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• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) from the Ocean Color community
  
  
• Data Format Specifications
  
  
• Land Mask Format Document - The mask is used to set the land mask flag for each pixel in the Level 2 processing (pdf 8KB)
  
  
• Validation information : Marine Optical Buoy (MOBY)
  
  
• The SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System (SeaBASS): Current Architecture and Implementation
  (pdf 2.3MB)
  
  
• Ocean Color Standard Product Information

• Reprocessing Information Details on the various data reprocessings
  
  
• Sensor Spectral Response Functions Sensor RSRs and bandpass averaged quantites used in processing ocean color data
  
  
• SeaWiFS Processing Overview An overview of the processing of SeaWiFS data within OBPG
  
  
• MODIS Processing Overview An overview of the processing of MODIS ocean color data within OBPG (Ocean Biology Processing Group)
  
  
• MODIS SST Processing: Implementation within the OBPG
  
  
• MODIS HIRES Processing: Support for MODIS 250 and 500-meter bands for Oceans
  
  
• CZCS Processing: Description of the Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) and the OBPG processing of the CZCS data
  
  
• NPP Ocean support : Presentation including a detailed description of the current and planned data processing system
  
  
• Aquarius Mission Interface Diagram : Interfaces and interactions planned for the upcoming Aquarius ocean salinity mapping mission
  
  
• Product validation and comparison methods
  
  
• Ocean Color Data Distribution Statistics

• MSl12 User Guide A user's guide to the MSl12 software (Muti-Sensor level 1 to 2 processing code)
  
  
• Ocean Color IDL Library
  
  
• SeaWiFS Data Analysis System (SeaDAS)

• Ocean Biology Processing Group Publications : A listing of publications produced by the Ocean Biology Processing Group
  
  
• Presentations and Posters given by Ocean Biology Processing Group Members
  
  
• Ocean Color Publications Database : Searchable library containing peer-reviewed references with abstracts and full text links. There is also a feature to add your own publications to the database.
  
  
• Monitoring the Earth from Space with SeaWiFS - An Online Lecture prepared for National Geographic
  
  
• Articles in Oceanography Magazine either using SeaWiFS data or about ocean color.

• 2004 MODIS Science Team Meeting July 12-17, 2004
  
• 2004 Ocean Color Research Team Meeting
  
• MODIS Calibration Review Panel
  
• SIMBIOS Presentations, Documents, References
  
• The SeaWiFS Bio-Optical Algorithm (SeaBAM) - January 1997
  
• The Ocean Color Bio-Optical Algorithm Mini-Workshop (OCBAM) - September 2005
  
• 2006 Ocean Color Research Team Meeting
  
• Supporting In situ and Space Based Measurements Workshop - October 2006
  
• 2007 Ocean Color Research Team Meeting
  
• ESA/MERIS Workshop - July 2008
  
• Ocean Optics XIX IOP Workshop - October 2008
  
• CVO AOP Workshop - January 2009
  
• 2009 Ocean Color Research Team Meeting
  

• SeaWiFS Technical Memoranda Series
  • Post-launch Series
  • Pre-launch Series
    
    
• SIMBIOS Program Documents
  Year end reports, Technical Memoranda, Presentation material
  
  
• Ocean Optics Protocols for Satellite Ocean Color Sensor Validation (pdf)
  • Volume I (729kB)
  • Volume II (1.4MB)
  • Volume III (1.1MB)
  • Volume IV (1.3MB)
    • Volume IV, Errata (19kB)
  • Volume V (942kB)
  • Volume VI (5.3MB)
  • Volume VI, Part 2 (971kB)
  
  
• The Second SeaWiFS HPLC Analysis Round-Robin Experiment (SeaHARRE-2) (1.5MB PDF)
• A Comprehensive Plan for the Long-Term Calibration and Validation of Oceanic Biogeochemical Satellite Data (2.4MB PDF)
  

• Advance Planning (authorization required)
• An Advance Plan for NASA's Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Research (2MB PDF)
• Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Roadmap

CHORS HPLC Processing Issue

• Executive Summary and SeaHARRE Results (11MB PDF)
• The Nonlinearity of the Thermo UV6000 Detector (2.4MB PDF)
• A Parametric Correction Scheme for Anomalous HPLC Results (3MB PDF)
• HPLC Uncertainties: A Case Study for Establishing Guidelines and Review Procedures for Essential Climate-quality Data Record (CDR) Analyses (2.4MB PDF)
• CHORS HPLC Uncertainties: Final Report (823KB PDF)