title: Shedding light on the sea: André Morel's legacy to optical oceanography.
abstract: André Morel (1933-2012) was a prominent pioneer of modern optical oceanography, enabling significant advances in this field. Through his forward thinking and research over more than 40 years, he made key contributions that this field needed to grow and to reach its current status. This article first summarizes his career and then successively covers different aspects of optical oceanography where he made significant contributions, from fundamental work on optical properties of water and particles to global oceanographic applications using satellite ocean color observations. At the end, we share our views on André's legacy to our research field and scientific community.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), Villefranche-sur-Mer 06238, France; email: antoine@obs-vlfr.fr , bricaud@obs-vlfr.fr , gentili@obs-vlfr.fr.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Antoine
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Babin
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Berthon
authors.forename: Annick
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bricaud
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gentili
authors.forename: Hubert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Loisel
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maritorena
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stramski
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D009791:Oceanography / Q000266:history*; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D063809:Satellite Imagery / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D012623:Seawater / Q000737:chemistry*