FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sustaining and Advancing Ocean Color Research and Operations -- 3 Lessons Learned from Ocean Color Satellite Missions and Essential Requirements for Future Success -- 4 Capabilities of Current and Planned Ocean Color Sensor Missions -- 5 Advancing Global Ocean Color Remote Sensing into the Future -- References -- Appendix A: Past, Present, and Planned Sensors -- Appendix B: Vicarious Calibration -- Appendix C: Comprehensive Oceanic and Atmospheric Optical Datasets -- Appendix D: Commercial GEO-Satellite Hosted Remote Sensing -- Appendix E: Acronyms -- Appendix F: Committee and Staff Biographies.