Shubha Sathyendranath

Sathyendranath's education took place in India and France. In 2003 she was lead scientist of Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans.{{Cite news |last=Paine |first=Michelle |date=20 January 2003 |title=Focus on ocean life at two Tassie conferences |pages=12 |work=The Mercury; Hobart Town, Tas. [Hobart Town, Tas].}} As of 2022 she is a scientist at Plymouth Marine Laboratory.

Sathyendranath was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to oceanography.{{London Gazette|issue=64082|supp=y|page=B23|date=17 June 2023}}

Sathyendranath's early research was on the development of algorithms define water masses based on their optical properties{{Cite journal |last1=Prieur |first1=Louis |last2=Sathyendranath |first2=Shubha |date=1981 |title=An optical classification of coastal and oceanic waters based on the specific spectral absorption curves of phytoplankton pigments, dissolved organic matter, and other particulate materials1: Optical classification |journal=Limnology and Oceanography |language=en |volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=671–689 |doi=10.4319/lo.1981.26.4.0671|doi-access=free }} and how phytoplankton change the absorption of light in water.{{Cite journal |last1=Sathyendranath |first1=Shubha |last2=Lazzara |first2=Luigi |last3=Prieur |first3=Louis |date=1987 |title=Variations in the spectral values of specific absorption of phytoplankton: Phytoplankton specific absorption |url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.4319/lo.1987.32.2.0403 |journal=Limnology and Oceanography |language=en |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=403–415 |doi=10.4319/lo.1987.32.2.0403|doi-access=free }} She then went on to use satellites to quantify primary production in seawater{{Cite journal |last1=Platt |first1=Trevor |last2=Sathyendranath |first2=Shubha |date=1988-09-23 |title=Oceanic Primary Production: Estimation by Remote Sensing at Local and Regional Scales |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.241.4873.1613 |journal=Science |language=en |volume=241 |issue=4873 |pages=1613–1620 |doi=10.1126/science.241.4873.1613 |pmid=17820892 |bibcode=1988Sci...241.1613P |s2cid=2636296 |issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last1=Sathyendranath |first1=S. |last2=Prieur |first2=L. |last3=Morel |first3=A. |date=1989-08-01 |title=A three-component model of ocean colour and its application to remote sensing of phytoplankton pigments in coastal waters |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/01431168908903974 |journal=International Journal of Remote Sensing |volume=10 |issue=8 |pages=1373–1394 |doi=10.1080/01431168908903974 |bibcode=1989IJRS...10.1373S |issn=0143-1161|url-access=subscription }} through work that was done in collaboration with Trevor Platt. This research led to global estimates of primary production.{{Cite journal |last1=Longhurst |first1=Alan |last2=Sathyendranath |first2=Shubha |last3=Platt |first3=Trevor |last4=Caverhill |first4=Carla |date=1995 |title=An estimate of global primary production in the ocean from satellite radiometer data |url=https://academic.oup.com/plankt/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/plankt/17.6.1245 |journal=Journal of Plankton Research |language=en |volume=17 |issue=6 |pages=1245–1271 |doi=10.1093/plankt/17.6.1245 |issn=0142-7873|url-access=subscription }} Her research also revealed that diatoms{{Cite journal |last1=Sathyendranath |first1=S |last2=Watts |first2=L |last3=Devred |first3=E |last4=Platt |first4=T |last5=Caverhill |first5=C |last6=Maass |first6=H |date=2004 |title=Discrimination of diatoms from other phytoplankton using ocean-colour data |url=http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v272/p59-68/ |journal=Marine Ecology Progress Series |language=en |volume=272 |pages=59–68 |doi=10.3354/meps272059 |bibcode=2004MEPS..272...59S |issn=0171-8630|doi-access=free }} and growth rates of phytoplankton{{Cite journal |last1=Sathyendranath |first1=S |last2=Stuart |first2=V |last3=Nair |first3=A |last4=Oka |first4=K |last5=Nakane |first5=T |last6=Bouman |first6=H |last7=Forget |first7=Mh |last8=Maass |first8=H |last9=Platt |first9=T |date=2009-05-14 |title=Carbon-to-chlorophyll ratio and growth rate of phytoplankton in the sea |url=http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v383/p73-84/ |journal=Marine Ecology Progress Series |language=en |volume=383 |pages=73–84 |doi=10.3354/meps07998 |bibcode=2009MEPS..383...73S |issn=0171-8630|doi-access=free }} could be defined from satellite imagery.

• {{Cite journal |last1=Sathyendranath |first1=Shubha |last2=Lazzara |first2=Luigi |last3=Prieur |first3=Louis |date=1987 |title=Variations in the spectral values of specific absorption of phytoplankton: Phytoplankton specific absorption |url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.4319/lo.1987.32.2.0403 |journal=Limnology and Oceanography |language=en |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=403–415 |doi=10.4319/lo.1987.32.2.0403|doi-access=free }}
• {{Cite journal |last1=Sathyendranath |first1=S. |last2=Prieur |first2=L. |last3=Morel |first3=A. |date=1989-08-01 |title=A three-component model of ocean colour and its application to remote sensing of phytoplankton pigments in coastal waters |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/01431168908903974 |journal=International Journal of Remote Sensing |volume=10 |issue=8 |pages=1373–1394 |doi=10.1080/01431168908903974 |bibcode=1989IJRS...10.1373S |issn=0143-1161|url-access=subscription }}
• {{Cite journal |last1=Platt |first1=Trevor |last2=Sathyendranath |first2=Shubha |date=1988-09-23 |title=Oceanic Primary Production: Estimation by Remote Sensing at Local and Regional Scales |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.241.4873.1613 |journal=Science |language=en |volume=241 |issue=4873 |pages=1613–1620 |doi=10.1126/science.241.4873.1613 |pmid=17820892 |bibcode=1988Sci...241.1613P |s2cid=2636296 |issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription }}
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In 2021, Sathyendranath received the A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences.{{Cite web |date=2017-08-31 |title=Shubha Sathyendranath |url=https://www.simonsfoundation.org/people/shubha-sathyendranath/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=Simons Foundation |language=en-US}} In 2022 she received the Monaco's Knight of the Order of Cultural Merit.{{Cite web |title=Shubha Sathyendranath Awarded the Principality of Monaco's Knight of the Order of Cultural Merit – CBIOMES |url=https://cbiomes.org/2022/12/01/shubha-sathyendranath-awarded-the-knight-of-the-order-of-cultural-merit/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |language=en-US}}

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