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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-235-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-235-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean-colour satellite applications
André Valente ,
Shubha Sathyendranath,
Vanda Brotas,
Steve Groom,
Michael Grant,
Malcolm Taberner,
David Antoine,
Robert Arnone,
William M. Balch,
Kathryn Barker,
Ray Barlow,
Simon Bélanger,
Jean-François Berthon,
Şükrü Beşiktepe,
Vittorio Brando,
Elisabetta Canuti,
Francisco Chavez,
Hervé Claustre,
Richard Crout,
Robert Frouin,
Carlos García-Soto,
Stuart W. Gibb,
Richard Gould,
Stanford Hooker,
Mati Kahru,
Holger Klein,
Susanne Kratzer,
Hubert Loisel,
David McKee,
Brian G. Mitchell,
Tiffany Moisan,
Frank Muller-Karger,
Leonie O'Dowd,
Michael Ondrusek,
Alex J. Poulton,
Michel Repecaud,
Timothy Smyth,
Heidi M. Sosik,
Michael Twardowski,
Kenneth Voss,
Jeremy Werdell,
Marcel Wernand, and
Giuseppe Zibordi
Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
EUMETSAT, Eumetsat-Allee 1, 64295 Darmstadt, Germany
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, Villefranche-sur-mer, 06238, France
Remote Sensing and Satellite Research Group, Department of Physics, Astronomy and Medical Radiation Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center, Kiln, MS, USA
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, USA
Bayworld Centre for Research and Education, Cape Town, South Africa
Département de biologie, chimie et géographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski (Québec), Canada
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Canberra, Australia
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, USA
Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSU-CNRS, 181 Chemin du Lazaret, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, Kiln, MS, USA
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), Corazón de María 8, 28002 Madrid, Spain
Plentziako Itsas Estazioa/Euskal Herriko Unibetsitatea (PIE/EHU), Areatza z/g, 48620 Plentzia, Spain
Environmental Research Institute, North Highland College, University of the Highlands and Islands, Thurso, Scotland, UK
Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, Kiln, MS, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
Operational Oceanography Group, Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, Hamburg, Germany
Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Frescati Backe, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, Université du Littoral – Côte d'Opale, Maison de la Recherche en Environnement Naturel, Wimereux, France
Physics Department, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, Scotland, UK
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA, USA
Institute for Marine Remote Sensing/ImaRS, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Fisheries and Ecosystem Advisory Services, Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Galway, Ireland
NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/SOCD, College Park, MD, USA
Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems, National Oceanography Centre, Waterfront Campus, Southampton, UK
IFREMER Centre de Brest, Plouzane, France
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Fort Pierce, FL, USA
Physics Department, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Physical Oceanography, Marine Optics & Remote Sensing, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel, Netherlands
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
Abstract. A compiled set of in situ data is important to evaluate the quality of ocean-colour satellite-data records. Here we describe the data compiled for the validation of the ocean-colour products from the ESA Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI). The data were acquired from several sources (MOBY, BOUSSOLE, AERONET-OC, SeaBASS, NOMAD, MERMAID, AMT, ICES, HOT, GeP&CO), span between 1997 and 2012, and have a global distribution. Observations of the following variables were compiled: spectral remote-sensing reflectances, concentrations of chlorophyll a, spectral inherent optical properties and spectral diffuse attenuation coefficients. The data were from multi-project archives acquired via the open internet services or from individual projects, acquired directly from data providers. Methodologies were implemented for homogenisation, quality control and merging of all data. No changes were made to the original data, other than averaging of observations that were close in time and space, elimination of some points after quality control and conversion to a standard format. The final result is a merged table designed for validation of satellite-derived ocean-colour products and available in text format. Metadata of each in situ measurement (original source, cruise or experiment, principal investigator) were preserved throughout the work and made available in the final table. Using all the data in a validation exercise increases the number of matchups and enhances the representativeness of different marine regimes. By making available the metadata, it is also possible to analyse each set of data separately. The compiled data are available at doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.854832 (Valente et al., 2015).
How to cite. Valente, A., Sathyendranath, S., Brotas, V., Groom, S., Grant, M., Taberner, M., Antoine, D., Arnone, R., Balch, W. M., Barker, K., Barlow, R., Bélanger, S., Berthon, J.-F., Beşiktepe, Ş., Brando, V., Canuti, E., Chavez, F., Claustre, H., Crout, R., Frouin, R., García-Soto, C., Gibb, S. W., Gould, R., Hooker, S., Kahru, M., Klein, H., Kratzer, S., Loisel, H., McKee, D., Mitchell, B. G., Moisan, T., Muller-Karger, F., O'Dowd, L., Ondrusek, M., Poulton, A. J., Repecaud, M., Smyth, T., Sosik, H. M., Twardowski, M., Voss, K., Werdell, J., Wernand, M., and Zibordi, G.: A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean-colour satellite applications, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 8, 235–252, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-235-2016, 2016.
Received: 11 Nov 2015 – Discussion started: 19 Jan 2016 – Revised: 18 May 2016 – Accepted: 19 May 2016 – Published: 03 Jun 2016