VOL. 13: Case Studies for SeaWiFS Calibration and Validation, Part 1.
Citation:
McClain, C.R., J. Comiso, R. Fraser, J.K. Firestone, B. Schieber, E-n. Yeh, K.R. Arrigo,
and C.W. Sullivan, 1993: Case Studies for SeaWiFS Calibration and Validation, Part 1.
NASA Tech. Memo. 104566, Vol. 13, S.B. Hooker and E.R. Firestone, Eds., NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 52 pp., plus color plates (in press).
Although the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) Calibration and
Validation Program relies on the scientific community for the collection of bio-optical
and atmospheric correction data as well as for algorithm development, it does have the
responsibility for evaluating and comparing the algorithms and for ensuring that the
algorithms are properly implemented within the SeaWiFS Data Processing System. This
report consists of a series of sensitivity and algorithm (bio-optical, atmospheric correction
and quality control) studies based on Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) and historical
ancillary data undertaken to assist in the development of SeaWiFS specific applications
needed for the proper execution of that responsibility. The topics presented are as
follows:
1) CZCS bio-optical algorithm comparison,
2) SeaWiFS ozone data analysis study,
3) SeaWiFS pressure and oxygen absorption study,
4) pixel-by-pixel pressure and ozone correction study for ocean color imagery,
5) CZCS overlapping scenes study,
6) a comparison of CZCS and {\it in situ\/} pigment concentrations in the
Southern Ocean,
7) the generation of ancillary data climatologies,
8) CZCS sensor ringing mask comparison, and
9) sun glint flag sensitivity study.
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