This document presents the results of the Working Group's deliberations. 

 In particular, it states the scientific requirements for ocean color data 

 from a CZCS follow-on sensor (hereafter designated the Ocean Color Imager 

 or OCI) in order to address global primary productivity, fishery, and 

 carbon storage problems. It also outlines some specific experiments 

 (called the MArine Resources Experiment or MAREX) which are designed to 

 determine critical nutrient fluxes, photosynthetic rates, and the fate of 

 the resultant primary productivity and biomass for a variety of 

 continental shelf and open ocean ecosystems which are representative of 

 those found in the world oceans. 



Concurrently with the activities of this group, Goddard Space Flight 

 Center has been studying the feasibility of including an Ocean Color Imager 

 on the NOAA series of polar-orbiting, operational meteorological 

 satellites. Results to date indicate that it is indeed feasible. NASA is 

 developing a plan which could result in the flight of an Ocean Color Imager 

 aboard one of the NOAA satellites around 1988. 



John J., 



Chaim 



Head, Oceanographic Sciences Division 



Brookhaven National Laboratory 



