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Appendix A: Notation 
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AERONET-OC 
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AMT 
pP 
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ARCSSPP 
AWI 
IW 
BARENTSSEA 
BATS 
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BIOCHEM 
Detrital absorption coefficient (m—!) 
Detrital plus CDOM absorption coefficient (m—') 
AErosol RObotic NETwork-Ocean Color 
7DOM absorption coefficient (m—!) 
Atlantic Meridional Transect 
Particle absorption coefficient (m7') 
Algal pigment absorption coefficient (m 7!) 
Arctic System Science Primary Production 
Data collection from Astrid Bracher 
Pure water absorption coefficient (m7') 
Data collection from Knut Yngve Bersheim 
Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study 
Total backscattering coefficient (m—!) 
Particle backscattering coefficient (m7!) 
3ackscattering coefficient of seawater (m7!) 
Che Fisheries and Oceans Canada database for biological 
ınd chemical data 
3ritish Oceanographic Data Centre 
30uge pour l’acquisition d’une Serie Optique ä Long Terme 
California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations 
California Current Ecosystem Long-Term Ecological Research 
Zoloured dissolved organic matter 
Chlorophyll-a concentration (mg m 7?) 
Chlorophyll-a concentration determined from fluorometric 
or spectrophotometric methods (mg m—?) 
Total chlorophyll-@ concentration determined from 
APLC method (mg m7?) 
Zenter for Integrated Marine Technology 
Zompilation of data in several coastal sites 
Surface irradiance (or above-water downwelling irradiance) 
mW cm”? um”) 
Zuropean Space Agency 
3stacion Europea de Series Temporales del Oceano 
[Top-of-the-atmosphere solar irradiance 
mW cm? um-') 
Zeochemistry, Phytoplankton, and Color of the Ocean 
Aawaii Ocean Time-series 
Tigh-performance liquid chromatography 
.nternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea 
‘ntegrated Marine Observing System 
Diffuse attenuation coefficient for downward irradiance (m 7! 
Water-leaving radiance (or above-water upwelling radiance) 
‚mW cm? um! sr!) 
Zompilation of data in several coastal sites 
Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer 
MVIERIS Match-up In situ Database 
Marine optical buoy 
VIloderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer 
MVlartha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
Normalized water-leaving radiance (mW cm? um”! sr!) 
ıLw with a correction for bidirectional effects 
‚mW cm? um! sr!) 
NASA bio-Optical Marine Algorithm Data set 
Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative 
Ocean and Land Colour Instrument 
Palmer station Long-term Ecological Research 
Zemote-sensing reflectance (sr) 
.rradiance reflectance (dimensionless) 
SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System 
Archive of in situ marine data 
Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor 
Jata collection from global transects 
Data collection from Trevor Platt and Shubha Sathyendranath 
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite 
BODC 
BOUSSOLE 
CALCOFI 
CCELTER 
CDOM 
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chla_fluor 
chla_hplc 
CIMT 
COASTCOLOUR 
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ESA 
ZSTOC 
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GeP&CO 
AdOT 
APLC 
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MOS 
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VIAREDAT 
VIERIS 
VIERMAID 
VIOBY 
IODIS 
VVCO 
NASA 
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nLw_ex 
NOMAD 
DC-CCI 
OLCI 
PALMER 
TS 
RW 
SeaBASS 
SEADATANET 
SeaWiFS 
TARA 
IPSS 
VUORS 
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