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2. Photosynthesis and Fish Production in the Sea
3. Primary Production of the Biosphere: Integrating Terrestrial and Oceanic Components
4. CZCS: Coastal Zone Color Scanner (NASA) 1978 to 1984. SeaWiFS: Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (NASA) launched in 1997 ongoing. MODIS: Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (NASA) launched in 1999 ongoing. MERIS: Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (European Space Agency) 2002 ongoing.
5. This term would be perfectly constrained if the entire biomass were “seen” by a satellite sensor. However only the upper part (about 20%) of the productive layer is detected and the chlorophyll vertical profile must therefore be inferred from the value determined near the surface. Statistical analysis of many profiles measured at sea allows this extrapolation to be performed. See for example (20 21).