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Inter-satellite comparison and evaluation of Navy SNPP VIIRS and MODIS-Aqua ocean color properties

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S. D. Ladner, A. Lawson, R. Crout

U.S. Naval Research Lab. (United States)

R. Arnone, R. Vandermeulen

The Univ. of Southern Mississippi (United States)

P. Martinolich, J. Bowers

QinetiQ North America (United States)

M. Ondrusek

NOAA/NESDIS (United States)

G. Fargion

San Diego State Univ. (United States)

Proc. SPIE 9111, Ocean Sensing and Monitoring VI, 911107 (May 23, 2014); doi:10.1117/12.2053060
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  • Ocean Sensing and Monitoring VI
  • Weilin W. Hou; Robert A. Arnone
  • Baltimore, Maryland, USA | May 05, 2014
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Navy operational ocean color products of inherent optical properties and radiances are evaluated for the Suomi–NPP VIIRS and MODIS-Aqua sensors. Statistical comparisons with shipboard measurements were determined in a wide variety of coastal, shelf and offshore locations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico during two cruises in 2013. Product consistency between MODIS-Aqua, nearing its end-of-life expectancy, and Suomi-NPP VIIRS is being evaluated for the Navy to retrieve accurate ocean color properties operationally from VIIRS in a variety of water types. Currently, the existence, accuracy and consistency of multiple ocean color sensors (VIIRS, MODIS-Aqua) provides multiple looks per day for monitoring the temporal and spatial variability of coastal waters. Consistent processing methods and algorithms are used in the Navy’s Automated Processing System (APS) for both sensors for this evaluation. The inherent optical properties from both sensors are derived using a coupled ocean-atmosphere NIR correction extending well into the bays and estuaries where high sediment and CDOM absorption dominate the optical signature. Coastal optical properties are more complex and vary from chlorophyll-dominated waters offshore. The in-water optical properties were derived using vicariously calibrated remote sensing reflectances and the Quasi Analytical Algorithm (QAA) to derive the Inherent Optical Properties (IOP’s). The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the JPSS program have been actively engaged in calibration/validation activities for Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) ocean color products. © (2014) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.

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Stumpf, R.P., R.A. Arnone, R.W. Gould, Jr., P. Martinolich, V. Ransibrahmanakul, "A partially coupled ocean atmosphere model for retrieval of water leaving radiance from SeaWiFS in coastal waters", In Patt, F.S. et al.: Algorithm Updates for the Fourth SeaWiFS Data Reprocessing. NASA Tech Memo, Vol. 22, 206892, (2002).
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Zibordi, G., Holben B., Slutsker I., Giles D., D’Alimonte D., Mélin F., Berthon J.F., Vandemark D., Feng H., Schuster H., Fabbri B.E., Kaitala S., and Seppälä J., "AERONET-OC: A Network for the Validation of Ocean Color Primary Products", J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 26, 1634–1651, (2009).
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S. D. Ladner ; R. Arnone ; R. Vandermeulen ; P. Martinolich ; A. Lawson ; J. Bowers ; R. Crout ; M. Ondrusek and G. Fargion
" Inter-satellite comparison and evaluation of Navy SNPP VIIRS and MODIS-Aqua ocean color properties ", Proc. SPIE 9111, Ocean Sensing and Monitoring VI, 911107 (May 23, 2014); doi:10.1117/12.2053060; http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2053060


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Arnone, R.A., H. Loise, K. Carder, E. Boss, S. Maritorena, Z.P. Lee, "Examples of lOP Applications", [IOCCG Report #5 Chapter 13: Remote Sensing of Inherent Optical Properties: Fundamental Test of Algorithms and Applications. Reports of the International Ocean-Colour Coordinating Group, IOCCG Editors Z.P Lee (2006).
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Arnone, R., G. Fargion, P. Martinolich, S. Ladner, A. Lawson, J. Bowers, M. Ondrusek, G. Zibordi, Z.P. Lee, C. Trees, C. Davis and S. Ahmed, "Validation of the VIIRS Ocean Color", SPIE Defense and Security Ocean Sensing and Monitoring IV, Baltimore, MD (2012).
3
Arnone, R., Fargion, G., Lawson, A., Martinolich, P., Lee, Z., Davis, C., Ladner, S., Bowers, J., Zibordi, G., " Monitoring and Validation of Ocean Water Leaving Radiance and inter - satellite continuity", 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Session 121, Salt Lake City UT (2012).
4
Arnone, R., S. Ladner, G. Fargion, P. Martinolich, R. Vandermeulen, J. Bowers, and A. Lawson, "Monitoring bio-optical processes using NPP-VIIRS and MODIS-Aqua ocean color products", Proc. SPIE 8724, Ocean Sensing and Monitoring V, 87240Q (2013).
5
Arnone, R.A., R. Vandermeulen, S. Ladner, J. Bowers, P. Martinolich, G. Fargion and M. Ondrusek, "Sensitivity of calibration gains to ocean color processing in coastal and open waters using ensemble members for NPP-VIIRS", SPIE Sensing Security and Defense Conference DS211 Ocean Sensing and Monitoring V, May (2014).
6
Bowers, J., R.A. Arnone, S. Ladner, G. Fargion, A. Lawson, P. Martinolich and R. Vandermeulen, "Vicarious Calibration and Regional Adjustment of Coastal VIIRS", SPIE Sensing Security and Defense Conference DS211 Ocean Sensing and Monitoring V (2014).
7
Brown, S.,, Flora, S., Feinholz, M., Yarbough, M., Houlihan, T., Peters, D., Kim, Y., Mueller, J., Johnson, B., Clark, D., "The marine optical buoy (MOBY) radiometric calibration and uncertainty budget for ocean color satellite sensor vicarious calibration", Proceedings SPIE 6744, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XI, 67441M (2007).
8
Chang, C., Gould, R., "Comparison of optical properties of the coastal ocean derived from satellite ocean color and in situ measurements", Optics Express v 14 No 22, 10149 (2006).
9
Clark D., et al., "MOBY: A Radiometric Buoy for Performance Monitoring and Vicarious Calibration of Satellite Ocean Color Sensors: Measurements and Data Analyses Protocols", Ocean Optics Protocols for Satellite Ocean Color Sensor Validation, Revision 4, Part VI, NASA Tech. Memo. 2003-210004/Rev 4/Vol VI, NASA Goddard Space Flight, Greenbelt, Maryland, pp 3-34, (2003).
10
Fargion, G., R. Arnone, et al, "Real Time VIIRS Cal/Val With Satellite Validation Navy Tool (SAVANT)", 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Session 121, B1294, (2012).
11
Franz, B. S. Bailey, P. Werdell, C. McClain, "Sensor – independent approach to the vicarious calibration of satellite ocean color radiometry", Applied Optics, Vol. 46, no 22, ( 2007).
12
Holben, B. N., et al, "An emerging ground‐based aerosol climatology: Aerosol optical depth from AERONET", Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, pp 1984–2012, 106 D11, pp 12067-12097, (2001).
13
Ladner, S, Arnone, Gould and Martinolich, "Evaluation of SeaWiFS optical products in coastal regions", Sea Technology v 43, p 29, (2002).
14
Ladner, S., R.A. Arnone, A. Lawson, G. Fargion, J. Bowers, P. Martinolich, M. Ondrusek and M. Wood, "Evaluation of Recent VIIRS Sensor Performance in the Coastal Ocean", Fall AGU San Francisco, (2012).
15
Ladner, S., R.A. Arnone, J. Jolliff, A. Weidemann, B. Casey and K. Matulewski, "Forecasting the Ocean Optical Environment in Support of Navy Mine Warfare Operations", SPIE Proceedings, Baltimore, MD., (2012).
16
Lee, Z.P, K. L. Carder . R.A. Arnone, "Deriving inherent optical properties from water color: a multiband quas-analytical algorithm for optically deep waters", Applied Optics, Vol. 41, no 27, 5755 -577, (2002).
17
Lee, Z.P., N. Pahlevan, Y. Ahn, S. Greb and D. O’Donnell, "Robust approach to directly measuring water-leaving radiance in the field", Applied Optics, Vol. 52, No. 8, pp. 1693-1701, (2013).
18
Martinolich, P., "The Naval Research Laboratories Automated Processing System – APS v4.10", http://www7333.nrlssc.navy.mil/docs/aps_v4.10/html/user/aps.xhtml, (2012).
19
Ondrusek, J., E. Stengel, M. Ampollo Rella, W. Goode, S. Ladner, amd M. Feinhoz, "The Validation of Ocean Color Sensors Using a Profiling Hyperspectral Radiometer", SPIE Sensing Security and Defense Conference DS211 Ocean Sensing and Monitoring V, (2014).
20
Stumpf, R.P., R.A. Arnone, R.W. Gould, Jr., P. Martinolich, V. Ransibrahmanakul, "A partially coupled ocean atmosphere model for retrieval of water leaving radiance from SeaWiFS in coastal waters", In Patt, F.S. et al.: Algorithm Updates for the Fourth SeaWiFS Data Reprocessing. NASA Tech Memo, Vol. 22, 206892, (2002).
21
Zibordi, G., Holben B., Slutsker I., Giles D., D’Alimonte D., Mélin F., Berthon J.F., Vandemark D., Feng H., Schuster H., Fabbri B.E., Kaitala S., and Seppälä J., "AERONET-OC: A Network for the Validation of Ocean Color Primary Products", J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 26, 1634–1651, (2009).

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