The retrieval of ocean color radiometry from space-based sensors requires on-orbit
vicarious calibration to achieve the level of accuracy desired for quantitative oceanographic …

The Marine Optical Buoy (MOBY) is the centerpiece of the primary ocean measurement site
for calibration of satellite ocean color sensors based on independent in situ measurements …

The validation of satellite ocean color data products is a critical component in establishing
their measurement uncertainties, assessing their scientific utility, and identifying conditions …

To recover the ocean water-leaving radiance and derive biophysical parameters from
observations of space-borne ocean color sensors, the required uncertainty in the measured …

The Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is
responsible for the processing and validation of oceanic optical property retrievals from the …

Volume III: The chapters of this volume briefly review methods used in the field to make the
in situ radiometric measurements for ocean color validation, together with methods of …

The Modular Optoelectronic Scanner (MOS) was launched in the spring of 1996 on the
Indian IRS-P3 satellite. With the successful launch of NASA's Sea-viewing Wide Field of …

We simulate vicarious calibration (VC) of a Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
(SeaWiFS)-like ocean color sensor relative to its longer near infrared (NIR) spectral band …

The Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) is the successor ocean color
imaging system to the Nimbus-7 Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS). The SeaWiFS …

Abstract System Vicarious Calibration (SVC) ensures a relative radiometric calibration to
satellite ocean color sensors that minimizes uncertainties in the water-leaving radiance L w …