Assimilation of ocean-colour plankton functional types to improve the simulation of a marine ecosystem model

Stefano Ciavatta1,2, Robert J W Brewin1,3, Jozef Skakala1,2, Luca Polimene1, Lee de Mora1 and J Icarus Allen1,2, (1)Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom, (2)National Centre for Earth Observation, Plymouth, United Kingdom, (3)National Centre for Earth Observation, United Kingdom