1. Page 1GlobCOLOUR 1 st User Consultation Meeting – December 4-6, 2006, Villefranche sur mer Applications of the GlobCOLOUR PPS and FPS Sam Lavender, UoP Inputs from the GlobCOLOUR team Special thanks to Yaswant Pradhan, Julien Demaria, Gilbert Barrot & David Antoine.

2. Page 2GlobCOLOUR 1 st User Consultation Meeting – December 4-6, 2006, Villefranche sur mer Overview of Presentation Advantages of merged data Primary Product Set (PPS) Diagnostic Data Sets (DDS) Some applications Conclusions

3. Page 3GlobCOLOUR 1 st User Consultation Meeting – December 4-6, 2006, Villefranche sur mer Advantages of Merged Data Reduced impact from clouds A longer time series than a single sensor Better understanding of errors, and the inclusion of error estimates in the output products for GlobCOLOUR

4. Page 4GlobCOLOUR 1 st User Consultation Meeting – December 4-6, 2006, Villefranche sur mer Advantages of Merged Data: individual sensors on a single day

5. Page 5GlobCOLOUR 1 st User Consultation Meeting – December 4-6, 2006, Villefranche sur mer Advantages of Merged Data: merged data

6. Page 6GlobCOLOUR 1 st User Consultation Meeting – December 4-6, 2006, Villefranche sur mer Climate Change and the need for a Long Time-series Raitsos et al. (2005), GRL, 32

7. Page 7GlobCOLOUR 1 st User Consultation Meeting – December 4-6, 2006, Villefranche sur mer PPS (and then FPS) DDS sites

8. Page 8GlobCOLOUR 1 st User Consultation Meeting – December 4-6, 2006, Villefranche sur mer PPS DDS sites Open Ocean (Rapa Nui) Upwelling Region (Benguela) Coastal Water (Venice Tower)

9. Page 9GlobCOLOUR 1 st User Consultation Meeting – December 4-6, 2006, Villefranche sur mer BOUSSOLE site (DDS02):

10. Page 10GlobCOLOUR 1 st User Consultation Meeting – December 4-6, 2006, Villefranche sur mer Analysis of Trends Lavender et al. (Submitted)

11. Page 11GlobCOLOUR 1 st User Consultation Meeting – December 4-6, 2006, Villefranche sur mer Analysis of Anomalies Pradhan et al. (2006), DSRII, 53

12. Page 12GlobCOLOUR 1 st User Consultation Meeting – December 4-6, 2006, Villefranche sur mer But GlobCOLOUR will provide more than just chlorophyll… Bio-geochemical variables: Chl, TSM and CDM Underwater light field: Kd Atmospheric variables: Aerosol optical depth, Cloud Fraction and PAR nLws are provided so the users can create their own (regional specific) products

13. Page 13GlobCOLOUR 1 st User Consultation Meeting – December 4-6, 2006, Villefranche sur mer Thank you for your attention