Unique data repository facilitates ocean color satellite validation

A multi-sensor approach for the on-orbit validation of ocean color satellite data products

The validation of satellite ocean color data products is a critical component in establishing their measurement uncertainties, assessing their scientific utility, and identifying conditions for which their reliability is suspect. Such efforts require a considerable amount of high quality in situ data, preferably consistently processed and spanning the satellite mission lifetime. This paper outl...

NASA/TM-2000-209966 Ocean Optics Protocols For Satellite Ocean Color Sensor Validation, Revision 2

In situ autonomous optical radiometry measurements for satellite ocean color validation in the Western Black Sea

The accuracy of primary satellite ocean color data products from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on-board Aqua (MODIS-A) and the Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is investigated in the Western Black Sea using in situ measurements from the Gloria site included in the ocean color component of the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET-OC). The analysis is also extended...

Validation of the VIIRS Ocean Color

The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) launched the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite including the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on October 28, 2011which has the capability to monitor ocean color properties. Four months after launch, we present an initial assessment of the VIIRS ocean color products including inter-comparisons with satellite and in s...

Analysis of red tide in strait of Hormuz in 2008-2009 using ocean satellite data

pollutions. Recently, both Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman are experiencing several types of pollution including oil spills and heavy metal pollutions as well as Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) caused by biological and environmental changes. Theiroccurrence of the red tide or harmful algal bloom during fall and winter 2008-2009 caused numerous unknown factors in the Strait of Hormuz, Persian Gulf and G...