ProVal: A new autonomous profiling float for high quality radiometric measurements

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Leymarie, E., Penkerc'h, C., Vellucci, V., Lerebourg, C., Antoine, David, Boss, E., Lewis, M., D'Ortenzio, F., Claustre, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Indian; Proval; Southern Ocean; Tilting
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74612; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00437

An efficient system to produce in situ high quality radiometric measurements is compulsory to rigorously perform the vicarious calibration of satellite sensors dedicated to Ocean Color Radiometry (OCR) and to validate their derived products. This requirement is especially needed during the early sta...