BEAGLE 2003, Leg 1, Brisbane (Australia) to Papeete (Tahiti), HPLC Pigment and Ocean Colour Data

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Sciences and Technology (JAMSTEC) sponsored this research cruise - a circumnavigation of the Southern hemisphere using the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Hydrographic Program (WHP) lines in the southern hemisphere to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its establishment. The research cruise was named "BEAGLE 2003" (Blue EArth GLobal Expedition 2003) and carried out on RV MIRAI. This data is a subset of the Beagle 2003 data and contains the HPLC pigment and particulate absorption coefficient data collected on Leg 1, from Brisbane, Australia to Papeete, Tahiti between the 4th August to 2nd September 2003.The data can be used for Ocean Colour sensor validation. Parameters measured on the leg are the concentration of chlorophyll and carotenoid pigments and the absorption coefficent for particulate (a/p) components of the water column. Samples were collected at 43 stations.The data was used primarily to validate ocean colour sensors MERIS, MODIS and SeaWIFs and the SST sensor AATSR.日本海洋地球科学技术厅（Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology，JAMSTEC）为纪念其成立30周年，资助了本次南半球环球科考航次——采用南半球世界大洋环流实验（World Ocean Circulation Experiment，WOCE）水文计划（Hydrographic Program，WHP）断面线开展作业。本次航次命名为“BEAGLE 2003”（Blue EArth GLobal Expedition 2003，即“蓝色地球全球科考2003”），由“未来号”（RV MIRAI）科考船执行。 本数据集为BEAGLE 2003航次数据的子集，包含2003年8月4日至9月2日期间，从澳大利亚布里斯班至塔希提岛帕皮提的第1航段采集的高效液相色谱（High Performance Liquid Chromatography，HPLC）色素数据与颗粒物吸收系数数据。本数据集可用于海洋水色传感器验证。 本次航段测定的参数包括叶绿素与类胡萝卜素色素浓度，以及水柱颗粒物的吸收系数（a/p）。科考团队共在43个站位采集样品。该数据主要用于验证海洋水色传感器MERIS、MODIS、SeaWIFs以及海表温度传感器AATSR。