Dr Shubha Sathyendranath

Dr Shubha Sathyendranath is a scientist in the Remote Sensing Group at Plymouth Marine Laboratory.

Dr Sathyendranath's research interests include ocean colour modelling, spectral characteristics of light penetration underwater, bio-optical properties of phytoplankton, modelling primary production, bio-geochemical cycles in the sea, climate change, biological-physical interactions in the marine system, ecological provinces in the sea, ecological indicators and phytoplantkon functional types.
 

Notable achievements

2023: Dr Shubha Sathyendranath appointed MBE in the King's Birthday Honours
2022: Dr Sathyendranath awarded the Knight of the Order of Cultural Merit
2021: A.G. Huntsman Medal for Dr Shubha Sathyendranath

Key projects

• Primary Production Parameters from Space (ESA Project)
• PAR for Primary Production (ESA Project)

Recent publications

• Kulk, G; Sathyendranath, S; Platt, T; George, G; Suresan, AK; Menon, N; Evers-King, H; Abdulaziz, A; 2023. Using Multi-Spectral Remote Sensing for Flood Mapping: A Case Study in Lake Vembanad, India. Remote Sensing.
• Brewin, RJW; Sathyendranath, S; Kulk, G; Rio, M-H; Concha, J; Bell, TG; Bracher, A; Fichot, C; Frölicher, TL; Gali, M; Hansell, DA; Kostadinov, TS; Mitchell, C; Neeley, AR; Organelli, E; Richardson, K; Rousseaux, CS; Shen, F; Stramski, D; Tzortziou, M; Watson, AJ; Addey, CI; Bellacicco, M; Bouman, H; Carroll, D; Cetinic, I; Dall’Olmo, G; Frouin, R; Hauck, J; Hieronymi, M; Hu, C; Ibello, V; Jonsson, B; Kong, CE; Kovač, Ž; Laine, M; Lauderdale, J; Lavender, S; Livanou, E; Llort, J; Lorinczi, L; Nowicki, M; Pradisty, NA; Psarra, S; Raitsos, DE; Ruescas, AB; Russell, JL; Salisbury, J; Sanders, R; Shutler, JD; Sun, X; Taboada, FG; Tilstone, GH; Wei, X; Woolf, DK; 2023. Ocean carbon from space: Current status and priorities for the next decade. Earth-Science Reviews.
• Phongphattarawat, S; Bouman, HA; Lomas, MW; Sathyendranath, S; Tarran, GA; Ulloa, O; Zubkov, MV; 2023. Ecophysiological basis of spatiotemporal patterns in picophytoplankton pigments in the global ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science.
• Abdulaziz, A; Sathyendranath, S; Vijayakumar, SK; Menon, N; George, G; Kulk, G; Raj, D; Krishna, K; Rajamohananpillai, R; Tharakan, B; Jasmin, C; Vengalil, J; Platt, T; 2023. The Distribution of Fecal Contamination in an Urbanized Tropical Lake and Incidence of Acute Diarrheal Disease. ACS ES&T Water.
• Valente, A; Sathyendranath, S; Brotas, V; Groom, SB; Grant, MG; Jackson, T; Chuprin, A; Taberner, M; Airs, RL; Antoine, D; Arnone, R; Balch, WM; Barker, K; Barlow, R; Bélanger, S; Berthon, J-F; Beşiktepe, Ş; Borsheim, Y; Bracher, A; Brando, V; Brewin, RJW; Canuti, E; Chavez, FP; Cianca, A; Claustre, H; Clementson, LA; Crout, R; Ferreira, AS; Freeman, S; Frouin, R; Garcia-Soto, C; Gibb, SW; Goericke, R; Gould, R; Guillocheau, N; Hooker, SB; Hu, C; Kahru, M; Kampel, M; Klein, H; Kratzer, S; Kudela, R; Ledesma, J; Lohrenz, S; Loisel, H; Mannino, A; Martinez-Vicente, V; Matrai, P; McKee, D; Mitchell, BG; Moisan, T; Montes, E; Muller-Karger, F; Neeley, AR; Novak, M; O'Dowd, L; Ondrusek, M; Platt, T; Poulton, AJ; Repecaud, M; Röttgers, R; Schroeder, T; Smyth, TJ; Smythe-Wright, D; Sosik, HM; Thomas, C; Thomas, R; Tilstone, GH; Tracana, A; Twardowski, M; Vellucci, V; Voss, K; Werdell, J; Wernand, M; Wojtasiewicz, B; Wright, S; Zibordi, G; 2022. A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean colour satellite applications – version three. Earth System Science Data.