Suomi NPP VIIRS ocean color data product early mission assessment

Kevin R. Turpie; Wayne D. Robinson; Bryan A. Franz; Robert E. Eplee Jr.; Gerhard Meister; Gwyn F. Fireman; Frederick S. Patt; Robert A. Barnes; Charles R. McClain

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15 October 2012 Suomi NPP VIIRS ocean color data product early mission assessment

Kevin R. Turpie, Wayne D. Robinson, Bryan A. Franz, Robert E. Eplee Jr., Gerhard Meister, Gwyn F. Fireman, Frederick S. Patt, Robert A. Barnes, Charles R. McClain

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Proceedings Volume 8510, Earth Observing Systems XVII; 85101H (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.931113
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Following the launch of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aboard the Suomi National Polarorbiting Partnership (NPP) spacecraft, the NASA NPP VIIRS Ocean Science Team (VOST) began an evaluation of ocean color data products to determine whether they could continue the existing NASA ocean color climate data record (CDR). The VOST developed an independent evaluation product based on NASA algorithms with a reprocessing capability. Here we present a preliminary assessment of both the operational ocean color data products and the NASA evaluation data products regarding their applicability to NASA science objectives.

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Kevin R. Turpie, Wayne D. Robinson, Bryan A. Franz, Robert E. Eplee Jr., Gerhard Meister, Gwyn F. Fireman, Frederick S. Patt, Robert A. Barnes, and Charles R. McClain "Suomi NPP VIIRS ocean color data product early mission assessment", Proc. SPIE 8510, Earth Observing Systems XVII, 85101H (15 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.931113

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