The quarterly IOCCG News Bulletin (August 2026 edition) is out now. Read about the IOCCG-30 Committee Meeting in Japan, and lots of news items from agencies and partner organizations ioccg.org/2026/08/aug-...

August 2026 News - IOCCG

News it out! Read updates from the IOCCG-30 Meeting, on IOCCG training activities, and lots of news from space agencies and the community!

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New Online Training Series: Observing Marine Ecosystem Structure & Function: From Microbial Communities to Fisheries & Human Health, hosted by the Trevor Platt Science Foundation. 7 July – 29 September. 13 weekly 2-hour webinars. Read more and register here: trevorfoundation.org/symposium/#o...

Postdoctoral Position in Lidar Applications to Ocean Colour, Laboratory of Oceanology and Geosciences (Wimereux, France) with Cedric Jamet. Read more and apply here: ioccg.org/resources/em...

Employment Opportunities - IOCCG

Employment and research opportunities in aquatic remote sensing

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Read the newest publication from the 2025 IOCCG Platt Scholar, R Chandra Sekhar Naik: An Absorption-Based Bio-Optical Framework for Phytoplankton Size Class Retrieval in the Arabian Sea. Naik et al. 2026 doi.org/10.3390/rs18...

Postdoctoral Fellow opportunity in Ocean Optics Scattering Instrumentation at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI), Florida Atlantic University, FL, USA Apply by 1 July 2026 ioccg.org/resources/em...

Only a few days left to apply: PhD Position in Space Research and Technology, Tartu Observatory, University of Tartu, Estonia, to work on Methods, Traceability, and Validation of In-Water Ocean Colour Measurements Apply by 15 May 2026 ioccg.org/resources/em...

Postdoctoral position in ocean colour remote sensing, plankton biodiversity and machine learning, Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG), Wimereux, Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, France. Apply by 6 June 2026 ioccg.org/resources/em...

A legacy of marine science: PML’s Professor Shubha Sathyendranath MBE has been awarded the 2026 Nansen Polar Bear Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to environmental research. Discover highlights from her incredible career - spanning nearly 50 years 👇 pml.ac.uk/news/pmls-pr...

PML’s Professor Shubha Sathyendranath MBE awarded prestigious Nansen Polar Bear Award

A legacy of marine science: PML’s Professor Shubha Sathyendranath MBE has been awarded the 2026 Nansen Polar Bear Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to environmental research

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Congrats to IOCCG Chair, Dr. Shubha Sathyendranath, on the 2026 Nansen Polar Bear Award! It is presented to someone who makes an outstanding contribution to environmental research, with emphasis on using remote sensing! credit for video highlight: @esa.int @pml.ac.uk youtu.be/fTtra7jg8jM?...

Ocean colour – a window into marine life

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The May 2026 IOCCG News Bulletin is now out. Read about the release of IOCCG Report 22, the 27 new community recommendations generated from IOCS-2025, new release of HyperCP, CopernicusLAC Chile's new coastal monitoring platform, mission and agency updates, and more! ioccg.org/2026/05/may-...

May 2026 News - IOCCG

IOCCG May news is out! 27 new community recommendations from IOCS-2025, new release of HyperCP, updates, open positions, and more!

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#OnThisDay in 2003, EUMETSAT hosted the first International Ocean Colour Science meeting with NASA. It's just one example of our growing role in marine science over our 40 year history, including the founding of the @osi-saf.eumetsat.int in 1997 and joining the Jason-2 mission in 2003. #EUMETSAT40

4 fellowships at CNR-ISMAR in Rome, Italy, supervised by Dr. Vittorio Brando. Fellows will be involved in optical and satellite operational oceanography projects at CNR-ISMAR in Rome. Must have professional and/or doctoral research experience. Apply by 28 February ioccg.org/resources/em...

Announcing the 2026 IOCCG Platt Scholar B Goutami, Xim University, who will work with Dr. Gemma Kulk @pml.ac.uk on Satellite-Based Assessment of Phytoplankton Phenology as an Indicator of Ecosystem Resilience in Coastal and Estuarine Environments. Congrats! Read more ioccg.org/2026/02/feb-...

The latest IOCCG News Bulletin is now out! It is packed with updates from the agencies, the Proceedings of IOCS-2025, information on new IOCCG Reports, invitations to community surveys, reminders about upcoming events, and much more! ioccg.org/2026/02/feb-...

Feb 2026 News - IOCCG

Read updates from space agencies and the community, IOCS-2025 Proceedings, new IOCCG Reports, the next SLS-2026 in July, and much more!

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📢 Invitation for chl-a and IOP community round-robin assessment to identify the best-performing algorithms to be applied to the next version of the ESA OC-CCI ECV. Contribute by emailing details of published algorithm(s) for consideration ASAP. Read the full announcement: ioccg.org/wp-content/u...

Take the community survey on lidar The survey is part of a project dedicated to a spaceborne oceanic profiling lidar mission, to understand potential user needs, and determine parameters and applications that are of most interest to the community. Deadline: 15 March docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Project of lidar space mission

The European Space Agency funded a project on a feasibility study (pre-phase 0) for a spaceborne oceanic profiling lidar mission, coordinated by Cédric Jamet (LOG/ULCO) and involving partners from CNR...

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A draft version of the IOCCG Report: Benthic Reflectance Measurements for Aquatic Applications is now available on the IOCCG website for interactive peer review for a period of 60 days. We welcome your comments on this document by 20 March 2026. ioccg.org/what-we-do/i...

Calling marine EO data users! Applications for 2026 @eumetsat.int Supporting Marine Applications course are now open! Gain hands-on experience accessing/using marine satellite data & co-develop a mini-project idea with us. Collab with @osi-saf.eumetsat.int & DGFI-TUM, see tinyurl.com/EUM-SMA-2026

Congratulations to Chuanmin Hu on his selected as a Fellow of The Oceanography Society! | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Chuanmin Hu selected as Fellow of The Oceanography Society

Professor Chuanmin Hu, of the University of South Florida College of Marine Science’s Optical Oceanography Laboratory, has been elected a Fellow of The Oceanography Society (TOS), one of th...

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Congratulations to Zhongping Lee on his selection as the 2026 Nils Gunnar Jerlov Medal Recipient! | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release... and tos.org/jerlov-medal

Zhongping Lee awarded the Nils Gunnar Jerlov Medal

The Oceanography Society has selected Dr. Zhongping Lee of Xiamen University as the recipient of the 2026 Nils Gunnar Jerlov Medal, recognizing his transformative contributions to understanding how li...

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We're back! The 7th IOCCG Summer Lecture Series, scheduled for 5–19 July 2026 in Venice, Italy, will be hosted by the Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR) Italian National Council of Research (CNR) and the Venice International University (VIU). Apply by 15 Feb 2026! ioccg.org/what-we-do/t...