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Primary productivity plays a pivotal role in the global carbon cycle and the marine food chain. Chlorophyll-a concentration (chl-a) is considered as a proxy for the biomass, which requires reliable estimation. Remote sensing of ocean colour provides a valuable source of chl-a over the global oceans. However, the ocean colour measurements are often hindered by the presence of clouds, thereby denying information on various spatial scales. Data Interpolating Empirical Orthogonal Function (DINEOF) is a robust technique to reconstruct the data in gaps. The present study demonstrates the application of DINEOF-based reconstruction of the chl-a concentration data derived from the Ocean Colour Monitor-2 (OCM-2) onboard Oceansat-2 satellite for the period 2016–2019 over the northern Indian Ocean. The reconstructed and raw chl-a (Level-2) from OCM-2 are compared and found to be comparing well with a correlation of 0.93 and 0.9 in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal, respectively. The seasonal and inter-annual variability of chl-a over the study region is examined to showcase the application of reconstructed data for spatio-temporal analysis on different scales.
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The authors thank NICES programme of National Remote Sensing Centre, ISRO, for making the OCM-2 chlorophyll-a concentration data available. We gratefully acknowledge the support and encouragement provided by the General Manager of RRSC-East, Chief General Manager (RCs) & Deputy Director, ECSA, the Directors of NRSC and INCOIS. The authors are thankful to the anonymous reviewers and the editor for their critical comments and suggestions that has helped in improving the manuscript.
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Jayaram, C., Pavan Kumar, J., Udaya Bhaskar, T.V.S. et al. Reconstruction of Gap-Free OCM-2 Chlorophyll-a Concentration Using DINEOF. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 49, 1419–1425 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-021-01317-6
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