Determining the primary sources of uncertainty in retrieval of marine remote sensing reflectance from satellite ocean color sensors

A Gilerson, E Herrera-Estrella, R Foster… - Frontiers in Remote …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Uncertainties in the retrieval of the remote sensing reflectance, Rrs, from Ocean Color (OC)
satellite sensors have a strong impact on the performance of algorithms for the estimation of …

Optical classification of an urbanized estuary using hyperspectral remote sensing reflectance

KJ Turner, M Tzortziou, BK Grunert, J Goes… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Optical water classification based on remote sensing reflectance (R_rs (λ)) data can provide
insight into water components driving optical variability and inform the development and …

Development of VIIRS-OLCI chlorophyll-a product for the coastal estuaries

A Gilerson, M Malinowski, J Agagliate… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Coastal waters require monitoring of chlorophyll-a concentration (Chl-a) in a wide range of
Chl-a from a few mg/m3 to hundreds of mg/m3, which is of interest to the fisheries industry …

Robust ocean color from drones: Viewing geometry, sky reflection removal, uncertainty analysis, and a survey of the Gulf Stream front

PC Gray, AE Windle, J Dale, IB Savelyev… - Limnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate and robust retrieval of ocean color from remote sensing enables critical
observations of aquatic natural systems, from open ocean biological oceanography, coastal …

Incorporating a hyperspectral direct-diffuse pyranometer in an above-water reflectance algorithm

TM Jordan, SGH Simis, PMM Grötsch, J Wood - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
In situ hyperspectral remote-sensing reflectance (R rs (λ)) is used to derive water quality
products and perform autonomous monitoring of aquatic ecosystems. Conventionally, above …

Quality control tests for automated above-water hyperspectral measurements: Radiative Transfer assessment

M Moradi, B Arabi, A Hommersom… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Automated above-water hyperspectral observations are often subject to inaccuracies
caused by instrument malfunction and environmental conditions. This study evaluates the …

Sea-surface reflectance factor: replicability of computed values

D D'Alimonte, T Kajiyama, G Zibordi, B Bulgarelli - Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
The sea-surface reflectance factor ρ required for the determination of the water-leaving
radiance from above-water radiometric measurements is derived from radiative transfer …

Spatial structure of in situ reflectance in coastal and inland waters: implications for satellite validation

TM Jordan, SGH Simis, N Selmes, G Sent… - Frontiers in Remote …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Validation of satellite-derived aquatic reflectance involves relating meter-scale in situ
observations to satellite pixels with typical spatial resolution∼ 10–100 m within a temporal …

Report for dedicated JPSS VIIRS ocean color calibration/validation cruise: Gulf of Mexico in April 2021

M Ondrusek, J Wei, M Wang, E Stengel, C Kovach… - 2022 - repository.library.noaa.gov
The sixth NOAA-dedicated JPSS VIIRS Ocean Color Calibration/Validation Cruise was
successfully conducted in the Gulf of Mexico in early 2021 when COVID-19 still threatened …

Spectral decomposition of remote sensing reflectance variance due to the spatial variability from ocean color and high-resolution satellite sensors

EH Estrella, A Gilerson, R Foster… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The variability of the remote sensing reflectance, R rs, now routinely retrieved from ocean
color (OC) and high spatial resolution sensors, is often used to characterize water variability …