A complete and up to date listing of IOCCG protocols is available at: https://ioccg.org/what-we-do/ioccg-publications/ocean-optics-protocols-satellite-ocean-colour-sensor-validation/

IOCCG Protocol Series (2021). Particulate Organic Matter Sampling and Measurement
Protocols: Consensus Towards Future Ocean Color Missions. Chaves, J.E., Cetini ć, I.,
Dall’Olmo, G., Estapa, M., Gardner, W., Goñi, M., Graff, J.R., Hernes, P., Lam, P.J., Liu, Z.,
Lomas, M.W., Mannino, M., Novak, M.G., Turnewitsch, R., Werdell, P.J., Westberry, T.K.,
IOCCG Ocean Optics and Biogeochemistry Protocols for Satellite Ocean Colour Sensor
Validation, Volume 6.0, IOCCG, Dartmouth, NS, Canada. http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-
1646 

IOCCG Protocol Series (2018). Inherent Optical Property Measurements and Protocols: Absorption Coefficient, Neeley, A. R. and Mannino, A. (eds.), IOCCG Ocean Optics and Biogeochemistry Protocols for Satellite Ocean Colour Sensor Validation, Volume 1.0, IOCCG, Dartmouth, NS, Canada. http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-119

IOCCG Protocol Series (2019). Beam Transmission and Attenuation Coefficients: Instruments, Characterization, Field Measurements and Data Analysis Protocols. Boss, E., Twardowski, M., McKee, D., Cetinić, I. and Slade, W. IOCCG Ocean Optics and Biogeochemistry Protocols for Satellite Ocean Colour Sensor Validation, Volume 2.0, edited by A. Neeley and I. Cetinić, IOCCG, Dartmouth, NS, Canada. http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-458

IOCCG Protocol Series (2019). Protocols for Satellite Ocean Colour Data Validation: In Situ Optical Radiometry. Zibordi, G., Voss, K. J., Johnson, B. C. and Mueller, J. L. IOCCG Ocean Optics and Biogeochemistry Protocols for Satellite Ocean Colour Sensor Validation, Volume 3.0, IOCCG, Dartmouth, NS, Canada. https://ioccg.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/protocols-insitu-optical-radiometry-v3.0.pdf

IOCCG Protocol Series (2019). Inherent Optical Property Measurements and Protocols: Best Practices for the Collection and Processing of Ship-Based Underway Flow-Through Optical Data. Boss, E., Haëntjens, N., Ackleson, S., Balch, B., Chase, A., Dall’Olmo, G., Freeman, S., Liu, Y., Loftin, J., Neary, W., Nelson, N., Novak, M., Slade, W., Proctor, C., Tortell, P., and Westberry. T. IOCCG Ocean Optics and Biogeochemistry Protocols for Satellite Ocean Colour Sensor Validation, Volume 4.0, edited by A. R. Neeley and A. Mannino, IOCCG, Dartmouth, NS, Canada. https://ioccg.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/inline-protocols-4.0-nov2019.pdf

A draft version of the protocol entitled “Measurement Protocol of Absorption by Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) and Other Dissolved Materials“, is available.

A draft version of the protocol entitled “Particulate Organic Carbon Sampling and Measurement Protocols: Consensus Towards Future Ocean Color Missions“, is available. 

Boss E, Waite AM, Karstensen J, Trull T, Muller-Karger F, Sosik HM, Uitz J, Acinas SG, Fennel K, Berman-Frank I, Thomalla S, Yamazaki H, Batten S, Gregori G, Richardson AJ and Wanninkhof R (2022) Recommendations for Plankton Measurements on OceanSITES Moorings With Relevance to Other Observing Sites. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:929436. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.929436

Boss, E., Waite, A. M., Uitz, J., Acinas, S. G., Sosik, H. M., Fennel, K., Berman-Frank, I., Cornejo, M., Thomalla, S., Yamazaki, H., Batten, S., Berg, J., Claustre, H., Grégori, G., Karstensen, J., Muller-Karger, F., Richardson, A., Sloyan, B., Wanninkhof, R., … Karp-Boss, L. (2020). Recommendations for plankton measurements on the GO-SHIP program with relevance to other sea-going expeditions. SCOR Working Group 154 GO-SHIP Report. Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR). https://doi.org/10.25607/OBP-718 

Below is a selection of best practice documents available from the Ocean Best Practices System (OBPS) Repository. For complete and up to date results please visit the repository (https://www.oceanbestpractices.org/repository/) and, for example, search for Particulate Matter or similar keywords using the EOV category filter.

Palevsky, H.I., Clayton, S., et al (2023) OOI Biogeochemical Sensor Data: Best Practices & User Guide, Version 1.1.1. Ocean Observatories Initiative Biogeochemical Sensor Data Working Group, 134pp. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25607/OBP-1865.2

Neeley, A., Beaulieu, S., Proctor, C., Cetinić, I., Futrelle, J., Soto Ramos, I., Sosik, H., Devred, E., Karp-Boss, L., Picheral, M., Poulton, N., Roesler, C., and Shepherd, A.. 2021: Standards and practices for reporting plankton and other particle observations from images. 38pp. DOI: 10.1575/1912/27377.

Baldry, K. (ed.) (2021) Biogeochemical Argo Cheat Sheets: Data distribution; Quality control and GDAC; Chlorophyll-a; Optical backscatter; pH; Irradiance; Oxygen; Nitrate. Hobart, Tasmania, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, 8pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-981

Wynn-Edwards, C.A.; Davies, D.M.; Shadwick, E.H. and Trull, T.W. (2020) Southern Ocean Time Series. SOTS Quality assessment and control report. Sediment trap particle fluxes Version 1.0. 1997-2018. Hobart, Australia.CSIRO, 70pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.26198/5dfad21358a8d 

Gorsky, G,; Bourdin G.; Lombard F.; et al (2019) Expanding Tara Oceans Protocols for Underway, Ecosystemic Sampling of the Ocean-Atmosphere Interface During Tara Pacific Expedition (2016–2018). Frontiers in Marine Science, 6: 750, 20pp. DOI:10.3389/fmars.2019.00750

Evers-King, H,; Martinez-Vicente, V.; Brewin, R.J.W. et al (2017) Validation and Intercomparison of Ocean Color Algorithms for Estimating Particulate Organc Carbon in the Oceans. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4:251, 20pp. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00251

Boss, E.; Taylor, L.; Gilbert, S.; Gundersen, K.; Hawley, N.; Janzen, C.; Johengen, T.; Purcell, H.; Robertson, C.; Schar, D.; Smith, G.J. and Tamburri, M. (2009) Comparison of inherent optical properties as a surrogate for particulate matter concentration in coastal waters. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 7, pp.803-810. 9pp. (ACTVS803-810). http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-358

Astor, Y.M., Lorenzoni, L. and Scranton, M. (eds) (2013) Handbook of Methods for the Analysis of Oceanographic Parameters at the CARIACO Time-series Station: Cariaco Time Series Study. Caracas, Venezuela, Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, 178pp. (Serie Ciencia y Tecnología N° 12); http://hdl.handle.net/11329/384 

Woo, L.M. (2019) Ocean Glider delayed mode QA/QC best practice manual, Version 2.1. Hobart, Australia, Integrated Marine Observing System, 59pp. DOI: 10.26198/5c997b5fdc9bd

Davies, C. and Sommerville, E. (eds) (2017) National Reference Stations Biogeochemical Operations Manual Version 3.3. Hobart, Australia, Integrated Marine Observing System, 62pp. DOI:10.26198/5c4a56f2a8ae3

Thomalla, S.J.; Ogunkoya, A.G.; Vichi, M, and Swart, S. (2017) Using Optical Sensors on Gliders to Estimate Phytoplankton Carbon Concentrations and Chlorophyll-to-Carbon Ratios in the Southern Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4:34, 19pp. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00034

Lorenzoni, L., M. Telszewski, H. Benway, A. P. Palacz (Eds.), 2017. A user's guide for selected autonomous biogeochemical sensors. An outcome from the 1^st IOCCP International Sensors Summer Course.IOCCP Report No. 2/2017, 83 pp. 

2019 IOCCP & BONUS INTEGRAL Sensors Training Course:

Combining remote sensing and in situ biogeochemical observations - lecture by Giorgio Dall'Olmo (PML, UK)

PDF + video lecture available from HERE

Modeling for best observation design - lecture by Véronique Garçon (LEGOS, France)

PDF + video lecture available from HERE

"Smart" data extrapolation - lecture and practical by Peter Landschützer (MPI, Germany)

PDF + video lecture available from HERE

From surface measurements to ocean-atmosphere fluxes - lecture by Jamie Shutler (Uni Exeter, UK), practicals by Tom Holding and Ian Ashton (Uni Exeter, UK)

PDF + video lecture + FluxEngine materials available from HERE

GODAE OceanView International Summer School 2017

https://www.godae-oceanview.org/outreach/education-training/gov-summer-school-2017/

The FluxEngine air–sea gas flux toolbox

Holding, Ashton, Shutler et al. (2019); https://os.copernicus.org/articles/15/1707/2019/os-15-1707-2019.html

ESMValTool - community diagnostic and performance metrics tool for routine evaluation of Earth system models in CMIP

https://www.esmvaltool.org/

 (in progress)

Chai, F., Johnson, K.S., Claustre, H. et al. (2020) Monitoring ocean biogeochemistry with autonomous platforms. Nat Rev Earth Environ 1, 315–326. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-020-0053-y 

IOCCG (2020) Synergy between Ocean Colour and Biogeochemical/Ecosystem Models. (ed. Dutkiewicz, S.) Dartmouth, NS, Canada, International Ocean-Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG), 184pp. (Reports of the International Ocean-Colour Coordinating Group, No. 19). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-711

Chassignet, E. P., A. Pascual, J. Tintoré, and J. Verron (Eds.). (2018). New Frontiers in Operational Oceanography. GODAE OceanView, 815pp, https://doi.org/10.17125/gov2018 

Wood et al. (2018). Synthesis of Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs): Report describing the robust results obtained from across the models. EU H2020 AtlantOS Deliverable Report D1.5.; https://www.atlantos-h2020.eu/download/deliverables/AtlantOS_D1.5.pdf

Verrier et al. (2019). Optimal design of regional sampling based on OSSEs. EU H2020 AtlantOS Deliverable Report D1.5.; https://www.atlantos-h2020.eu/download/deliverables/AtlantOS_D5.4.pdf

Below is a selection of potentially relevant best practice documents available from the Ocean Best Practices System (OBPS) Repository. For complete and up to date results please visit the repository (https://www.oceanbestpractices.org/repository/).

Baldry, K. (ed.) (2021) Biogeochemical Argo Cheat Sheets: Data distribution; Quality control and GDAC; Chlorophyll-a; Optical backscatter; pH; Irradiance; Oxygen; Nitrate. Hobart, Tasmania, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, 8pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-981

Best Practices in Ocean Observing, Frontiers in Marine Science Research Topic

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/7173/best-practices-in-ocean-observing

OceanObs'19 Community White Papers

Benway HM, Lorenzoni L, White AE, Fiedler B, Levine NM, Nicholson DP, DeGrandpre MD, Sosik HM, Church MJ, O’Brien TD, Leinen M, Weller RA, Karl DM, Henson SA and Letelier RM (2019) Ocean Time Series Observations of Changing Marine Ecosystems: An Era of Integration, Synthesis, and Societal Applications. Front. Mar. Sci. 6:393. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00393

Smith LM, Yarincik K, Vaccari L, Kaplan MB, Barth JA, Cram GS, Fram JP, Harrington M, Kawka OE, Kelley DS, Matthias P, Newhall K, Palanza M, Plueddemann AJ, Vardaro MF, White SN and Weller RA (2019) Lessons Learned From the United States Ocean Observatories Initiative. Front. Mar. Sci. 5:494. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00494

Other publications

Sutton, A., and J. A. Newton (2020), Reaching consensus on assessments of ocean acidification trends, Eos, 101, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EO150944. Published on 29 October 2020.

• Muller-Karger, F., et al. (2019), The Scientific Legacy of the CARIACO Ocean Time-Series Program, Annual Review of Marine Science 11:1, pp. 413-437, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-010318-095150
  

   

• Neuer, S., et al. (2017), Monitoring ocean change in the 21st century, Eos, 98, https://doi.org/10.1029/2017EO080045
  

   

• What are Marine Ecological Time Series telling us about the ocean? A status report. IOC Technical Series no. 129, 2017
  • report website: http://igmets.net/2017/report
  • report (full)

     

• Bates et al. (2014): A time-series view of changing ocean chemistry due to ocean uptake of anthropogenic CO₂ and ocean acidification.
  

   

• Improving Intercomparability of Marine Biogeochemical Time Series, 2013 EOS Report
  

   

• Sea change: Charting the course for biogeochemical ocean time-series research in a new millennium, 2013 DSR article
• Changing Times: An International Ocean Biogeochemical Time-Series Workshop, 2008 Report

Global Intercomparability in a Changing Ocean: An International Time-Series Methods Workshop, 2013 Report

FixO3 Handbook of Best Practices Manual

Lorenzoni, L., M. Telszewski, H. Benway, A. P. Palacz (Eds.), 2017. A user's guide for selected autonomous biogeochemical sensors. An outcome from the 1^st IOCCP International Sensors Summer Course.IOCCP Report No. 2/2017, 83 pp.