Near-real-time ocean color data processing using ancillary data from the global forecast system model

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1485-1495

  Ramachandran, Sathyadev ^a,b   Wang, Menghua ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SP Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancillary data; ocean color products; operational data processing; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ANCILLARY DATA; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; DIFFUSE ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; EVALUATION RESULTS; GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM MODEL; GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEMS; MODEL DATA; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; NEAR-REAL TIME; NEAR-REAL-TIME DATA; OCEAN COLOR; OCEAN COLOR PRODUCTS; OPERATIONAL DATA PROCESSING; SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR; SEA-SURFACE WIND SPEED; TOTAL COLUMN OZONE; WATER-LEAVING RADIANCES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; COLOR; OCEANOGRAPHY; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA HANDLING;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL ZONE; DATA PROCESSING; FORECASTING METHOD; NOAA SATELLITE; OCEAN COLOR; REAL TIME; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE; WIND VELOCITY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953186890     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2078825     Document Type: Article

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