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VIIRS CAL _ Val O cean Color January 31, 2013

VIIRS CAL _ Val O cean Color January 31, 2013 . Stennis Update USM, NRL, SDSU . Highlights 1 - Presentations in last 3 months 1) Fargion , G.S., et al ,. “VIIRS Ocean Color Data For Coastal Management” abstract AGU-San Francisco. Dec 8 – 2012

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VIIRS CAL _ Val O cean Color January 31, 2013

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  1. VIIRS CAL _ Val Ocean Color January 31, 2013 Stennis Update USM, NRL, SDSU

  2. Highlights 1 - Presentations in last 3 months 1) Fargion, G.S., et al,. “VIIRS Ocean Color Data For Coastal Management” abstract AGU-San Francisco. Dec 8 – 2012 2) Arnone, R.A. et al., Applications of Emerging satellites for ocean bio-geo chemical and physical processes” invited AGU-San Francisco , Dec 8 – 2012 3) Bowers, J, et al “Exploring Regional Adjustment Of Coastal VIIRS By Repurposing On-Orbit Vicarious Calibration Methodology”, AGU-San Francisco , Dec 8 – 2012 4) S. Ladner, S., et al “Evaluation of Recent VIIRS Sensor Performance in the Coastal Ocean”, AGU-San Francisco, Dec 8 - 2012. 5) Planned SPIE conferences and IGARRS 2 - VIIRS Clouds Mask - Improvement to the Threshold 3 - Evaluate of MX6.6 - Negative radiance, Inland waters, 4- AERONET Improvements for Match up WAVECIS – Time of day calibrate – expanded Angles Eureka - MVC0 – updated 5 - VIIRS product validation (vicarious calibration) in coastal waters (using SAVANT) SAVANT – matchup tool updated 6. Cruise Validation - 5 cruises

  3. VIIRS Cloud MASK (VCM) • Evaluation of VCM on Ocean Color products • comparison with “Standard Ocean color, Cloud Mask.” ( NASA, NAVY, NOAA) • - Program review in Jan 2013 • - For Color products VCM performed “Very well “. • Noted improvement to present (Threshold method) . Separates the Glint mask VCM VCM 3 3 - Confidently Cloudy VCM 2,3 2- Probably Cloudy or 3- Confidently Cloudy VCM 1,2, 3 0 – Confidently Clear 1- Probably clear 2- Probably Cloudy 3- Confidently Cloudy Caspian Sea 7-24- 2012 Present Cloud mask Albedo 865 0.027 Glint

  4. VIIRS Coast Validation using AERONETS with SAVANT (tool) - Trend of the “GAIN” - Vicarious adjustment of the VIIRS using nL2 gen - Different regions show “slight” different trends .. - Waiting the MX 6.6 EDR to obtain more retrievals to run statistics on IDPS EDR - Validation within 1% based on the Spectral Gains !! - 442 490 555 668 By monoringthe vLt/Lt over time VIIRS seems to be performing well. Some anomalies are expected as these coastal sites. Venice - AAOT nLw 668 – Low Gain ~ +2.5% Julian Day EUREKA 668 – high WAVECIS ~ +.01% +~.001%

  5. IDPS - Over Masking Old IDPS OPERATIONAL SYSTEM Negative Radiance masking MX6.6 6.6 IDPS OPERATIONAL SYSTEM JANUARY 2013 VOCC IDPS MX6.6 Update CURRENT L2gen APS - Updates to MX6.6 Inland lakes - High Satellite angle - Do not mask as Negative but retrieve value and use Quality Flags

  6. VOCCO Mx6.6 MX 6.6 Check out ! US East Coast GS • MX6.6 improvement to retrievals ! • Processing ocean color and not negative • Issues with differences in values (Coastal areas are high in VIIRS ) • WILL ENABLE MORE VIIRS MATCHUPS! APS (n2gen) Inland lakes ! Coastal retrievals!

  7. Cruise Ocean VIIRS Validation 1- Key West 2- Gulf of Mexico (fisheries) 3) Carbon Flux Cruise (Gulf and East Coast) * 4 ) Glider 5) Hawaii Key West Stations bb532nm NRL n2gen ~55% more retrievals than IDPS(masking) 190 Stations Sample # Panama City, FL Backscattering 532

  8. Summary / Plans - Update the matchup with the Mx6.6 - with VOCCO from Class within SAVANT AERONET - Presentations and papers underway.. SPIE – Baltimore - Coupling VIIRS and MODIS for Coastal Processes IGARS – - Validation cruises - Gulf of Mexico - MOBY re analyses analyses - Address the DR - Coastal products and aerosols

  9. VIIRS - Surface Chlorophyll Tracking the MS River Plume Sept 20, 2012 Mississippi River Delta N28o N26o N24o N22o Clouds MS River water Warm Core Eddy Convergence Origin of Gulf Stream Chlorophyll .01 0.054 0.29 mg/m^31.6 8.4 45

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