The application of remote sensing techniques to the study of coral reefs is still limited by the lack of knowledge of the dynamics of the water optical properties. In order to remove the water column from the remote signal and study the bottom conditions in a coral reef is necessary to understand the spatial and temporal variability of IOP’s and AOP’s. This is the main objective of the most recent effort of our component in the CenSSIS project. Monthly sampling of bio-optical properties are carrying out in La Parguera reef system along 6 different stations. The most recent sampling was performed during March 26, 2008 and the students of the graduate course CMOF 8446 (Oceanographic Remote Sensing II) participated. The bio-optical rosette and the GER-1500 spectroradiometer were deployed from the Boriken boat.
