Analyses
inversion methods
evaluate SAA tolerances to inversion methods (iterative minimization schemes, direct matrix inversion, etc.)
level-2 inversion vs level-3 inversion
Evaluate impact of model inversion applied to satellite Level-3 mean Rrs rather than Level-2 Rrs retrievals.
sensitivities
evaluate SAA tolerances to noisy Rrs, the T/S dependence of aw and bbw, etc.
validation (via NOMAD and SeaWiFS match-ups)
SAA performance for in situ and satellite Rrs compared to in situ IOPs
global algorithm comparisons
coverage comparisons