CZCS (Coastal Zone Color Scanner) Atlas of Water Optical Properties in the Alboran Sea

Abstract

Optical water properties of the world oceans can be rapidly obtained from data from the Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) aboard the Nimbus -7 satellite. Satellite processing techniques have been developed to eliminate the atmospheric contamination that contributes 90% of the total visible channel signal. The remaining signal, which constituted the ocean color, is directly related to the diffuse attenuation coefficient (k) at 490 nanometers for the upper surface waters. Calculation and geographic registration of k can be done for each of the 800-square-meter pixel resolution of CZCS, and results show that the accuracy is within 25% of ship measurements. This report indicates the processing procedures used to calculate k from radiance data from the CZCS.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA162503

Entities

People

  • Ramon Oriol
  • Robert A. Arnone

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Pollution
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Attenuation
  • Classification
  • Coefficients
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Contamination
  • Databases
  • Measurement
  • Oceans
  • Optical Properties
  • Radiance
  • Remote Sensing
  • Surface Waters
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Computer Vision.
  • Oceanography.

Technology Areas

  • Space