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Overview of the operational solutions with feedback on what was proposed during the SRR meeting Samantha Lavender. Comparison to Requirements Baseline. A prerequisite for data merging will be to perform a characterisation of the data from each of the input sensors [RB-047.00].
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Overview of the operational solutions with feedback on what was proposed during the SRR meetingSamantha Lavender
Comparison to Requirements Baseline • A prerequisite for data merging will be to perform a characterisation of the data from each of the input sensors [RB-047.00]. • Have performed a characterisation for MERIS, MODIS and SeaWiFS. • Parasol data not made available for this purpose at present.
Comparison to Requirements Baseline • Characterisation: • Calibration should cover the entire spatial and temporal extent of the data set [RB-048.00]. • Both time and space variations in sensor calibration and sensor intercalibration shall be characterised [RB-049.00]. • Have performed: • In situ characterisation for MERIS, MODIS and SeaWiFS primarily from 2002 onwards. • Sensor cross characterisation using GlobCOLOUR level3 products for 4 dates in 2003 and linked to longer time scale conclusions from the JRC report.
Comparison to Requirements Baseline • The characterisation shall also be used to cross-calibrate the systematic biases and differences in gain between sensor systems before merging [RB-050.00] • Propose to currently use: • normalised water leaving radiance: GlobCOLOUR • chlorophyll: NASA (will split GlobCOLOUR into low/high groupings) • diffuse attenuation coefficient: GlobCOLOUR • Will not aim to correct different sensors for biases, but propagate these through the merging techniques so that they can be represented by the error bars.
Comparison to Requirements Baseline • Characterisation shall be performed on normalized water leaving radiance [RB-051.00] and chlorophyll [RB-052.00]. • Have performed characterisation for nLw, chlorophyll and the diffuse attenuation coefficient. nLw will undergo some further work in an attempt to improve the results • Currently only using MERIS Case I chlorophyll product: alternatively use MERIS Case II product in coastal waters.
Comparison to Requirements Baseline • At least two different merging methods shall be implemented and tested during Phase 1 [RB-026.00]. • Implemented average merging procedure and GSM01 technique. • A sensitivity analysis on chlorophyll concentration retrieval has been performed.