HR: 1340h
AN: IN13A-1079    [Abstracts]
TI: In situ Marine Bio-optical Data Analysis and Archival at NASA
AU: Werdell, J
EM: jeremy.werdell@gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Science Systems and Applications, Inc., NASA/GSFC, Code 614.8, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Bailey, S
EM: Sean.W.Bailey.1@gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Futuretech Corp., NASA/GSFC, Code 614.8, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: * Thomas, D
EM: Donna.G.Thomas.1@gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Futuretech Corp., NASA/GSFC, Code 614.8, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: McClain, C
EM: Charles.R.McClain@nasa.gov
AF: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA/GSFC, Code 614.8, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AB: High-quality in situ observations are prerequisite for satellite data product validation, remote-sensing algorithm development, and climate research on scales ranging from regional ecosystems to decadal global change. The NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) maintains a local repository of in situ marine bio-optical and atmospheric data, the SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System (SeaBASS), to facilitate ocean color satellite validation efforts. Recently, the OBPG reevaluated these data and developed a publicly available data set for bio-optical algorithm development, the NASA bio-Optical Marine Algorithm Data set (NOMAD). NOMAD includes over 3,400 stations of coincident radiometric spectra and phytoplankton pigment concentrations, encompassing chlorophyll-a concentrations ranging from 0.012 to 72.12 μg/L. This paper describes the cohesive OBPG system for field data analysis and archival, from evaluation and distribution via SeaBASS to the integration of these data into NOMAD. Further, the latest updates to NOMAD are summarized and recent OBPG algorithm development results are preresented.
DE: 0422 Bio-optics
DE: 0434 Data sets
DE: 4264 Ocean optics (0649)
DE: 4275 Remote sensing and electromagnetic processes (0689, 2487, 3285, 4455, 6934)
DE: 4805 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling (0412, 0414, 0793, 1615, 4912)
SC: Earth and Space Science Informatics [IN]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005