WE PROPOSE TO CONTINUE THE FIELDWORK AND DATA ANALYSIS TASKS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THE AQUA MO DIS OCEAN REMOTE SENSING REFLECTANCE PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENT AND INHERENT OPTICAL PROPERTY (IOP) ALGORITHMS USING OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL (SBC). THIS WORK "PLUMES AND BLOOMS: A MULTI-DECADAL COASTAL BIO-OPTICAL TIME-SERIES AND RETROSPECTIVE DATA ANALYSIS" (D.A. SIEGEL UCSB PI) WAS FUNDED UNDER THE ROSES 2013 A.46 TERRA AND AQUA -ALGORITHMS - EXISTING DATA PRODUCTS. THE PRESENT REQUEST IS TO INCLUDE THOSE PORTIONS OF THAT WORK APPROPRIATE FOR MO DIS AQUA OCEAN COLOR ALGORITHM MAINTENANCE IN THE 2017 NASA EARTH SCIENCE DIVISION (ESD) SENIOR REVIEW (SR).

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