Evaluating VIIRS ocean color products for west coast and Hawaiian waters

Curtiss O. Davis; Nicholas Tufillaro; Jasmine Nahorniak; Burton Jones; Robert Arnone

doi:10.1117/12.2016177

3 June 2013 Evaluating VIIRS ocean color products for west coast and Hawaiian waters

Curtiss O. Davis, Nicholas Tufillaro, Jasmine Nahorniak, Burton Jones, Robert Arnone

Proceedings Volume 8724, Ocean Sensing and Monitoring V; 87240J (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2016177
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

Automated match ups allow us to maintain and improve the ocean color products of current satellite instruments MODIS, and since February 2012 the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). As part of the VIIRS mission Ocean Calibration and Validation Team, we have created a web-based automated match up tool that provides access to searchable fields for date, site, and products, and creates matchups between satellites (MODIS, VIIRS), and in-situ measurements (HyperPRO and SeaPRISM). The goal is to evaluate the standard VIIRS ocean color products produced by the IDPS and available through NOAA’s CLASS data system. Comparisons are made with MODIS data for the same location, and VIIRS data processed using the NRL Automated Processing System (APS) used to produce operational products for the Navy. Results are shown for the first year of VIIRS data matching the satellite data with the data from Platform Eureka SeaPRISM off L. A. Harbor in the Southern California Bight, and HyperPRO data from Station ALOHA near Hawaii.

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Curtiss O. Davis, Nicholas Tufillaro, Jasmine Nahorniak, Burton Jones, and Robert Arnone "Evaluating VIIRS ocean color products for west coast and Hawaiian waters", Proc. SPIE 8724, Ocean Sensing and Monitoring V, 87240J (3 June 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2016177

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