Charting the ocean's hidden dimension: Lidar advancements in quantifying marine ecosystems and the carbon cycle (IMAGE)

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Charting the ocean's hidden dimension: Lidar advancements in quantifying marine ecosystems and the carbon cycle

Caption

  • Ocean life and carbon cycles occur in deep water, hidden from traditional surface-viewing satellites.
  • Spaceborne high-spectral-resolution lidar (HSRL) accurately maps this hidden vertical structure.
  • Combining HSRL, satellite imagers, and Biogeochemical-Argo (BGC-Argo) floats creates a 3D view.
  • These data build an ocean digital twin to predict climate responses and guide sustainable management.

Credit

Chen P., Zhang Z., Zhang S., et al., (2026). Charting the ocean's hidden dimension: Lidar advancements in quantifying marine ecosystems and the carbon cycle. The Innovation 7(11), 101436.

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