Initial analysis of ocean color data from the ocean color and temperature scanner. I. Imagery analysis

Authors
Gregg, WW
Citation
Ww. Gregg, Initial analysis of ocean color data from the ocean color and temperature scanner. I. Imagery analysis, APPL OPTICS, 38(3), 1999, pp. 476-485
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
APPLIED OPTICS
ISSN journal
00036935 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
476 - 485
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(19990120)38:3<476:IAOOCD>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The ocean color and temperature scanner (OCTS) collected global ocean color data from November 1996 to June 1997. Analyses of OCTS imagery indicate th ree features that impair scientific research uses: (1) band misalignments, (2) image striping, and (3) image noise. These are due to (1) band offsets in the sensor design, (2) detector radiometric response variability, and (3 ) primarily cloud contamination, respectively. Methods are analyzed to amel iorate the effects of each that facilitate use of OCTS ocean color data for quantitative scientific analyses.