海洋有机碳的储量与大气CO2量相当，在海洋碳循环过程中起到中枢作用。目前航船采样分析效率低、成本高，不能满足全球尺度、动态观测的需求。建立遥感-在线相结合的海洋有机碳库立体动态光学观测技术与系统，对阐明全球海洋碳库立体分布格局与成因，科学评估全球碳循环、海洋碳汇潜力、气候变化趋势至关重要。
代表性论文：
(1) Yan, M. et al., A novel method to dynamically observe the three-dimensional global oceanic dissolved organic carbon reservoir, Research Square. Doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2357170/v1 (2023).
(2) Liu, Z. et al., A novel algorithm to extrapolate ultraviolet absorption of chromophoric dissolved organic matter from remote sensing ocean color, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (Revised).