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23 May 2014 Calibration uncertainty in ocean color satellite sensors and trends in long-term environmental records
Kevin R. Turpie, Robert E. Eplee Jr., Bryan A. Franz, Carlos Del Castillo
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Abstract
Launched in late 2011, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) spacecraft is being evaluated by NASA to determine whether this sensor can continue the ocean color data record established through the Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) and the MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). To this end, Goddard Space Flight Center generated evaluation ocean color data products using calibration techniques and algorithms established by NASA during the SeaWiFS and MODIS missions. The calibration trending was subjected to some initial sensitivity and uncertainty analyses. Here we present an introductory assessment of how the NASA-produced time series of ocean color is influenced by uncertainty in trending instrument response over time. The results help quantify the uncertainty in measuring regional and global biospheric trends in the ocean using satellite remote sensing, which better define the roles of such records in climate research.
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Kevin R. Turpie, Robert E. Eplee Jr., Bryan A. Franz, and Carlos Del Castillo "Calibration uncertainty in ocean color satellite sensors and trends in long-term environmental records", Proc. SPIE 9111, Ocean Sensing and Monitoring VI, 911103 (23 May 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053427
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KEYWORDS
Calibration

MODIS

Near infrared

Satellites

Sensors

Data modeling

Environmental sensing

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