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Robert J. W. Brewin

Robert J. W. Brewin

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
52
Citations
8932
World Ranking
4534
National Ranking
347

Overview

Robert J. W. Brewin is a researcher affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Oceanography and related disciplines.

The scientist has published extensively within subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Water Science and Technology. Their research topics cover a range of marine and coastal ecosystem dynamics, marine biology and ecology research, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, marine and fisheries research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, isotope analysis in ecology, and water quality monitoring technologies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert J. W. Brewin include the following:

  • Primary Production, an Index of Climate Change in the Ocean: Satellite-Based Estimates over Two Decades (2020, Remote Sensing)
  • Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 4 (2020, Journal of Operational Oceanography)
  • Increasing picocyanobacteria success in shelf waters contributes to long-term food web degradation (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • Sensing the ocean biological carbon pump from space: A review of capabilities, concepts, research gaps and future developments (2021, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Reconciling models of primary production and photoacclimation [Invited] (2020, Applied Optics)

Frequent co-authors in their research include Giorgio Dall'Olmo, Shubha Sathyendranath, Dionysios E. Raitsos, Gavin H. Tilstone, and Xuerong Sun. This indicates collaboration across multiple projects and studies within the marine and environmental science domains.

Robert J. W. Brewin's publications are most often found in journals such as Remote Sensing, Frontiers in Marine Science, Remote Sensing of Environment, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, and Optics Express. These venues align with their focus on marine ecosystems and environmental monitoring through remote sensing and related technologies.

Best Publications

  • An ocean-colour time series for use in climate studies: The experience of the ocean-colour climate change initiative (OC-CCI)

    Shubha Sathyendranath;Robert J.W. Brewin;Carsten Brockmann;Vanda Brotas

  • Synoptic relationships between surface Chlorophyll- a and diagnostic pigments specific to phytoplankton functional types

    T. Hirata;N. J. Hardman-Mountford;R. J. W. Brewin;R. J. W. Brewin;J. Aiken

  • Remote sensing the phytoplankton seasonal succession of the Red Sea.

    Dionysios E. Raitsos;Yaswant Pradhan;Robert J. W. Brewin;Georgiy L. Stenchikov

  • A three-component model of phytoplankton size class for the Atlantic Ocean

    Robert J.W. Brewin;Shubha Sathyendranath;Takafumi Hirata;Samantha J. Lavender

  • Satellite Ocean Colour: Current Status and Future Perspective

    Steve Groom;Shubha Sathyendranath;Yai Ban;Stewart Bernard

  • Penetration of UV-visible solar radiation in the global oceans: Insights from ocean color remote sensing

    Zhongping Lee;Chuanmin Hu;Shaoling Shang;Keping Du

  • The Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative: III. A round-robin comparison on in-water bio-optical algorithms

    Robert J.W. Brewin;Shubha Sathyendranath;Dagmar Muller;Carsten Brockmann

  • A Consumer's Guide to Satellite Remote Sensing of Multiple Phytoplankton Groups in the Global Ocean

    Colleen B. Mouw;Nick J. Hardman-Mountford;Séverine Alvain;Astrid Bracher;Astrid Bracher

  • Obtaining Phytoplankton Diversity from Ocean Color: A Scientific Roadmap for Future Development.

    Astrid Bracher;Astrid Bracher;Heather A. Bouman;Robert J. W. Brewin;Annick Bricaud;Annick Bricaud

  • An intercomparison of bio-optical techniques for detecting dominant phytoplankton size class from satellite remote sensing

    Robert J.W. Brewin;Nick J. Hardman-Mountford;Samantha J. Lavender;Dionysios E. Raitsos

  • The Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service Ocean State Report

    Karina Von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Enrique Alvarez-Fanjul;Lars Axell

  • Substantial energy input to the mesopelagic ecosystem from the seasonal mixed-layer pump

    Giorgio Dall'Olmo;James Dingle;Luca Polimene;Robert J. W. Brewin

  • Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report

    Karina von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Neville Smith;Ananda Pascual

  • Primary production, an index of climate change in the Ocean: satellite-based estimates over two decades

    Gemma Kulk;Trevor Platt;James Dingle;Thomas Jackson

  • Phytoplankton functional types from Space.

    Shubha. Sathyendranath;Jim Aiken;S. Alvain;R. Barlow

  • Impact of El Niño Variability on Oceanic Phytoplankton

    Marie Fanny Racault;Shubha Sathyendranath;Robert J.W. Brewin;Dionysios E. Raitsos

  • Influence of light in the mixed-layer on the parameters of a three-component model of phytoplankton size class

    Robert J.W. Brewin;Shubha Sathyendranath;Thomas Jackson;Ray Barlow

  • Monsoon oscillations regulate fertility of the Red Sea

    Dionysios E. Raitsos;Dionysios E. Raitsos;Xing Yi;Trevor Platt;Marie‐Fanny Racault

  • Phytoplankton phenology indices in coral reef ecosystems: Application to ocean-color observations in the Red Sea

    Marie-Fanny Racault;Dionysios E. Raitsos;Michael L. Berumen;Michael L. Berumen;Robert J.W. Brewin

  • Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 4

    Karina von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Neville Smith;Ananda Pascual

  • Ocean-colour products for climate-change studies: What are their ideal characteristics?

    S. Sathyendranath;Robert J.W. Brewin;Thomas Jackson;Frédéric Mélin

Frequent Co-Authors

Shubha Sathyendranath
Shubha Sathyendranath Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Dionysios E. Raitsos
Dionysios E. Raitsos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Trevor Platt
Trevor Platt Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Nick J. Hardman-Mountford
Nick J. Hardman-Mountford Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Giorgio Dall'Olmo
Giorgio Dall'Olmo Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Takafumi Hirata
Takafumi Hirata University of Tokyo
Astrid Bracher
Astrid Bracher University of Bremen
Vanda Brotas
Vanda Brotas University of Lisbon
Ibrahim Hoteit
Ibrahim Hoteit King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Gavin H. Tilstone
Gavin H. Tilstone Plymouth Marine Laboratory

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