VIIRS Ocean Color Data For Coastal Management
Abstract
Nine months ago, the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) began actively generating data. Preliminary data from the on-going JPSS-NASA-NOAA and NRL calibration/validation activities indicate that ocean color products are of high quality and comparable with Moderate Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (MODIS) and other heritage missions. VIIRS 750 m resolution across the entire scan is providing twice the coverage of MODIS and Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS), which is a substantial improvement for coastal, estuarine studies and inland lake management, in particular. As an outcome, this study will produce VIIRS data products relevant to ecosystem managers [Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) monitoring and ecosystem dynamics]. We will present examples of VIIRS ocean color products for US lakes and estuaries with river runoff that could be used by coastal and ecosystem managers and policy makers. Acknowledgements: We greatly appreciate the support we have received from our sponsors from the JPSS Program Office, NOAA and to NRL. VIIRS Chlorophyll OC3 Algorithm (July 17, 2012)
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012AGUFM.A33M0328F
- Keywords:
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- 0422 BIOGEOSCIENCES / Bio-optics;
- 0480 BIOGEOSCIENCES / Remote sensing;
- 4200 OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL;
- 4262 OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL / Ocean observing systems