Great Barrier Reef HPLC Pigment and Ocean Colour Cruise October 1999

This record contains data collected on the Lady Basten (AIMS cruise code LB2401/99) between 11 and 18 October 1999 from waters in the Great Barrier Reef near Rib Reef, Pandora Reef and Orpheus Island. The data can be used for Ocean Colour sensor validation. Parameters measured are the concentration of chlorophyll and carotenoid pigments and the absorption coefficient for dissolved (CDOM), particulate and detrital or non-algal components of the water column.