Modelling the chlorophyll concentration of phytoplankton groups from space: integrating considerations from ecosystem modellers

Robert J W Brewin1, Stefano Ciavatta2, Jozef Skakala2, Shubha Sathyendranath3, Thomas S Jackson4, Gavin Tilstone5, Kieran Francis Curran5, Ruth L Airs4, Denise Cummings6, Vanda Brotas7, Emanuele Organelli4, Giorgio Dall'Olmo8 and Dionysios E Raitsos2, (1)University of Exeter, Penryn, United Kingdom, (2)National Centre for Earth Observation, Plymouth, United Kingdom, (3)Plymouth Marine Laboratory, National Centre for Earth Observations, Plymouth, United Kingdom, (4)Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom, (5)Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Remote Sensing Group, Plymouth, United Kingdom, (6)Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom, (7)MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, (8)Plymouth marine Laboratory, National Centre for Earth Observation, Plymouth, United Kingdom