CONTENTS 



Section Page 



FOREWORD ix 



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY xi 



1. INTRODUCTION 1-1 



2. PRESENT LIMITATIONS 2-1 



2.1 Ship in situ Sensing 2-1 



2.2 Satellite Remote Sensing 2-4 



2.3 Aircraft Remote Sensing 2-10 



2.4 Fluorometer in situ Sensing 2-14 



3. MAREX Project Plan Objectives 3-1 



3.1 C/N and Climate 3-1 



3.2 Food Webs and Fisheries 3-5 



3.3 Waste Disposal 3-7 



4. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN 4-1 



4.1 Previous Studies 4-1 



4.2 MAREX Shelf Studies 4-2 



4.3 Reliability of Individual Measurements 4-5 



4.4 Frequency of Sampling 4-15 



4.5 Additional Oceanic Studies 4-17 



5. REQUIREMENTS 5-1 



5.1 Spacecraft 5-1 



5.2 Measurement Channels 5-5 



5.3 Spatial Resolution 5-5 



5.4 Observational Coverage 5-6 



5.5 Navigational Accuracy 5-7 



5.6 Data Delivery 5-7 



5.7 Mission Length 5-9 



APPENDIX A. SENSORS A-l 



APPENDIX B. ALGORITHMS B-l 



APPENDIX C. DATA REDUCTION C-l 



APPENDIX D. DEFENSE AND COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS D-l 



APPENDIX E. MAREX WORKING GROUP E-l 



