The project is divided into 27 tasks. Cognate tasks are grouped into work packages to facilitate management and coordination. There are 6 work packages. The work packages and tasks comprising this project are as follows:

Work Package A: Preparation of optical fieldwork instrumentation.

• Task 1 Development of high resolution field spectrometer.
• Task 2 Preparation of optical moorings

Work Package B: Field surveys

• Task 3 BIOCOLOR 1 (Ireland)
• Task 4 BIOCOLOR 2 (Baltic)
• Task 5 BIOCOLOR 3 (Ireland)
• Task 6 BIOCOLOR 4 (Ireland)
• Task 7 BIOCOLOR 5 (Baltic)

Work Package C: Fieldwork analyses

• Task 8 Pigment analyses
• Task 9 Phytoplankton taxonomy
• Task 10 Particle size analyses
• Task 11 Analyses of optical properties
• Task 12 Spectral shift/absorption analyses.
• Task 13 Physical Oceanography (Ireland)
• Task 14 Physical Oceanography (Baltic)
• Task 15 Sub-pixel variability.

Work Package D: Satellite and airborne imagery

• Task 16 Processing of satellite derived data
• Task 17 Imaging spectrometer data.

Work Package E: Development of optical models

• Task 18 Laboratory measurements of inherent optical properties
• Task 19 Development of semi-analytical model
• Task 20 Development of Monte Carlo model
• Task 21 Model comparison/inversion

Workpackage F: Data and model integration

• Task 22 Synthesis of water properties and physical oceanography
• Task 23 Synthesis of optical data
• Task 24 Model capability and predictions
• Task 25 Data management
• Task 26 Dissemination of results
• Task 27 Technology implementation plan