Measured and numerically partitioned phytoplankton spectral absorption coefficients in inland waters

For the best model, model 6, tripton absorption was modeled using an exponential model with a background constant. The ratios of aph(380)/aph(505), aph(580)/aph(692.5) and aph(510)/ aph(412) were used to model the spectral absorption of phytoplankton. The best performance of the partition models tended to a slight overestimation with the RRMSE equal to 44.4%, 27.0%, 33.5% and 40.1% for aph(400), aph(440), aph(675) and aph(PAR), respectively. The precision of the numerical method was largely determined by the total particle composition and the relative contribution of phytoplankton to the total particulate matter. Overall, the numerical partition model provides a reasonable estimation of the phytoplankton absorption coefficient, which enables us to retrieve the concentration of optically active substances from in situ measurements and remote sensing ocean color data.

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