The Need For A Global Ocean Chlorophyll Fluorescence Product From MERIS
Abstract
We discuss and show examples of solar-stimulated chlorophyll fluorescence images (Fluorescence Line Height, FLH) of coastal productivity and phytoplankton blooms. MODIS fluorescence products are made widely available through NASA Oceancolor and Giovanni web systems, but there are problems with interpreting data values, with normalization, and at cloud edges. The product does not appear to be widely used. MERIS has the technical advantage over MODIS of better band placing (including the additional 709 nm band) and of higher spatial resolution (300m compared to 1000m). More work needs to be done on the global MERIS FLH time series to demonstrate and refine future products from OLCI.
- Publication:
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ESA Living Planet Symposium
- Pub Date:
- December 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013ESASP.722E..13G