V4 algorithm—in the coastal waters of the Bay of Bengal will underestimate chlorophyll-a by up to 30%. The results show a good correlation with an R value of 0.61 using OC2 algorithm. However, all the other global algorithms over estimate the chlorophyll-a concentration even in low chlorophyll concentration range. The comparison between in-situ and all the existing chlorophyll algorithms shows the efficiency of these algorithms for quantification of chlorophyll in coastal waters and hence the need to develop regional algorithms and fluorescence based algorithms for better quantification.
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Our sincere thanks are due to Dr. V.K.Dhadwal, director, NRSC, Dr. G. Behera, DD, RS&GIS-AA, Dr.CBS Dutt, GD, ESAG and Dr. M M Ali, Head Oceanography for their support and encouragement to carry out this work. The authors would like to express their sincere thanks to the respective institutions and funding agencies for providing the infrastructure and opportunity to participate in the cruises for collecting the bio-optical data.
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Nagamani, P.V., Hussain, M.I., Choudhury, S.B. et al. Validation of Chlorophyll-a Algorithms in the Coastal Waters of Bay of Bengal Initial Validation Results from OCM-2. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 41, 117–125 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-012-0203-x
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