TY - JOUR
T1 - A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean-colour satellite applications
AU - Valente, André
AU - Sathyendranath, Shubha
AU - Brotas, Vanda
AU - Groom, Steve
AU - Grant, Michael
AU - Taberner, Malcolm
AU - Antoine, David
AU - Arnone, Robert
AU - Balch, William M.
AU - Barker, Kathryn
AU - Barlow, Ray
AU - Belanger, Simon
AU - Berthon, Jean François
AU - Besiktepe, Sükrü
AU - Brando, Vittorio
AU - Canuti, Elisabetta
AU - Chavez, Francisco
AU - Claustre, Hervé
AU - Crout, Richard
AU - Frouin, Robert
AU - Garcia-Soto, Carlos
AU - Gibb, Stuart W.
AU - Gould, Richard
AU - Hooker, Stanford
AU - Kahru, Mati
AU - Klein, Holger
AU - Kratzer, Susanne
AU - Loisel, Hubert
AU - McKee, David
AU - Mitchell, Brian G.
AU - Moisan, Tiffany
AU - Muller-Karger, Frank
AU - O'Dowd, Leonie
AU - Ondrusek, Michael
AU - Poulton, Alex J.
AU - Repecaud, Michel
AU - Smyth, Timothy
AU - Sosik, Heidi M.
AU - Twardowski, Michael
AU - Voss, Kenneth
AU - Werdell, Jeremy
AU - Wernand, Marcel
AU - Zibordi, Giuseppe
PY - 2016/6/3
Y1 - 2016/6/3
N2 - A compiled set of in situ data is important to evaluate the quality of ocean-colour satellite-data records. Here we describe the data compiled for the validation of the ocean-colour products from the ESA Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI). The data were acquired from several sources (MOBY, BOUSSOLE, AERONET-OC, SeaBASS, NOMAD, MERMAID, AMT, ICES, HOT, GePandCO), span between 1997 and 2012, and have a global distribution. Observations of the following variables were compiled: spectral remote-sensing reflectances, concentrations of chlorophyll α, spectral inherent optical properties and spectral diffuse attenuation coefficients. The data were from multi-project archives acquired via the open internet services or from individual projects, acquired directly from data providers. Methodologies were implemented for homogenisation, quality control and merging of all data. No changes were made to the original data, other than averaging of observations that were close in time and space, elimination of some points after quality control and conversion to a standard format. The final result is a merged table designed for validation of satellite-derived ocean-colour products and available in text format. Metadata of each in situ measurement (original source, cruise or experiment, principal investigator) were preserved throughout the work and made available in the final table. Using all the data in a validation exercise increases the number of matchups and enhances the representativeness of different marine regimes. By making available the metadata, it is also possible to analyse each set of data separately. The compiled data are available at doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.854832 (Valente et al., 2015).
AB - A compiled set of in situ data is important to evaluate the quality of ocean-colour satellite-data records. Here we describe the data compiled for the validation of the ocean-colour products from the ESA Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI). The data were acquired from several sources (MOBY, BOUSSOLE, AERONET-OC, SeaBASS, NOMAD, MERMAID, AMT, ICES, HOT, GePandCO), span between 1997 and 2012, and have a global distribution. Observations of the following variables were compiled: spectral remote-sensing reflectances, concentrations of chlorophyll α, spectral inherent optical properties and spectral diffuse attenuation coefficients. The data were from multi-project archives acquired via the open internet services or from individual projects, acquired directly from data providers. Methodologies were implemented for homogenisation, quality control and merging of all data. No changes were made to the original data, other than averaging of observations that were close in time and space, elimination of some points after quality control and conversion to a standard format. The final result is a merged table designed for validation of satellite-derived ocean-colour products and available in text format. Metadata of each in situ measurement (original source, cruise or experiment, principal investigator) were preserved throughout the work and made available in the final table. Using all the data in a validation exercise increases the number of matchups and enhances the representativeness of different marine regimes. By making available the metadata, it is also possible to analyse each set of data separately. The compiled data are available at doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.854832 (Valente et al., 2015).
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U2 - 10.5194/essd-8-235-2016
DO - 10.5194/essd-8-235-2016
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84973316290
SN - 1866-3508
VL - 8
SP - 235
EP - 252
JO - Earth System Science Data
JF - Earth System Science Data
IS - 1
ER -
