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Match-ups between in situ measurements of CDOM absorption coefficients at 412 nm (aCDOM(412)) with that derived from SeaWiFS were examined using two previously reported reflectance band ratio algorithms. Results indicate better performance using the Rrs(510)\/Rrs(555) (Bias = \u22120.045; RMSE = 0.23; SI = 0.49, and R2 = 0.66) than the Rrs(490)\/Rrs(555) reflectance band ratio algorithm. Further, a comparison of aCDOM(412) retrievals using the Rrs(488)\/Rrs(555) for MODIS and Rrs(510)\/Rrs(560) for MERIS reflectance band ratios revealed better CDOM retrievals with MERIS data. Since DOC cannot be measured directly by remote sensors, CDOM as the colored component of DOC is utilized as a proxy to estimate DOC remotely. A seasonal relationship between CDOM and DOC was established for the summer and spring-winter with high correlation for both periods (R2~0.9). Seasonal band ratio empirical algorithms to estimate DOC were thus developed using the relationships between CDOM-Rrs and seasonal CDOM-DOC for SeaWiFS, MODIS and MERIS. Results of match-up comparisons revealed DOC estimates by both MODIS and MERIS to be relatively more accurate during summer time, while both of them underestimated DOC during spring-winter time. A better DOC estimate from MERIS in comparison to MODIS in spring-winter could be attributed to its similarity with the SeaWiFS band ratio CDOM algorithm.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs5031439","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,3,19]],"date-time":"2013-03-19T12:33:57Z","timestamp":1363696437000},"page":"1439-1464","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":82,"title":["Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter and Dissolved Organic Carbon from Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS), Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and MERIS Sensors: Case Study for the Northern Gulf of Mexico"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Nazanin","family":"Tehrani","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,  LA 70803, USA"}]},{"given":"Eurico","family":"D'Sa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,  LA 70803, USA"}]},{"given":"Christopher","family":"Osburn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA"}]},{"given":"Thomas","family":"Bianchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA"}]},{"given":"Blake","family":"Schaeffer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"US EPA Gulf Ecology Division, Gulf Breeze, FL 32561, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,3,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"1649","article-title":"Biogeochemistry of total organic carbon and nitrogen in the Sargasso Sea: Control by convective overturn","volume":"48","author":"Hansell","year":"2001","journal-title":"Deep-Sea Res"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"593","DOI":"10.1038\/nrmicro2386","article-title":"Microbial production of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter: Long-term carbon storage in the global ocean","volume":"8","author":"Jiao","year":"2010","journal-title":"Nat. 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