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
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.