Investigation of Ocean Bio-Optical Variability Using the Multispectral Airborne Radiometer System (MARS).

An existing multispectral airborne radiometer system (MARS) was upgraded to include measurement of downwelling spectral irradiance, as well as upwelled spectral radiance, from aircraft of opportunity. The MARS was deployed over the North Atlantic Ocean aboard NASA's P-3 aircraft during the JGOF...

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Main Author: Mueller, James L.
Other Authors: SAN DIEGO STATE UNIV CA CENTER FOR HYDRO-OPTICS AND REMOTE SENSING
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1993
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Optics
Biological Oceanography
*NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
*SPECTRORADIOMETERS
*CHLOROPHYLLS
ALGORITHMS
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
OPTICAL DETECTION
OCEAN SURFACE
COMPARISON
AIRBORNE
REFLECTION
OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
OPTICAL ANALYSIS
RADIANCE
COLORS
REMOTE DETECTORS
MARINE BIOLOGY
CALIBRATION
MIXED LAYER(MARINE)
RADIOMETRY
MULTISPECTRAL
FRONTS(OCEANOGRAPHY)
UPWELLING
REMOTE SENSING
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA293716
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA293716
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Summary:An existing multispectral airborne radiometer system (MARS) was upgraded to include measurement of downwelling spectral irradiance, as well as upwelled spectral radiance, from aircraft of opportunity. The MARS was deployed over the North Atlantic Ocean aboard NASA's P-3 aircraft during the JGOFS North Atlantic Bloom experiment in 1989. Atmospheric and surface reflection corrections, and ocean color algorithms were applied to the MARS data to derive transects of chlorophyll a concentration along aircraft trackliness. Results are given along selected flightliness. (AN)

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