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Dr Victor Martinez-Vicente

Bio-optical oceanographer



Contact Details

+44 (0)1752 633100

vmv19/08/2019 10:33:38@pml.ac.uk

I am a bio-optical oceanographer whose research focuses on understanding the interaction of living and non-living particles with light in the ocean, with the aim of improving the interpretation of ocean colour from space. I have been working at PML since 2002, collecting high quality measurements of optical properties in-situ and under laboratory conditions. This work has been used to develop new remote sensing products such as phytoplankton carbon, to improve detection of Harmful Algal Blooms and to improve the parameterisation of light in data assimilation schemes of ocean colour data into coupled physical-biogeochemical models. The results of this analysis have also been published in a range of peer-reviewed scientific journals. I have also played an active role in both securing and managing international grants and projects.

Recent work is focused on coastal waters, using autonomous platforms to collect data for satellite validation at high spatial resolution to improve detection of harmful algal blooms for aquaculture applications.

Projects

MONOCLE

Multiscale Observation Networks for Optical monitoring of Coastal waters, Lakes and Estuaries (MONOCLE)

Contact: Stefan Simis

Funded by EU H2020, MONOCLE brings together 12 partners from across Europe to create sustainable in situ observation solutions...

REVIVAL

Rehabilitation of Vibrio-infested waters of Lake Vembanad, funded under the India-UK Water Quality programme (REVIVAL)

Contact: Dr Shubha Sathyendranath

Lake Vembanad is the largest body of water in Kerala, India, stretching almost 100km in length and spanning an area of over 2000km2. Its shores are...

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Other key projects

  • ISECA Information system on Eutrophication of our coastal areas. InterregIV Mer-2-Seas. 

Recent publications

  • Warren, MA; Simis, SGH; Martinez-Vicente, V; Poser, K; Bresciani, M; Alikas, K; Spyrakos, E; Giardino, C; Ansper, A. 2019 Assessment of atmospheric correction algorithms for the Sentinel-2A MultiSpectral Imager over coastal and inland waters. Remote Sensing of Environment, 225. 267-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.03.018
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  • Martinez-Vicente, V; Evers-King, H; Roy, S; Kostadinov, T; Tarran, GA; Graff, JR; Brewin, RJW; Dall’Olmo, G; Jackson, T; Hickman, A; Rottgers, R; Krasemann, H; Maranon, E; Platt, T; Sathyendranath, S. 2017 Intercomparison of ocean colour algorithms for picophytoplankton carbon in the ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4. 378, pp. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00378
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  • Evers-King, H; Martinez-Vicente, V; Brewin, RJW; Dall’Olmo, G; Hickman, AE; Jackson, T; Kostadinov, TS; Krasemann, H; Loisel, H; Röttgers, R; Roy, S; Stramski, D; Thomalla, S; Platt, T; Sathyendranath, S. 2017 Validation and Intercomparison of Ocean Color Algorithms for Estimating Particulate Organic Carbon in the Oceans. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00251
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  • Riddick, CAL; Hunter, PD; Tyler, AN; Martinez-Vicente, V; Horváth, H; Kovács, AW; Vörös, L; Preston, T; Présing, M. 2015 Spatial variability of absorption coefficients over a biogeochemical gradient in a large and optically complex shallow lake. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120 (10). 7040-7066. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JC011202
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  • Nechad, B; Ruddick, KG; Schroeder, T; Oubelkheir, K; Blondeau-Patissier, D; Cherukuru, RCN; Brando, VE; Dekker, AG; Clementson, LA; Banks, AC; Maritorena, S; Werdell, J; Sa, C; Brotas, V; Caballero de Frutos, I; Ahn, Y-H; Salama, S; Tilstone, GH; Martinez-Vicente, V; Foley, D; McKibben, M; Nahorniak, J; Peterson, T; Silio-Calzada, A; Röttgers, R; Lee, ZP; Peters, M; Brockmann, C. 2015 CoastColour Round Robin datasets: a database to evaluate the performance of algorithms for the retrieval of water quality parameters in coastal waters.. Earth System Science Data, 7. 319-348. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-7-319-2015
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  • Barnes, MKS; Tilstone, GH; Suggett, DJ; Widdicombe, CE; Bruun, JT; Martinez-Vicente, V; Smyth, TJ. 2015 Temporal variability in total, micro- and nano-phytoplankton primary production at a coastal site in the Western English Channel. Progress in Oceanography, 137. 470-483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.017
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Selected key publications

Martinez-Vicente V., Simis S.G.H., Alegre R., Land P.E., Groom S.B. (2013) Initial results with automated ship-borne reflectance measurements and data processing in near-coastal waters in the Western Channel. Jour. Of Euro. Opt. Soc. Rapid Publications.,8, doi: 10.2971/jeos.2013.13060.

Martinez-Vicente, V., Dall’Olmo, G., Tarran, G., Boss, E., Sathyendranath S. (2013) Optical backscattering is correlated with the phytoplankton carbon across the Atlantic Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 1-5, doi:10.1002/grl.50252.

Martinez-Vicente, V., Tilstone, G. H., Sathyendranath, S., Miller, P., Groom, S. B. (2012) Contributions of phytoplankton and bacteria to the optical backscattering coefficient over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 445, 37-51.


 

Other activities

Editor in Frontiers of Marine Science