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Dr Bob Brewin

Dr Bob Brewin

Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography & UKRI Future Leader Fellow

 R.Brewin@exeter.ac.uk

 Daphne du Maurier 3063

 

Daphne du Maurier Building, University of Exeter,  Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK

Overview

After completing my PhD in marine remote sensing at the University of Plymouth, I worked for eight years as a marine scientist in the remote sensing group at Plymouth Marine Laboratory and for the UK National Centre for Earth Observation. I joined the University of Exeter in 2019 as a lecturer. I am a satellite oceanographer with a keen interest in phytoplankton, optics and citizen science. 

Qualifications

  • PhD in Marine Remote Sensing (University of Plymouth)
  • MSc in Applied Marine Science (University of Plymouth)
  • BSc in Surf Science and Technology (1st class honours, University of Plymouth)

Career

  • 2021-present    Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter, UK & UKRI Future Leader Fellow
  • 2019-2021        Lecturer, University of Exeter, UK
  • 2011-2019        Co-Investigator of NERC’s National Centre for Earth Observation
  • 2014-2019        Senior Scientist, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK 
  • 2010-2014        Scientist, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK 
  • 2008-2010        Associate lecturer and demonstrator at the University of Plymouth, UK.

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Research

Research interests

My research focuses primarily on the use of satellite data for understanding marine biogeochemistry. My interests include: marine optics, marine primary production, marine ecology, bio-optical modelling, and developing algorithms for remote-sensing of phytoplankton groups. I am also interested in using citizen science to expand observations of key environmental indicators, such as water temperature and water quality, in under-sampled regions. I work at global and regional scales, spanning a range of aquatic ecosystems from the lakes to the open ocean, and from tropical to polar waters. I love to spend time in the field.

Research projects

  • 2021-2025 UKRI Future Leader Fellowship. Phytoplankton response to climate change (PRIME) (PI)
  • 2019-2024 Simons Foundation. Processing and Distribution of Hyperspectral Radiometer Data from ​Ships of Opportunity for Monitoring Phytoplankton in the Ocean (PI)
  • 2019-2021 ESA. Biological Pump and Carbon Exchange Processes (BICEP) (Co-I)
  • 2018-2021 NERC. Rehabilitation of Vibrio waters of Vembanad Lake (REVIVAL) (Co-I)
  • 2018-2020 Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS). Optical data modelling and assimilation (OPTIMA) (Co-I)
  • 2017-2021 NERC. Processes influencing Carbon Cycling: Observations of the lower limb of the Antarctic Overturning (PICCOLO). (Co-I)
  • 2017-2019 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Virtual Red Sea Initiative project. (Co-I)
  • 2016-2019 JAXA. Calibration, validation and application of the GCOM-C/SGLI ocean algorithms. (Co-I)
  • 2016-2019 ESA. Atlantic Meridional Transect Fiducial Reference Measurements Campaign (AMT4SentinelFRM and AMT4SATFLUX). (Co-I)
  • 2016-2018 CMEMS. Towards Operational Size-class Chlorophyll Assimilation. (TOSCA) (Co-I).
  • 2014-2016 ESA. Synergistic Exploitation of Hyper-and Multispectral Sentinel-Measurements to Determine Phytoplankton Functional Type (SynSenPFT). (Co-I)
  • 2014-2017 EU FP7-SPACE. Improved monitoring and forecasting of ecological status of European Inland waters (INFORM). (Co-I)
  • 2013-2015 ESA. Post-doctoral Fellowship: Decadal changes in phytoplankton community ecology through remote sensing (DECIPHER). (PI)

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Publications

Journal articles

Wilkinson R, Mleczko M, Brewin RJ, Gaston KJ, Mueller M, Shutler J, Yan X, Anderson K (In Press). Environmental impacts of Earth observation data in the constellation and cloud computing era. Science of the Total Environment Abstract.
Kong CE, Sathyendranath S, Jackson T, Stramski D, Brewin RJW, Kulk G, Jönsson BF, Loisel H, Galí M, Le C, et al (2024). Comparison of ocean-colour algorithms for particulate organic carbon in global ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11 Abstract.
Sathyendranath S, Brewin RJW, Ciavatta S, Jackson T, Kulk G, Jönsson B, Vicente VM, Platt T (2024). Correction to: Ocean Biology Studied from Space (Surveys in Geophysics, (2023), 44, 5, (1287-1308), 10.1007/s10712-023-09805-9). Surveys in Geophysics, 45(2), 603-604. Abstract.
Wei X, Hayes DJ, Li D, Butman DE, Brewin RJW (2024). Fates of Terrigenous Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Gulf of Maine. Environ Sci Technol Abstract.  Author URL.
Brewin RJW, Brewin TG, Bresnahan PJ, Davis K, Sun X, Wilson N, Brunner L, Dall'Olmo G (2024). Lab on a Secchi disk: a prototype open‐source profiling package for low‐cost monitoring in aquatic environments. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Dall’Olmo G (2024). Ocean-colour anomalies quantified by the human eye. Journal of Plankton Research Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Sun X, Aurin DA, Viljoen JJ, Walsh C, Sathyendranath S (2024). Superyachts could support satellite ocean colour validation. Frontiers in Remote Sensing, 5 Abstract.
Anderson K, Brewin RJW, Mleczko MM, Mueller M, Shutler JD, Wilkinson R, Yan X, Gaston KJ (2024). The dark side of Earth observation. Nature Sustainability, 7(3), 224-227.
Gokul EA, Raitsos DE, Brewin RJW, Hoteit I (2023). A singular value decomposition approach for detecting and delineating harmful algal blooms in the Red Sea. Frontiers in Remote Sensing, 4 Abstract.
Sun X, Brewin RJW, Sathyendranath S, Dall’Olmo G, Airs R, Barlow R, Bracher A, Brotas V, Kheireddine M, Lamont T, et al (2023). Coupling ecological concepts with an ocean-colour model: Phytoplankton size structure. Remote Sensing of Environment, 285, 113415-113415.
Cox I, Brewin RJW, Dall'Olmo G, Sheen K, Sathyendranath S, Rasse R, Ulloa O (2023). Distinct habitat and biogeochemical properties of low‐oxygen‐adapted tropical oceanic phytoplankton. Limnology and Oceanography
Gaston KJ, Anderson K, Shutler JD, Brewin RJW, Yan X (2023). Environmental impacts of increasing numbers of artificial space objects. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 21(6), 289-296. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Pitarch J, Dall’Olmo G, van der Woerd HJ, Lin J, Sun X, Tilstone GH (2023). Evaluating historic and modern optical techniques for monitoring phytoplankton biomass in the Atlantic Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10 Abstract.
Barlow R, Lamont T, Viljoen J, Airs R, Brewin R, Tilstone G, Aiken J, Woodward E, Harris C (2023). Latitudinal variability and adaptation of phytoplankton in the Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Marine Systems, 239, 103844-103844.
Sathyendranath S, Brewin RJW, Ciavatta S, Jackson T, Kulk G, Jönsson B, Vicente VM, Platt T (2023). Ocean Biology Studied from Space. Surveys in Geophysics, 44(5), 1287-1308. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Sathyendranath S, Kulk G, Rio M-H, Concha JA, Bell TG, Bracher A, Fichot C, Frölicher TL, Galí M, et al (2023). Ocean carbon from space: Current status and priorities for the next decade. Earth-Science Reviews, 240, 104386-104386.
Pardo S, Tilstone GH, Brewin RJW, Dall'Olmo G, Lin J, Nencioli F, Evers-King H, Casal TGD, Donlon CJ (2023). Radiometric assessment of OLCI, VIIRS, and MODIS using fiducial reference measurements along the Atlantic Meridional Transect. Remote Sensing of Environment, 299, 113844-113844.
Quartly GD, Aiken J, Brewin RJW, Yool A (2023). The link between surface and sub-surface chlorophyll-a in the centre of the Atlantic subtropical gyres: a comparison of observations and models. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10 Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Dall’Olmo G, Gittings J, Sun X, Lange PK, Raitsos DE, Bouman HA, Hoteit I, Aiken J, Sathyendranath S, et al (2022). A Conceptual Approach to Partitioning a Vertical Profile of Phytoplankton Biomass into Contributions from Two Communities. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(4). Abstract.
Valente A, Sathyendranath S, Brotas V, Groom S, Grant M, Jackson T, Chuprin A, Taberner M, Airs R, Antoine D, et al (2022). A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean colour satellite applications – version three. Earth System Science Data, 14(12), 5737-5770.
Bresnahan P, Cyronak T, Brewin RJW, Andersson A, Wirth T, Martz T, Courtney T, Hui N, Kastner R, Stern A, et al (2022). A high-tech, low-cost, Internet of Things surfboard fin for coastal citizen science, outreach, and education. Continental Shelf Research, 242, 104748-104748.
Shu C, Xiu P, Xing X, Qiu G, Ma W, Brewin RJW, Ciavatta S (2022). Biogeochemical Model Optimization by Using Satellite-Derived Phytoplankton Functional Type Data and BGC-Argo Observations in the Northern South China Sea. Remote Sensing, 14(5), 1297-1297. Abstract.
Brotas V, Tarran GA, Veloso V, Brewin RJW, Woodward EMS, Airs R, Beltran C, Ferreira A, Groom SB (2022). Complementary Approaches to Assess Phytoplankton Groups and Size Classes on a Long Transect in the Atlantic Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 Abstract.
Maniaci G, Brewin RJW, Sathyendranath S (2022). Concentration and distribution of phytoplankton nitrogen and carbon in the Northwest Atlantic and Indian Ocean: a simple model with applications in satellite remote sensing. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9 Abstract.
Lin J, Dall'Olmo G, Tilstone G, Brewin R, Vabson V, Ansko I, EVERS-KING H, Casal T, Donlon C (2022). Derivation of uncertainty budgets for continuous above-water radiometric measurements along an Atlantic Meridional Transect. Optics Express, 30, 45648-45675.
Mohd-Shazali SM, Madihah J-S, Ali N, Cheng-Ann C, Brewin RJW, Idris S, Noir PP (2022). Dynamics of absorption properties of CDOM and its composition in Likas estuary, North Borneo, Malaysia. Oceanologia, 64(4), 583-594.
Li M, Sun X, Shen F, Brewin RJW, Zhu Q (2022). Light absorption spectra of naturally mixed phytoplankton assemblages for retrieval of phytoplankton group composition in coastal oceans. Limnology and Oceanography, 67(4), 946-961. Abstract.
McCluskey E, Brewin RJW, Vanhellemont Q, Jones O, Cummings D, Tilstone G, Jackson T, Widdicombe C, Woodward EMS, Harris C, et al (2022). On the Seasonal Dynamics of Phytoplankton Chlorophyll-a Concentration in Nearshore and Offshore Waters of Plymouth, in the English Channel: Enlisting the Help of a Surfer. Oceans, 3(2), 125-146. Abstract.
Theenathayalan V, Sathyendranath S, Kulk G, Menon N, George G, Abdulaziz A, Selmes N, Brewin R, Rajendran A, Xavier S, et al (2022). Regional Satellite Algorithms to Estimate Chlorophyll-a and Total Suspended Matter Concentrations in Vembanad Lake. Remote Sensing, 14(24), 6404-6404. Abstract.
Bruggeman J, Jacobs ZL, Popova E, Sauer WHH, Gornall JM, Brewin RJW, Roberts MJ (2022). The paralarval stage as key to predicting squid catch: Hints from a process-based model. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 202, 105123-105123.
Vanhellemont Q, Brewin RJW, Bresnahan PJ, Cyronak T (2022). Validation of Landsat 8 high resolution Sea Surface Temperature using surfers. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 107650-107650.
Vervatis VD, De Mey-Frémaux P, Ayoub N, Karagiorgos J, Ciavatta S, Brewin RJW, Sofianos S (2021). Assessment of a regional physical–biogeochemical stochastic ocean model. Part 2: Empirical consistency. Ocean Modelling, 160, 101770-101770.
Menon N, George G, Ranith R, Sajin V, Murali S, Abdulaziz A, Brewin RJW, Sathyendranath S (2021). Citizen Science Tools Reveal Changes in Estuarine Water Quality Following Demolition of Buildings. Remote Sensing, 13(9), 1683-1683. Abstract.
George G, Menon NN, Abdulaziz A, Brewin RJW, Pranav P, Gopalakrishnan A, Mini KG, Kuriakose S, Sathyendranath S, Platt T, et al (2021). Citizen Scientists Contribute to Real-Time Monitoring of Lake Water Quality Using 3D Printed Mini Secchi Disks. Frontiers in Water, 3 Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Wimmer W, Bresnahan PJ, Cyronak T, Andersson AJ, Dall’Olmo G (2021). Comparison of a Smartfin with an Infrared Sea Surface Temperature Radiometer in the Atlantic Ocean. Remote Sensing, 13(5), 841-841. Abstract.
Kulk G, Platt T, Dingle J, Jackson T, Jönsson BF, Bouman HA, Babin M, Brewin RJW, Doblin M, Estrada M, et al (2021). Correction: Kulk et al. Primary Production, an Index of Climate Change in the Ocean: Satellite-Based Estimates over Two Decades. Remote Sens. 2020, 12, 826. Remote Sensing, 13(17), 3462-3462. Abstract.
Kulk G, George G, Abdulaziz A, Menon N, Theenathayalan V, Jayaram C, Brewin RJW, Sathyendranath S (2021). Effect of Reduced Anthropogenic Activities on Water Quality in Lake Vembanad, India. Remote Sensing, 13(9), 1631-1631. Abstract.
Gittings JA, Raitsos DE, Brewin RJW, Hoteit I (2021). Links between Phenology of Large Phytoplankton and Fisheries in the Northern and Central Red Sea. Remote Sensing, 13(2), 231-231. Abstract.
Dall'Olmo G, Nencioli F, Jackson T, Brewin RJW, Gittings JA, Raitsos DE (2021). Ocean Lagrangian Trajectories (OLTraj): Lagrangian analysis for non-expert users. Open Research Europe, 1, 117-117. Abstract.
Kheireddine M, Brewin RJW, Ouhssain M, Jones BH (2021). Particulate Scattering and Backscattering in Relation to the Nature of Particles in the Red Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126(4). Abstract.
Tilstone GH, Pardo S, Dall'Olmo G, Brewin RJW, Nencioli F, Dessailly D, Kwiatkowska E, Casal T, Donlon C (2021). Performance of Ocean Colour Chlorophyll a algorithms for Sentinel-3 OLCI, MODIS-Aqua and Suomi-VIIRS in open-ocean waters of the Atlantic. Remote Sensing of Environment, 260, 112444-112444.
Papagiannopoulos N, Raitsos D, Krokos G, Gittings J, Brewin R, Papadopoulos V, Pavlidou A, Selmes N, Groom S, Hoteit I, et al (2021). Phytoplankton Biomass and the Hydrodynamic Regime in NEOM, Red Sea. Remote Sensing, 13(11), 2082-2082. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Sathyendranath S, Platt T, Bouman H, Ciavatta S, Dall'Olmo G, Dingle J, Groom S, Jönsson B, Kostadinov TS, et al (2021). Sensing the ocean biological carbon pump from space: a review of capabilities, concepts, research gaps and future developments. Earth-Science Reviews, 217, 103604-103604.
Choi JK, Noh JH, Brewin RJW, Sun X, Lee CM (2020). A study on the application of GOCI to analyzing phytoplankton community distribution in the east sea. Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, 36(6-11), 1339-1348. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Cyronak T, Bresnahan PJ, Andersson AJ, Richard J, Hammond K, Billson O, de Mora L, Jackson T, Smale D, et al (2020). Comparison of Two Methods for Measuring Sea Surface Temperature When Surfing. Oceans, 1(1), 6-26. Abstract.
von Schuckmann K, Le Traon PY, Smith N, Pascual A, Djavidnia S, Gattuso JP, Grégoire M, Nolan G, Aaboe S, Fanjul EÁ, et al (2020). Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 4. Journal of Operational Oceanography, 13(S1), S1-S172.
Organelli E, Dall’Olmo G, Brewin RJW, Nencioli F, Tarran GA (2020). Drivers of spectral optical scattering by particles in the upper 500 m of the Atlantic Ocean. Optics Express, 28(23), 34147-34147. Abstract.
Skákala J, Bruggeman J, Brewin RJW, Ford DA, Ciavatta S (2020). Improved Representation of Underwater Light Field and its Impact on Ecosystem Dynamics: a Study in the North Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125(7). Abstract.
Schmidt K, Birchill AJ, Atkinson A, Brewin RJW, Clark JR, Hickman AE, Johns DG, Lohan MC, Milne A, Pardo S, et al (2020). Increasing picocyanobacteria success in shelf waters contributes to long‐term food web degradation. Global Change Biology, 26(10), 5574-5587. Abstract.
Kulk G, Platt T, Dingle J, Jackson T, Jönsson B, Bouman H, Babin M, Brewin R, Doblin M, Estrada M, et al (2020). Primary Production, an Index of Climate Change in the Ocean: Satellite-Based Estimates over Two Decades. Remote Sensing, 12(5), 826-826. Abstract.
Lange PK, Jeremy Werdell P, Erickson ZK, Dall’Olmo G, Brewin RJW, Zubkov MV, Tarran GA, Bouman HA, Slade WH, Craig SE, et al (2020). Radiometric approach for the detection of picophytoplankton assemblages across oceanic fronts. Optics Express, 28(18), 25682-25682. Abstract.
Sathyendranath S, Platt T, Kovac Z, Dingle J, Jackson T, Brewin RJW, Franks P, Maranon E, Kulk G, Bouman HA, et al (2020). Reconciling models of primary production and photoacclimation. Applied Optics, 59(10), C100-C114.
Hoteit I, Abualnaja Y, Afzal S, Ait-El-Fquih B, Akylas T, Antony C, Dawson C, Asfahani K, Brewin RJW, Cavaleri L, et al (2020). Towards an End-to-End Analysis and Prediction System for Weather, Climate, and Marine Applications in the Red Sea. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 1-61. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Brewin TG, Phillips J, Rose S, Abdulaziz A, Wimmer W, Sathyendranath S, Platt T (2019). A printable device for measuring clarity and colour in lake and nearshore waters. Sensors, 19(4). Abstract.
Sathyendranath S, Brewin R, Brockmann C, Brotas V, Calton B, Chuprin A, Cipollini P, Couto A, Dingle J, Doerffer R, et al (2019). An Ocean-Colour Time Series for Use in Climate Studies: the Experience of the Ocean-Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI). Sensors, 19(19), 4285-4285. Abstract.
Ciavatta S, Kay S, Brewin RJW, Cox R, Di Cicco A, Nencioli F, Polimene L, Sammartino M, Santoleri R, Skákala J, et al (2019). Ecoregions in the Mediterranean Sea Through the Reanalysis of Phytoplankton Functional Types and Carbon Fluxes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124(10), 6737-6759. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Morán XAG, Raitsos DE, Gittings JA, Calleja ML, Viegas M, Ansari MI, Al-Otaibi N, Huete-Stauffer TM, Hoteit I, et al (2019). Factors Regulating the Relationship Between Total and Size-Fractionated Chlorophyll-a in Coastal Waters of the Red Sea. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10
Bellacicco M, Cornec M, Organelli E, Brewin RJW, Neukermans G, Volpe G, Barbieux M, Poteau A, Schmechtig C, D'Ortenzio F, et al (2019). Global Variability of Optical Backscattering by Non-algal particles from a Biogeochemical-Argo Data Set. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(16), 9767-9776. Abstract.
Lamont T, Barlow RG, Brewin RJW (2019). Long-Term Trends in Phytoplankton Chlorophyll <i>a</i> and Size Structure in the Benguela Upwelling System. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 124(2), 1170-1195.  Author URL.
De Mey-Frémaux P, Ayoub N, Barth A, Brewin R, Charria G, Campuzano F, Ciavatta S, Cirano M, Edwards CA, Federico I, et al (2019). Model-observations synergy in the coastal ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6(JUL). Abstract.
Pitarch J, van der Woerd HJ, Brewin RJW, Zielinski O (2019). Optical properties of Forel-Ule water types deduced from 15 years of global satellite ocean color observations. Remote Sensing of Environment, 231 Abstract.
Gittings JA, Brewin RJW, Raitsos DE, Kheireddine M, Ouhssain M, Jones BH, Hoteit I (2019). Remotely sensing phytoplankton size structure in the Red Sea. Remote Sensing of Environment, 234, 111387-111387.
Groom S, Sathyendranath S, Ban Y, Bernard S, Brewin R, Brotas V, Brockmann C, Chauhan P, Choi J-K, Chuprin A, et al (2019). Satellite Ocean Colour: Current Status and Future Perspective. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6
Brewin RJW, Ciavatta S, Sathyendranath S, Skákala J, Bruggeman J, Ford D, Platt T (2019). The Influence of Temperature and Community Structure on Light Absorption by Phytoplankton in the North Atlantic. Sensors, 19(19), 4182-4182. Abstract.
Sun X, Shen F, Brewin RJW, Liu D, Tang R (2019). Twenty‐Year Variations in Satellite‐Derived Chlorophyll‐a and Phytoplankton Size in the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124(12), 8887-8912. Abstract.
Ciavatta S, Brewin RJW, Skakala J, Polimene L, de Mora L, Artioli Y, Allen JI (2018). Assimilation of Ocean-Color Plankton Functional Types to Improve Marine Ecosystem Simulations. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 123(2), 834-854.  Author URL.
von Schuckmann K, Le Traon PY, Smith N, Pascual A, Brasseur P, Fennel K, Djavidnia S, Aaboe S, Fanjul EA, Autret E, et al (2018). Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report. Journal of Operational Oceanography, 11(sup1), S1-S142.
Curran K, Brewin RJW, Tilstone GH, Bouman HA, Hickman A (2018). Estimation of size-fractionated primary production from satellite ocean colour in UK shelf seas. Remote Sensing, 10(9). Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Smale DA, Moore PJ, Dall'Olmo G, Miller PI, Taylor BH, Smyth TJ, Fishwick JR, Yang M (2018). Evaluating operational AVHRR sea surface temperature data at the coastline using benthic temperature loggers. Remote Sensing, 10(6). Abstract.
Corredor-Acosta A, Morales CE, Brewin RJW, Auger PA, Pizarro O, Hormazabal S, Anabalón V (2018). Phytoplankton size structure in association with mesoscale Eddies off Central-Southern Chile: the satellite application of a phytoplankton size-class model. Remote Sensing, 10(6). Abstract.
Lange PK, Brewin RJW, Dall'Olmo G, Tarran GA, Sathyendranath S, Zubkov M, Bouman HA (2018). Scratching beneath the surface: a model to predict the vertical distribution of Prochlorococcus using remote sensing. Remote Sensing, 10(6). Abstract.
Lamont T, Brewin RJW, Barlow RG (2018). Seasonal variation in remotely-sensed phytoplankton size structure around southern Africa. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 204, 617-631.  Author URL.
Skákala J, Ford D, Brewin RJW, McEwan R, Kay S, Taylor B, de Mora L, Ciavatta S (2018). The Assimilation of Phytoplankton Functional Types for Operational Forecasting in the Northwest European Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(8), 5230-5247. Abstract.
Organelli E, Dall’Olmo G, Brewin RJW, Tarran GA, Boss E, Bricaud A (2018). The open-ocean missing backscattering is in the structural complexity of particles. Nature Communications, 9(1). Abstract.
Lamont T, Barlow RG, Brewin RJW (2018). Variations in remotely-sensed phytoplankton size structure of a cyclonic eddy in the southwest Indian Ocean. Remote Sensing, 10(7). Abstract.
Mouw CB, Hardman-Mountford NJ, Alvain S, Bracher A, Brewin RJW, Bricaud A, Ciotti AM, Devred E, Fujiwara A, Hirata T, et al (2017). A consumer's guide to satellite remote sensing of multiple phytoplankton groups in the global ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4(FEB). Abstract.
Aiken J, Brewin RJW, Dufois F, Polimene L, Hardman-Mountford NJ, Jackson T, Loveday B, Hoya SM, Dall'Olmo G, Stephens J, et al (2017). A synthesis of the environmental response of the North and South Atlantic Sub-Tropical Gyres during two decades of AMT. Progress in Oceanography, 158, 236-254. Abstract.
Meyssignac B, Piecuch CG, Merchant CJ, Racault M-F, Palanisamy H, MacIntosh C, Sathyendranath S, Brewin R (2017). Causes of the Regional Variability in Observed Sea Level, Sea Surface Temperature and Ocean Colour over the Period 1993-2011. SURVEYS IN GEOPHYSICS, 38(1), 187-215.  Author URL.
Losa SN, Soppa MA, Dinter T, Wolanin A, Robert RJ, Bricaud A, Oelker J, Peeken I, Gentili B, Rozanov V, et al (2017). Corrigendum: Synergistic exploitation of hyper- and multi-spectral precursor sentinel measurements to determine phytoplankton functional types (SynSenPFT) [Front. Mar. Sci,(203),4] DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00203. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4(AUG). Abstract.
Dall’Olmo G, Brewin RJW, Nencioli F, Organelli E, Lefering I, McKee D, Röttgers R, Mitchell C, Boss E, Bricaud A, et al (2017). Determination of the absorption coefficient of chromophoric dissolved organic matter from underway spectrophotometry. Optics Express, 25(24), A1079-A1095. Abstract.
Smyth T, Quartly G, Jackson T, Tarran G, Woodward M, Harris C, Gallienne C, Thomas R, Airs R, Cummings D, et al (2017). Determining Atlantic Ocean province contrasts and variations. PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 158, 19-40.  Author URL.
Brewin RJW, de Mora L, Billson O, Jackson T, Russell P, Brewin TG, Shutler JD, Miller PI, Taylor BH, Smyth TJ, et al (2017). Evaluating operational AVHRR sea surface temperature data at the coastline using surfers. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 196, 276-289.
Brewin RJW, Hyder K, Andersson AJ, Billson O, Bresnahan PJ, Brewin TG, Cyronak T, Dall'Olmo G, Mora LD, Graham G, et al (2017). Expanding aquatic observations through recreation. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4(NOV). Abstract.
Racault MF, Sathyendranath S, Brewin RJW, Raitsos DE, Jackson T, Platt T (2017). Impact of El Niño variability on oceanic phytoplankton. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4(MAY). Abstract.
Kostadinov TS, Cabré A, Vedantham H, Marinov I, Bracher A, Brewin RJW, Bricaud A, Hirata T, Hirawake T, Hardman-Mountford NJ, et al (2017). Inter-comparison of phytoplankton functional type phenology metrics derived from ocean color algorithms and Earth System Models. Remote Sensing of Environment, 190, 162-177. Abstract.
Martínez-Vicente V, Evers-King H, Roy S, Kostadinov TS, Tarran GA, Graff JR, Brewin RJW, Dall'Olmo G, Jackson T, Hickman AE, et al (2017). Intercomparison of ocean color algorithms for picophytoplankton carbon in the ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4(DEC). Abstract.
Tilstone GH, Lange PK, Misra A, Brewin RJW, Cain T (2017). Micro-phytoplankton photosynthesis, primary production and potential export production in the Atlantic Ocean. Progress in Oceanography, 158, 109-129. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Tilstone GH, Jackson T, Cain T, Miller PI, Lange PK, Misra A, Airs RL (2017). Modelling size-fractionated primary production in the Atlantic Ocean from remote sensing. Progress in Oceanography, 158, 130-149. Abstract.
Bracher A, Bouman HA, Brewin RJW, Bricaud A, Brotas V, Ciotti AM, Clementson L, Devred E, Di Cicco A, Dutkiewicz S, et al (2017). Obtaining phytoplankton diversity from ocean color: a scientific roadmap for future development. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4(MAR). Abstract.
Sathyendranath S, Brewin RJW, Jackson T, Mélin F, Platt T (2017). Ocean-colour products for climate-change studies: What are their ideal characteristics?. Remote Sensing of Environment, 203, 125-138. Abstract.
Hackenberg SC, Andrews SJ, Airs R, Arnold SR, Bouman HA, Brewin RJW, Chance RJ, Cummings D, Dall'Olmo G, Lewis AC, et al (2017). Potential controls of isoprene in the surface ocean. GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES, 31(4), 644-662.  Author URL.
Gittings JA, Raitsos DE, Racault MF, Brewin RJW, Pradhan Y, Sathyendranath S, Platt T (2017). Seasonal phytoplankton blooms in the Gulf of Aden revealed by remote sensing. Remote Sensing of Environment, 189, 56-66. Abstract.
Raitsos DE, Brewin RJW, Zhan P, Dreano D, Pradhan Y, Nanninga GB, Hoteit I (2017). Sensing coral reef connectivity pathways from space. Scientific Reports, 7(1). Abstract.
Losa SN, Soppa MA, Dinter T, Wolanin A, Brewin RJW, Bricaud A, Oelker J, Peeken I, Gentili B, Rozanov V, et al (2017). Synergistic exploitation of hyper- and multi-spectral precursor sentinel measurements to determine phytoplankton functional types (SynSenPFT). Frontiers in Marine Science, 4(JUL). Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Ciavatta S, Sathyendranath S, Jackson T, Tilstone G, Curran K, Airs RL, Cummings D, Brotas V, Organelli E, et al (2017). Uncertainty in ocean-color estimates of chlorophyll for phytoplankton groups. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4(APR). Abstract.
Evers-King H, Martinez-Vicente V, Brewin RJW, Dall'Olmo G, Hickman AE, Jackson T, Kostadinov TS, Krasemann H, Loisel H, Röttgers R, et al (2017). Validation and intercomparison of ocean color algorithms for estimating particulate organic carbon in the oceans. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4(AUG). Abstract.
Brewin RJW, de Mora L, Jackson T, Brewin TG, Shutler J (2016). Correction: on the Potential of Surfers to Monitor Environmental Indicators in the Coastal Zone. PLOS ONE, 11(9).
Dall'Olmo G, Dingle J, Polimene L, Brewin RJW, Claustre H (2016). Substantial energy input to the mesopelagic ecosystem from the seasonal mixed-layer pump. Nature Geoscience, 9(11), 820-823. Abstract.
von Schuckmann K, Le Traon PY, Alvarez-Fanjul E, Axell L, Balmaseda M, Breivik LA, Brewin RJW, Bricaud C, Drevillon M, Drillet Y, et al (2016). The Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service Ocean State Report. Journal of Operational Oceanography, 9, s235-s320. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Dall'Olmo G, Pardo S, van Dongen-Vogels V, Boss ES (2016). Underway spectrophotometry along the Atlantic Meridional Transect reveals high performance in satellite chlorophyll retrievals. Remote Sensing of Environment, 183, 82-97. Abstract.
Brito AC, Sá C, Brotas V, Brewin RJW, Silva T, Vitorino J, Platt T, Sathyendranath S (2015). Effect of phytoplankton size classes on bio-optical properties of phytoplankton in the Western Iberian coast: Application of models. Remote Sensing of Environment, 156, 537-550. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Sathyendranath S, Jackson T, Barlow R, Brotas V, Airs R, Lamont T (2015). Influence of light in the mixed-layer on the parameters of a three-component model of phytoplankton size class. Remote Sensing of Environment, 168, 437-450. Abstract.
Raitsos DE, Yi X, Platt T, Racault MF, Brewin RJW, Pradhan Y, Papadopoulos VP, Sathyendranath S, Hoteit I (2015). Monsoon oscillations regulate fertility of the Red Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(3), 855-862. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, de Mora L, Jackson T, Brewin TG, Shutler J (2015). On the Potential of Surfers to Monitor Environmental Indicators in the Coastal Zone. PLoS ONE, 10(7). Abstract.  Author URL.
Racault MF, Raitsos DE, Berumen ML, Brewin RJW, Platt T, Sathyendranath S, Hoteit I (2015). Phytoplankton phenology indices in coral reef ecosystems: Application to ocean-color observations in the Red Sea. Remote Sensing of Environment, 160, 222-234. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Raitsos DE, Dall'Olmo G, Zarokanellos N, Jackson T, Racault MF, Boss ES, Sathyendranath S, Jones BH, Hoteit I, et al (2015). Regional ocean-colour chlorophyll algorithms for the Red Sea. Remote Sensing of Environment, 165, 64-85. Abstract.
Agirbas E, Martinez-Vicente V, Brewin RJW, Racault MF, Airs RL, Llewellyn CA (2015). Temporal changes in total and size-fractioned chlorophyll-a in surface waters of three provinces in the Atlantic Ocean (September to November) between 2003 and 2010. Journal of Marine Systems, 150, 56-65. Abstract.
Müller D, Krasemann H, Brewin RJW, Brockmann C, Deschamps PY, Doerffer R, Fomferra N, Franz BA, Grant MG, Groom SB, et al (2015). The Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative: I. A methodology for assessing atmospheric correction processors based on in-situ measurements. Remote Sensing of Environment, 162, 242-256. Abstract.
Müller D, Krasemann H, Brewin RJW, Brockmann C, Deschamps PY, Doerffer R, Fomferra N, Franz BA, Grant MG, Groom SB, et al (2015). The Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative: II. Spatial and temporal homogeneity of satellite data retrieval due to systematic effects in atmospheric correction processors. Remote Sensing of Environment, 162, 257-270. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Sathyendranath S, Müller D, Brockmann C, Deschamps PY, Devred E, Doerffer R, Fomferra N, Franz B, Grant M, et al (2015). The Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative: III. A round-robin comparison on in-water bio-optical algorithms. Remote Sensing of Environment, 162, 271-294. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Sathyendranath S, Tilstone G, Lange PK, Platt T (2014). A multicomponent model of phytoplankton size structure. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119(6), 3478-3496. Abstract.
Holt J, Allen JI, Anderson TR, Brewin R, Butenschoen M, Harle J, Huse G, Lehodey P, Lindemann C, Memery L, et al (2014). Challenges in integrative approaches to modelling the marine ecosystems of the North Atlantic: Physics to fish and coasts to ocean. PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 129, 285-313.  Author URL.
Tilstone GH, Miller PI, Brewin RJW, Priede IG (2014). Enhancement of primary production in the North Atlantic outside of the spring bloom, identified by remote sensing of ocean colour and temperature. Remote Sensing of Environment, 146, 77-86. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Mélin F, Sathyendranath S, Steinmetz F, Chuprin A, Grant M (2014). On the temporal consistency of chlorophyll products derived from three ocean-colour sensors. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 97, 171-184. Abstract.
Racault M-F, Platt T, Sathyendranath S, Agirbas E, Vicente VM, Brewin R (2014). Plankton indicators and ocean observing systems: support to the marine ecosystem state assessment. JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH, 36(3), 621-629.  Author URL.
Mckinnon AD, Williams A, Young J, Ceccarelli D, Dunstan P, Brewin RJW, Watson R, Brinkman R, Cappo M, Duggan S, et al (2014). Tropical marginal seas: Priority regions for managing marine biodiversity and ecosystem function. Annual Review of Marine Science, 6, 415-437. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Raitsos DE, Pradhan Y, Hoteit I (2013). Comparison of chlorophyll in the Red Sea derived from MODIS-Aqua and in vivo fluorescence. Remote Sensing of Environment, 136, 218-224. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Sathyendranath S, Lange PK, Tilstone G (2013). Comparison of two methods to derive the size-structure of natural populations of phytoplankton. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 85, 72-79. Abstract.
Brotas V, Brewin RJW, Sá C, Brito AC, Silva A, Mendes CR, Diniz T, Kaufmann M, Tarran G, Groom SB, et al (2013). Deriving phytoplankton size classes from satellite data: Validation along a trophic gradient in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Remote Sensing of Environment, 134, 66-77. Abstract.
Palacz AP, St John MA, Brewin RJW, Hirata T, Gregg WW (2013). Distribution of phytoplankton functional types in high-nitrate, low-chlorophyll waters in a new diagnostic ecological indicator model. BIOGEOSCIENCES, 10(11), 7553-7574.  Author URL.
Hardman-Mountford NJ, Polimene L, Hirata T, Brewin RJW, Aiken J (2013). Impacts of light shading and nutrient enrichment geo-engineering approaches on the productivity of a stratified, oligotrophic ocean ecosystem. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 10(89). Abstract.
Lee Z, Hu C, Shang S, Du K, Lewis M, Arnone R, Brewin R (2013). Penetration of UV-visible solar radiation in the global oceans: Insights from ocean color remote sensing. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 118(9), 4241-4255.  Author URL.
Raitsos DE, Pradhan Y, Brewin RJW, Stenchikov G, Hoteit I (2013). Remote Sensing the Phytoplankton Seasonal Succession of the Red Sea. PLoS ONE, 8(6). Abstract.
Hirata T, Hardman-Mountford N, Brewin RJW (2012). Comparing satellite-based phytoplankton classification methods. Eos, 93(6), 59-60. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Dall'olmo G, Sathyendranath S, Hardman-Mountford NJ (2012). Particle backscattering as a function of chlorophyll and phytoplankton size structure in the open-ocean. Optics Express, 20(16), 17632-17652. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Hirata T, Hardman-Mountford NJ, Lavender SJ, Sathyendranath S, Barlow R (2012). The influence of the Indian Ocean Dipole on interannual variations in phytoplankton size structure as revealed by Earth Observation. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 77-80, 117-127. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Hardman-Mountford NJ, Lavender SJ, Raitsos DE, Hirata T, Uitz J, Devred E, Bricaud A, Ciotti A, Gentili B, et al (2011). An intercomparison of bio-optical techniques for detecting dominant phytoplankton size class from satellite remote sensing. Remote Sensing of Environment, 115(2), 325-339. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Devred E, Sathyendranath S, Lavender SJ, Hardman-Mountford NJ (2011). Model of phytoplankton absorption based on three size classes. Applied Optics, 50(22), 4535-4549. Abstract.
Hirata T, Hardman-Mountford NJ, Brewin RJW, Aiken J, Barlow R, Suzuki K, Isada T, Howell E, Hashioka T, Noguchi-Aita M, et al (2011). Synoptic relationships between surface Chlorophyll-<i>a</i> and diagnostic pigments specific to phytoplankton functional types. BIOGEOSCIENCES, 8(2), 311-327.  Author URL.
Brewin RJW, Lavender SJ, Hardman-Mountford NJ, Hirata T (2010). A spectral response approach for detecting dominant phytoplankton size class from satellite remote sensing. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 29(2), 14-32. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Sathyendranath S, Hirata T, Lavender SJ, Barciela RM, Hardman-Mountford NJ (2010). A three-component model of phytoplankton size class for the Atlantic Ocean. Ecological Modelling, 221(11), 1472-1483. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Lavender SJ, Hardmanmountford NJ (2010). Mapping size-specific phytoplankton primary production on a global scale. Journal of Maps, 6, 448-462. Abstract.
Brewin RJW, Lavender SJ, Hardmanmountford NJ (2010). Mapping size-specific phytoplankton primary production on a global scale. Journal of Maps, 6(sup1), 12-25.
Hirata T, Hardman-Mountford NJ, Barlow R, Lamont T, Brewin R, Smyth T, Aiken J (2009). An inherent optical property approach to the estimation of size-specific photosynthetic rates in eastern boundary upwelling zones from satellite ocean colour: an initial assessment. PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 83(1-4), 393-397.  Author URL.

Chapters

Simon JLE, Brewin RJW, Land PE, Shutler JD (2023). Advancements in Drone Applications for Water Quality Monitoring and the Need for Multispectral and Multi-Sensor Approaches. In  (Ed) Sensing Technologies for Real Time Monitoring of Water Quality, 235-251. Abstract.
Bracher A, Brewin RJW, Ciotti AM, Clementson LA, Hirata T, Kostadinov TS, Mouw CB, Organelli E (2021). Chapter 7: Applications of satellite remote sensing technology to the analysis of phytoplankton community structure on large scales. In Clementson LA, Eriksen RS, Willis A (Eds.) Advances in Phytoplankton Ecology Applications of Emerging Technologies, Elsevier. Abstract.
Sathyendranath S, Platt T, Brewin RJW, Jackson T (2019). Primary Production Distribution. In  (Ed) Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Third Edition: Volume 1-5. Abstract.
Sathyendranath S, Platt T, Brewin RJW, Jackson T (2019). Primary production distribution. In  (Ed) Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, 635-640. Abstract.
Meyssignac B, Piecuch CG, Merchant CJ, Racault M-F, Palanisamy H, MacIntosh C, Sathyendranath S, Brewin R (2017). Causes of the Regional Variability in Observed Sea Level, Sea Surface Temperature and Ocean Colour over the Period 1993–2011. In  (Ed) Integrative Study of the Mean Sea Level and its Components, Springer Nature, 191-219.

Conferences

Rana H, Brewin R, Marais E, Hey JV, Ghent D, Bird R (2022). A Passive Small Satellite Mission for Monitoring Ocean Health. IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium.
Soppa MA, Losa SN, Dinter T, Wolanin A, Bricaud A, Brewein R, Rozanov V, Barcher A (2016). SynSenPFT: Synergistic retrieval of phytoplankton functional\ types from space from hyper-and multispectral measurements. Abstract.
Lee Z, Hu C, Shang S, Du K, Lewis M, Arnone R, Brewin R (2013). Removing the ambiguity associated with the attenuation coefficient products derived from satellite ocean-color measurements. Abstract.

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External Engagement and Impact

Awards

2019      Emeritus Fellowship Plymouth Marine Laboratory
​2018      Remote Sensing Young Investigator Award 2018
2013      European Space Agency post-doctoral research fellowship
2012      Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society award for PhD thesis


Editorial responsibilities

Associate Editor for the Journal of Plankton Research

Editor for the journal Remote Sensing section board "Ocean Remote Sensing"

Guest Editor for Remote Sensing Special issue on "Remote Sensing of Ocean Colour"

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Teaching

  • Remote Sensing
  • Biological Oceanography
  • Field methods in Oceanography

Modules

2024/25


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Office Hours:

My Term 3 student office hours are Monday 15:00-16:00 and Tuesday 12:00-13:00. If you are a student at the University of Exeter and would like to book a 15 minute slot, please add your name(s) to a specific slot listed here Office-Hours-Booking. I will then call you on Microsoft Teams, or if you prefer, you can pop along to my office (DDM 3063).

My office telephone number is 01326 255119

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