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R C MODIS OCEAN VALIDATION SaSrfaeTme tre atur aceTemper f Sea Sur ¥ ¥ Chlorophyll¥ a Wte -lev gRd ance ng Radi eavi l - er Wat ¥ Ocean Accuracy Goals Accuracy Ocean .1 50 mg(.01- 3) m- ( 0.4 - 0.7 m) 0.7 - 0.4 ( ± ± ± 0.3 K
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Focus on SS Brightness Temperature Augmented with improved water vapor, Primary Bands - 20, 31, 32 Goal - SST Sea Surface Temperature cloud ± 0.3 K
detection September1996
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Global Bulk Temperature Fields Sea Surface Brightness Temperatures Top of Atmosphere Radiances Sea Surface Temperature ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ Aircraft Sensors (MAS, HIS) WOCE- TOGA Mooring and Drifting Buoy Observations M-AERI Observations (Marine - Atmospheric Focus Studies - ships, A/C, platform Modeling AVHRR, ATSR, OCTS, GLI Comparisons with satellites, aircraft sensors
Emitted Radiation Interferometer)
Validation September1996
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R C ¥ ¥ Validation of Atmospheric Correction Water-Leaving Radiance (Reflectance)
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Glitter Whitecaps and Foam Absorbing Aerosols (Lidars) Continental Aerosols Marine Aerosols Sensor characteristics & calibration Basis for all bio-optical algorithms September1996
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¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ Ocean Color Validation
Regional, temporal bias identification Phytoplankton Absorption Sediments Colored Dissolved Organic Matter
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C ADEOS Launch, OCTS and POLDER Data MOCEAN VALIDATION Int'l North Water Polynya (SST) DOE ARM Alaska/Arctic Ocean (SST) DOE ARM Trop. W. Pacific (SST) Atlantic/Pacific Merid. Transects (Global Validation) Gulf of Maine (Coccolith /Calcite) Antarctic Polar Front (So. Ocean, Prod., Fluor.) Newport , OR Time Series (Prod., FLuor.) Hawaii HOTS, HALE ALOHA (Fluorescence) Missippi RIver Plume (Case 2, CDOM) MOCE Mid Atlantic Bight (Absorbing Aerosols) MOCE Tasmaina (High Latitude) MOCE N.W. Africa (Saharan Dust) MOCE Gulf of California (SeaWiFS Validation) MOCE Cruises (Initialization Hawaii/MOBY) Sun Photometers (Dry Tortugas, Lanai) MOBY (Servicing and Validation Data) MOBY (Operational) PM-1 Launch, MODIS MISR Data ENVISAT Launch, MERIS Data ADEOS II Launch, GLI Data AM-1 Launch, MODIS, MISR Data SeaStar Launch, SeaWiFS Data
Activity Name ACTIVITIES MOCEAN Validation Activities s n r t s n r t s n r t s n r t s n r t s n r 4th 3rd 2nd 1st 4th 3rd 2nd 1st 4th 3rd 2nd 1st 4th 3rd 2nd 1st 4th 3rd 2nd 1st 4th 3rd 2nd 1st 9619 9819 002001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 ? = MOCEAN Lead = MOCEAN Piggyback
= MOCEAN PI Focus September1996
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT BIGHT Multi-agency CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN Platforms Inst. Studies, Process Repeated (MAB) BIGHT ATLANTIC MIDDLE Physics Bio-Optics, Palmer LTER ANTARCTIC LEVEL OF COMMITMENT ATLAN.BERMUDA TIME (BATS) SERIES JGOFS HAWAIIAN TIMEOCEAN (HOTS) SERIES JGOFS OPTICALMARINE BUOY (MOBY)-NASA MAJOR OCEAN TEST SITES MAJOR OCEAN TEST SITES CalCOFI (30 year ship time series) Biogeochemistry, Optics& Physics BiogeochemistryPhysics & Bio-Optics Optics,
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Physics, Bio-OpticsPhysics, AUSTRALIATASMAN SEA Baltic/North JRC SITES, Sea, Eddystone, EUROPEAN YAMATO OPTICAL BANK MOORING NASDA Physics Atlantic, & Pacific Equatorial TOGA-TAO Multi-agency - REG. PLUME & BAY CHESAPEAKE A O C A ET S TSLEVEL OFCOMMITMENT Bio- Multi-agency NASA, MEXICO OF GULF EAST. MAJOR OCEAN TEST SITES
MAJOR OCEAN TEST SITES
Sites, Optics, Bio-Optics (OCTS Validation) (OCTS Bio-Optics Optics, predictability low variability, high - 2 Case optics, Case River 2, Plume (cont.) SIX MONTHS MEDIUM MIXED
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Physics, Bio-Optics Physics, TASMAN SEA AUSTRALIA Sites Optics Aerosol Maritime AERONET - NASA Radiative Fluxes ARM SITES - DOE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT PLATFORM,HARVEST NETWORK TIDE GAUGE Bio-Optical, Physics ATLANTIC MERIDONAL TRANSITSUK WOCE LONGLINES REPEAT& SECTIONS WMO MAJOR OCEAN TEST SITES MAJOR OCEAN TEST SITES
Sea Level Sea /Altimetry Physics (cont.) THREE YEARS THREE
UNKNOWN September1996 HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH
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R C Atlantic Meridonal Pacific Meridonal Tropical Western Tropical Field Cam paign Sensors Responsible Team Responsible Sensors paign Cam Field Arctic Ocean (ARM Site) (ARM Site)
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Pacific NON EOS FIELD ACTIVITIES -EIBon& int S Continuing SST Minnett & Brown M-AERI -EIBon& int S Continuing SST Minnett & Brown M-AERI -EIBon& int S 9/98-4/99 SST Minnett & Brown Minnett, n, Brow M-AERI M-AERI MOCEAN Members SST, Large-scale Bio-optics
ups Dates Purpose September1996 9/00-4/01 9/99-4/00 9/00-4/01 9/99-4/00 9/98-4/99
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R C WAr c Bio-optics NW Africa afnBySTBo ,MnetPolar n, Minnett Brow SST Bay Baffin Gulf Mex. oainPoutMODIS Sargasso Product Location
a a iBio-optics, SST, Hawaii OT i-pisCarder, Bio-optics TO TO NEW EOS FIELD ACTIVITIES Atmosphere i-pisCarder, Bio-optics Properties
SST (BIO-OPTICS) lr,MCA aaa Ds 6/99 Dust Saharan MOCEAN Clark, lr,MCA M1 Sensor AM-1 MOCEAN Clark, Investigator MOCEAN MOCEAN e rfed sa t r3/99 Near-field scatter (Case 1/Case 2) nitialization I Atmosphere Alg. Initial.
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R C ufo an i-pisBlhCcoih 8/01 Coccoliths Balch Bio-optics Maine of Gulf O is i-pisCre DM6/00 CDOM Carder Bio-optics Miss. GOM amai i-pisCak arslow P Clark, Bio-optics ania Tasm oainPoutMODIS Product Location
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A i-pisCre Case Case 1 2 Carder Bio-optics MAB NEW EOS FIELD ACTIVITIES A i-pisCak OENUbn eoos6/00 Urban Aerosols Clark, MOCEAN Bio-optics MAB (BIO-OPTICS) (cont.) Atmospheric Properties Clark, MOCEAN PM-1 Sensor PM-1 MOCEAN Clark, Investigator MOCEAN ihLttd 2/00 High Latitude nitialization I Transition
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Wind Velocity Sea & Sky StateSky Sea & Photographs Relative Humidity Primary Productivity Secchi (Occasional) Depth Disk Salinity Trackline nm) (530 Total Particulate Attenuation Suspended Material Beam Organic Trackline Carbon Organic Suspended Material Coefficient Absorption Spectral Particle Velocity Wind AtmosphericPressure Profiles Attenuation Spectral Beam PhytoplanktonSpeciation Videos ParticulateOrganic Nitrogen Particle Size Frequency Distribution Phytoplankton Coefficient Pigments (Fluorimetric) Absorption Spectral Detritus Irradiance Upwelled of Coff. Attenuation Inorganic SuspendedMaterial Fluorescence Profiles TracklineChlorophyll a Temperature Trackline Transmission Attenuation Atmospheric Cofficients Solar Spectral Radiance Profiles a Chl Cyanobacteria Pigments (Exp. Fluorimetric) SpectralRadiance Upwelled TIR Radiance (Occasional)(M-AERI) PhytoplanktonPigments (HPLC) DownwelledSpectral Irradiance Reflectance Spectral Radiance Sky Polarization& Distribution Downwelling IrradianceAttenuatuion Radiance Water-Leaving Aug. Reflectance Spectral Whitecap Aerosol Vertical Distribution (MPL) Upwelled Spectral RadianceDistribution Spectral Irradiance Upwelled Incident Spectral Irradiance
Typical MOCE Campaigns
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C Standards for particle absorption. productivity. Fluorometric systems for measurement of primary Portable Pump and Probe Fast Repetition Rate thermometers for rapid measurement of sea surface Small, inexpensive, stable, broad-band IR windows of unattended in situ radiometers clean. Anti-fouling compounds or strategies for keeping the calibration for in situ radiometers. Portable reference lamps for rapid checking of Deployable fiber-optics based radiometers to minimize
“skin” temperature. the effects of in-water instrument self shading. INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES September1996