Robotic investigation of water optical properties in the Southern Ocean

该项目旨在提高我们对南大洋（SO）沃茨中光-物质相互作用的认识，特别是浮游植物和相关生物来源物质的作用。浮游植物是食物网的能量来源，也是SO中碳循环的关键组成部分。然而，它们在SO中的动态不能使用卫星观测来量化，因为生物光学数据处理算法由于缺乏现场数据而表现不佳。该项目旨在通过提高对SO生物光学的理解，并根据现场数据提供已知不确定性的新算法来解决这一问题。

The project aims to improve our understanding of light–matter interactions in the waters of the Southern Ocean (SO), in particular the role of phytoplankton and associated material of biological origin. Phytoplankton are the energy source for the food web and a critical component of carbon cycling in the SO. However, their dynamics in the SO cannot be quantified using satellite observations because bio-optical data processing algorithms perform poorly due to a lack of field data. This project seeks to remedy this by improving understanding of SO bio-optics, and by providing novel algorithms of known uncertainty, based on in situ data.