Publications

Umbert, M; Guimbard, S; Poy, JB; Turiel, A (2020). Synergy between Ocean Variables: Remotely Sensed Surface Temperature and Chlorophyll Concentration Coherence. REMOTE SENSING, 12(7), 1153.

Abstract
The similarity of mesoscale and submesoscale features observed in different ocean scalars indicates that they undergo some common non-linear processes. As a result of quasi-2D turbulence, complicated patterns of filaments, meanders, and eddies are recognized in remote sensing images. A data fusion method used to improve the quality of one ocean variable using another variable as a template is used here as an extrapolation technique to improve the coverage of daily Aqua MODIS Level-3 chlorophyll maps by using MODIS SST maps as a template. The local correspondence of SST and Chl-a multifractal singularities is granted due to the existence of a common cascade process which makes it possible to use SST data to infer Chl-a concentration where data are lacking. The quality of the inference of Level-4 Chl-a maps is assessed by simulating artificial clouds and comparing reconstructed and original data.

DOI:
10.3390/rs12071153

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