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

W W Gregg

doi:10.1364/ao.38.000476

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

Appl Opt. 1999 Jan 20;38(3):476-85. doi: 10.1364/ao.38.000476.

Author

W W Gregg¹

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 971, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA. gregg@cabin.gsfc.nasa.gov

PMID: 18305636
DOI: 10.1364/ao.38.000476

Abstract

The ocean color and temperature scanner (OCTS) collected global ocean color data from November 1996 to June 1997. Analyses of OCTS imagery indicate three 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 ameliorate the effects of each that facilitate use of OCTS ocean color data for quantitative scientific analyses.