@Article{essd-2026-539,
AUTHOR = {Salem, S. I. and Valente, A. and Sathyendranath, S. and Chuprin, A. and Renard, T. and Pitarch, J. and Airs, R. and Ana, M. and Angelico, M.-M. and Antoine, D. and Arnone, R. and Artuso, F. and Oliveira, P. O. and Balch, W. and Barker, K. and Barlow, R. and B\'elanger, S. and Bellacicco, M. and Berthon, J.-F. and Be\c{s}iktepe, \c{S}. and Bignami, F. and Borsheim, Y. and Bracher, A. and Braga, F. and Brando, V. and Brewin, R. J. W. and Brotas, V. and Canuti, E. and Chavez, F. P. and Cianca, A. and Claustre, H. and Clementson, L. and Colella, S. and Costa, R. and Nunes, C. and Crout, R. and Devred, E. and Di Cicco, A. and Falcini, F. and Farace, I. and Ferreira, A. and Freeman, S. and Frouin, R. and Garc\'{\i}a-Soto, C. and Giardina, I. and Gibb, S. W. and Gleason, A. and Goericke, R. and Gould, R. and Grant, M. and Guillocheau, N. and Higa, H. and Hooker, S. B. and Hu, C. and Ishizaka, J. and Jackson, T. and Kahru, M. and Kampel, M. and Kim, B. and Klein, H. and Kowalczuk, P. and Kratzer, S. and Kudela, R. and Lai, A. and Lavezza, R. and Ledesma, J. and Lee, H. and Lohrenz, S. and Loisel, H. and Lutz, V. and Mannino, A. and Margiotta, F. and Martinez-Vicente, V. and Marullo, S. and Massi, L. and Matrai, P. and Matsuoka, A. and McKee, D. and Melillo, C. and Mendes, C. B. and Mitchell, B. G. and Moisan, T. and Montes, E. and Muller-Karger, F. and Neeley, A. and Novak, M. and O'Dowd, L. and Ondrusek, M. and Organelli, E. and Park, H. and Platt, T. and Polonelli, F. and Poulton, A. and Ragni, M. and Repecaud, M. and Ribera d'Alcal\`a, M. and Rodriguez-Ramos, T. and R\"ottgers, R. and Ruiz-Villarreal, M. and Sammartino, M. and Santoleri, R. and Scarpa, G. M. and Schroeder, T. and Segura, V. and Smyth, T. and Smythe-Wright, D. and Sosik, H. M. and Sto\'n-Egiert, J. and Taberner, M. and Tan, J. and Thomas, R. and Thomas, C. and Tilstone, G. and Tracana, A. and Twardowski, M. and Vellucci, V. and Volpe, G. and Voss, K. and Werdell, J. and Wernand, M. and Wojtasiewicz, B. and Wright, S. and Yang, S. and Zibordi, G. and Zoffoli, M. L. and Groom, S.},
TITLE = {A compilation of global bio-optical \textit{in situ} data for ocean-colour satellite applications -- version four},
JOURNAL = {Earth System Science Data Discussions},
VOLUME = {2026},
YEAR = {2026},
PAGES = {1--99},
URL = {https://essd.copernicus.org/preprints/essd-2026-539/},
DOI = {10.5194/essd-2026-539}
}