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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA BARBARA

EARTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE

 

Stéphane MARITORENA
Researcher

Tel.: (805) 893 4308
Fax.: (805) 893 2578
e-mail: stephane@eri.ucsb.edu


Address:

Earth Research Institute
6841 Ellison Hall
University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3060
USA

  

Research interests:

  • Marine optics in ocean and coastal waters.
  • Bio-optical modeling
  • Ocean Color algorithm development and remote sensing
  • Data merging
  • Remote sensing in coastal zones

 

Publications:

  • Antoine D., M. Babin, J.-F. Berthon, A. Bricaud, B. Gentili, H. Loisel, S. Maritorena, and D. Stramski. 2014. Shedding Light on the Sea: André Morel's Legacy to Optical Oceanography. Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci., 6:1-21. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010213-135135.

  • Brewin, R. J.W., S. Sathyendranath, D. Müller, C. Brockmann, P.-Y. Deschamps, E. Devred, R. Doerffer, N. Fomferra, B. Franz, M. Grant, S. Groom, A. Horseman, C. Hu, H. Krasemann, Z. Lee, S. Maritorena, F. Mélin, M. Peters, T. Platt, P. Regner, T. Smyth, F. Steinmetz, J. Swinton, J. Werdell, and G. White III. 2013. The Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative: III A round-robin comparison on in-water bio-optical algorithms. Climate Change Initiative Special Issue, Remote Sensing of Environment, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2013.09.016.

  • Siegel, D.A., M.J. Behrenfeld, S. Maritorena, C.R. McClain, D. Antoine, S.W. Bailey, P.S. Bontempi, E.S. Boss, H.M. Dierssen, S.C. Doney, R.E. Eplee Jr., R.H. Evans, G.C. Feldman, E. Fields, B.A. Franz, N.A. Kuring, C. Mengelt, N.B. Nelson, F.S. Patt, W.D. Robinson, J.L. Sarmiento, C.M. Swan, P.J. Werdell, T.K. Westberry, J.G. Wilding, and J.A. Yoder. 2013. Regional to global assessments of phytoplankton dynamics from the SeaWiFS mission. Remote Sensing of Environment, 135: 77-91.

  • Werdell, P.J., B.A. Franz, S.W. Bailey, G.C. Feldman, E. Boss, V.E. Brando, M. Dowell, T. Hirata, S.J. Lavender, Z. Lee, H. Loisel, S. Maritorena, F. Mélin, T.S. Moore, T.J. Smyth, D. Antoine, E. Devred, O. Hembise Fanton d'Andon, and A. Mangin. 2013. Generalized ocean color inversion model for retrieving marine inherent optical properties. Applied Optics, 52(10): 2019-2037.

  • Siegel, D.A., D. Antoine, M.J. Behrenfeld, O. Hembise Fanton d'Andon, E. Fields, B.A. Franz, P. Goryl, S. Maritorena, C.R. McClain, M. Wang, and J.A. Yoder. 2012. Global ocean phytoplankton in State of the Climate in 2011. Bull. American Meteorological Soc., 93(7): S107-S110.

  • Kostadinov T.S., D.A. Siegel, S. Maritorena, and N. Guillocheau, 2012. Optical assessment of particle size and composition in the Santa Barbara Channel, California. Appl. Opt. 51, 3171-3189. [PDF]

  • Siegel, D.A., P. Peterson, D.J. McGillicuddy Jr., S. Maritorena, and N.B. Nelson. 2011. Bio-optical footprints created by mesoscale eddies in the Sargasso Sea. Geophys. Res. Letters, 38, L13608, DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047660. [PDF]

  • Antoine D., D.A. Siegel, T. Kostadinov, S. Maritorena, N.B. Nelson, B. Gentili, V. Vellucci, and N. Guillocheau. 2011. Variability in optical particle backscattering in contrasting bio-optical oceanic regimes. Limnol. Oceanogr., 56(3): 955-973. DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.3.0955. [PDF]

  • Siegel, D.A., M.J. Behrenfeld, S. Maritorena, R.T. O'Malley, and E. Fields. 2011. Global ocean phytoplankton in State of the Climate in 2010. Bull. American Meteorological Soc., 92(6): S105-S108. [PDF]

  • Kostadinov T.S., D.A. Siegel, and S. Maritorena. 2010. Global variability of phytoplankton functional types from space: assessment via the particle size distribution. Biogeosciences, 7, 3239-3257. [PDF]

  • O'Malley, R.T., M. J. Behrenfeld, D. A. Siegel, and S. Maritorena. 2010. Global ocean phytoplankton in State of the Climate in 2009. Bull. American Meteorological Soc., 91(7): S75-S78. [PDF]

  • Maritorena S., O. Hembise Fanton d’Andon, A. Mangin, and D.A. Siegel. 2010. Merged Satellite Ocean Color Data Products Using a Bio-Optical Model: Characteristics, Benefits and Issues. Remote Sensing of Environment, 114, 8: 1791-1804. [PDF]

  • Kostadinov, T.S., D.A. Siegel, and S. Maritorena. 2009. Retrieval of the Particle Size Distribution from Satellite Ocean Color Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, C09015, doi:10.1029/2009JC005303. [PDF]

  • Behrenfeld, M.J., D.A. Siegel, R.T. O’Malley, and S. Maritorena. 2009. Global ocean phytoplankton in "State of the Climate in 2008". Bull. American Meteorological Soc., 90(8): S68-S73. [PDF]

  • Siegel, D.A.., D.B. Court, D.W. Menzies, P. Peterson, S. Maritorena and N.B. Nelson, 2008: Satellite and in situ observations of the bio-optical signatures of two mesoscale eddies in the Sargasso Sea. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 55(10-13): 1218-1230. [PDF]

  • Kostadinov, T.S., D.A. Siegel, S. Maritorena, and N. Guillocheau. 2007. Ocean color observations and modeling for an optically complex site: Santa Barbara Channel, California, USA, J. Geophys. Res., 112, C07011, doi: 10.1029/2006JC003526. [PDF]

  • Siegel, D.A., S. Maritorena, N. B. Nelson, M. J. Behrenfeld, and C. R. McClain. 2005. Colored dissolved organic matter and its influence on the satellite-based characterization of the ocean biosphere. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L20605, doi:10.1029/2005GL024310. [PDF]

  • Siegel, D.A., S. Maritorena, N.B. Nelson and M.J. Behrenfeld. 2005. Independence and Interdependencies Among Global Ocean Color Properties: Reassessing the Bio-Optical Assumption. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 110, C07011, doi:10.1029/2004JC002527. [PDF]

  • Maritorena S. and D.A. Siegel. 2005. Consistent Merging of Satellite Ocean Color Data Sets Using a Bio-Optical Model. Remote Sensing of Environment, 94(4): 429-440. [PDF]

  • Claustre, H. and S. Maritorena. 2003. The Many Shades of Ocean Blue. Science, 302: 1514-1515. [PDF]

  • Siegel, D.A., S. Maritorena, N.B. Nelson, D.A. Hansell and M. Lorenzi-Kayser. 2002. Global Distribution and Dynamics of Colored Dissolved and Detrital Organic Materials. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(C12): 10.1029/2001JC000965. [PDF]

  • Chomko, R. M, H.R. Gordon, S. Maritorena and D.A. Siegel. 2002. Simultaneous determination of oceanic and atmospheric parameters for ocean color imagery by spectral optimization: A validation. Remote Sensing of Environment, 84(2): 208-220. [PDF]

  • Maritorena S., D.A. Siegel and A. Peterson. 2002. Optimization of a Semi-Analytical Ocean Color Model for Global Scale Applications. Applied Optics, 41(15): 2705-2714. [PDF]

  • Maritorena, S., C. Payri, M. Babin, H. Claustre, L. Bonnafous, A. Morel and M. Rodière. 2002. Photoacclimatization in the zooxanthellae of Pocillopora verrucosa and comparison with a pelagic algal community. Oceanologica Acta, 25(3-4): 125-134. [PDF]

  • Andréfouët, S., S. Maritorena and L. Loubersac. 2002. Un bilan de la télédétection appliquée aux milieux coralliens. Oceanis, 26(3): 311-349. [PDF]

  • Barlow R.G., J. Aiken, P.M. Holligan, D.G. Cummings, S. Maritorena and S. Hooker. 2002. Phytoplankton pigment and absorption characteristics along meridional transects in the Atlantic Ocean. Deep-Sea Res. I, 47: 637–660. [PDF]

  • Claustre, H., Morel, A., Hooker, S.B., Babin, M., Antoine, D., Oublekheir, K., Bricaud, A., Leblanc, K., Quéguiner, B. and S. Maritorena. 2002. Is desert dust making oligotrophic waters greener? Geophysical Research Letters, 29(10): 10.1029/2001GL014056. [PDF]

  • Morel A. and S. Maritorena. 2001. Bio-optical properties of oceanic waters : a reappraisal. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106(C4) : 7163-7180. [PDF]

  • Payri, C., S. Maritorena, C. Bizeau and M. Rodiere. 2001. Photoacclimation in the tropical coralline algae Hydrolithon onkodes from a French Polynesian Reef. Journal of Phycology, 37(2) : 223-234. [PDF]

  • Siegel, D.A., T.K. Westberry, M.C. O'Brien, N.B. Nelson,A.F. Michaels, J.R. Morrison, A. Scott, E.A. Caporelli, J.C. Sorensen, S.Maritorena, S.A. Garver, E.A. Brody, J. Ubante and M.A. Hammer. 2001. Bio-optical modeling of primary production on regional scales: the Bermuda BioOptics project. Deep-Sea Res. II, 48 : 1865-1896. [PDF]

  • Maritorena, S., A. Morel and B. Gentili. 2000. Determination of the fluorescence quantum yield by oceanic phytoplankton in their natural habitat. Applied Optics, 39(36) : 6725 - 6737. [PDF]

  • Siegel, D.A., M. Wang, S. Maritorena and W. Robinson. 2000. Atmospheric correction of satellite ocean color imagery: the black pixel assumption. Applied Optics, 39 : 3582 - 3591. [PDF]

  • Hooker S.B. and S. Maritorena. 2000. An Evaluation of Oceanographic Radiometers and Deployment Methodologies. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 17(6) : 811-830. [PDF]

  • O'Reilly J. E., S. Maritorena, B. G. Mitchell, D. A. Siegel, K. L. Carder, S. A. Garver, M. Kahru and C. R. McClain. 1998. Ocean Color Chlorophyll Algorithms for SeaWiFS. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103(C11): 24,937-24,953. [PDF]

  • Maritorena, S. and N. Guillocheau. 1996. Optical properties of the water and spectral light absorption by living and non-living particles and by yellow substances in coral reef waters of French Polynesia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 131 : 245-255. [PDF]

  • Maritorena, S. 1996. Remote sensing of the water attenuation in coral reefs : A case study in French Polynesia. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 17(1) : 155-166.

  • Maritorena, S., A. Morel and B. Gentili. 1994. Diffuse Reflectance of Oceanic Shallow Waters : Influence of the Water Depth and Bottom Albedo. Limnology and Oceanography, 39(7) : 1689-1703. [PDF]

  • Drollet, J.H., M. Faucon, S. Maritorena and P.M.V. Martin. 1994. A Survey of Environmental physico-chemical Parameters During a Minor Coral Mass Bleaching Event in Tahiti in 1993. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 45(7) : 1149-1156. [PDF]