Hobart

Seminar Abstract

Friday 29 May 2009, 11.30am (Tas time)
CSIRO Auditorium, Hobart

Christopher P Kuchinke
Senior Scientific Officer
Environment Protection Authority
Hobart
and
Department of Physics
University of Miami
Florida

Extension of SeaWiFS and MODIS satellite sensors into coastal waters: Modelling of the atmospheric correction and bio-optical retrieval for incorporation into the NASA SeaWiFS Data Analysis System

The remote-sensing of ocean colour is widely used in studies of the global oceans to retrieve information such as chlorophyll concentration. However the open-ocean algorithms are not applicable to coastal waters where the overlying atmosphere often contains high concentrations of pollutants and the water column itself contains significant levels of dissolved organic matter. Here we examine the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group’s current status for application of MODIS and SeaWiFS to Case 2 waters. This includes a new algorithm for recognizing the presence of anomalous conditions and performing the bio-optical retrieval in these more-difficult coastal regions.

Seminar Recording

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Location:
CSIRO = Marine Laboratories Auditorium, Castray Esplanade, Hobart

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