Bio-optical oceanography is a sub-discipline of oceanography that concerns itself with the physics of light (optics) and its interaction with biological and biogeochemical processes in the ocean. Bio-optical oceanography is the foundation upon which ocean color remote sensing is based, and its scope includes the biology of primary productivity and photosynthesis, the physics of radiative transfer, and the biogeochemistry of carbon and other elements in the ocean.

Tim Moore Research Scientist Ph.D. University of New Hampshire

Joe Salisbury Research Assistant Professor Ph.D. University of New Hampshire