First autonomous bio-optical profiling float in the Red Sea: a useful tool to estimate particulate organic carbon export from the spring bloom

Malika Kheireddine1, Giorgio Dall'Olmo2, Mustapha Ouhssain3, Herve Claustre4, Catherine Schmechtig4, Antoine Poteau5 and Burton H Jones1, (1)KAUST- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Red Sea Research Center, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, (2)Plymouth marine Laboratory, National Centre for Earth Observation, Plymouth, United Kingdom, (3)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, (4)CNRS, Laboratory of Oceanography of Villefranche, Villefranche/Mer, France, (5)Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSU-CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, Villefranche sur mer, France