A regional assessment of OLCI data products
This letter summarizes a regional assessment of radiometric data products from the Ocean and Land Colour Instrument operated onboard Sentinel-3A. The assessment is supported by in situ reference measurements from the Ocean Colour component of the Aerosol Robotic Network and the Bio-optical mapping o...
Published in: | IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Language: | English |
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IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
2018
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Online Access: | https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC111893 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8425631 https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2018.2849329 |
Summary: | This letter summarizes a regional assessment of radiometric data products from the Ocean and Land Colour Instrument operated onboard Sentinel-3A. The assessment is supported by in situ reference measurements from the Ocean Colour component of the Aerosol Robotic Network and the Bio-optical mapping of Marine Properties Program. Results indicate a systematic underestimate of the water-leaving radiance at the blue and red spectral bands. Conversely, the aerosol optical depth at 865 nm exhibits overestimate, while the Ångström exponent shows a narrow distribution of values confined below a maximum of approximately 1.7. These findings suggest difficulty in separating water and atmospheric radiance contributions, which results in a poor determination of aerosol load and type and, consequently, an overestimate of atmospheric effects. JRC.D.2 - Water and Marine Resources |
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