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Comparisons of ocean colour merged data sets

Comparisons of ocean colour merged data sets. St éphane Maritorena ICESS University of California, Santa Barbara. Special thanks to Odile, Antoine and the ACRI-ST Team. OUTLINE. Current Ocean Colour merged data sets and associated merging techniques and products. Coverage Time-series

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Comparisons of ocean colour merged data sets

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  1. Comparisons of ocean colour merged data sets Stéphane Maritorena ICESS University of California, Santa Barbara Special thanks to Odile, Antoine and the ACRI-ST Team

  2. OUTLINE • Current Ocean Colour merged data sets and associated merging techniques and products. • Coverage • Time-series • Matchups • Frequency distributions • Error estimates

  3. Ocean Color Merged Data Sets • REASoN (ICESS/UCSB) • NASA OBPG • GlobCOLOUR

  4. MERGED DATA SETS

  5. Daily coverage using SeaWiFS/Aqua and Meris (2003 data) GlobCOLOUR NASA REASoN

  6. Ocean color sensorsaverage daily coverage (2003 data)

  7. FREQUENCY OF COVERAGE (2005) Days Merged SeaWiFS Aqua

  8. Relative contribution of each sensor to an 8-Day composite MERIS AQUA SeaWiFS

  9. THE 30 ZONES

  10. Time-series CHL - Monthly data (Cont’d)

  11. Time-series CHL - Monthly data (Cont’d)

  12. Time-series - CDM - Monthly data

  13. Time-series BBP - Monthly data

  14. Issues with the particulate backscattering product Meris issue Mostly a SeaWiFS issue • Noise in the SeaWiFS Lwn() around gaps caused by clouds. In these areas, the Lwn() are sometimes higher than in nearby gap-free areas and this results in enhanced bbp (443) values. • Problem does not exist in Aqua data • MERIS shows some stripes of high BBP values on some swaths.

  15. Matchups - CHL In situ data set (NOMAD + SeaBASS) with CHL: ~3100 stations CDM: ~700 stations BBP: ~180 stations Same day matchups, 3x3 box, 9 km data (4.5 km for GlobCOLOUR).

  16. BBP CDM GlobCOLOUR REASoN

  17. FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION - CHL - 50N-50S Deep Water

  18. FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION - CDM - 50N-50S Deep Water

  19. FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION - BBP - 50N-50S Deep Water

  20. Monthly Chlorophyll May 2006

  21. Error estimates at pixel level (%) Chla – May 2006 100% 50% 0%

  22. Summary • The GlobCOLOUR data set provides better daily coverage thanks to the use of the MERIS data. • GlobCOLOUR also offers more products and several resolutions. • CHL • The three merged data sets are very consistent most of the time, except in coastal zones (Z < 1000 m). • MERIS alone tends to produce higher CHL values than SeaWiFS or AQUA. • AQUA alone tends to produce lower CHL values than SeaWiFS or MERIS

  23. Summary (Cont’d) • CHL (Cont’d) • The REASoN and GlobCOLOUR (GSM) data contain less low CHL values than the NASA OBPG data. Also true for REASoN at high CHL values but better agreement in summer. • CDM • The agreement between the GlobCOLOUR and REASoN merged CDM products is excellent, always, everywhere. • BBP • SeaWiFS and MERIS BBP products are sometimes very (too) high. MODIS-AQUA BBP product appears more stable and reasonable.

  24. Conclusion • The three merged data sets look good and are in good agreement overall. • Better agreement between the merged products than between the products from the individual sensors. • Some issues exist (BBP mostly) that need to be looked at.

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