Abstract:

Remote sensing reflectance (Rrs) data was collected at four stations in the vicinity of Mobile Bay on April 3rd, 2016 during the CONCORDE Spring cruise aboard the R/V Pelican. The data was collected using a surface floating radiometer known as HyperPro (Sea-Bird Satlantic) and processed using their manufacture software ProSoft (version 8.1.4).

Suggested Citation:

Arnone, Robert. 2017. Surface floating radiometry (HyperPro- Sea-Bird Satlantic) collected on the R/V Pelican, Mississippi Bight, April 3, 2016. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7XW4GV8

Publications:

Arnone, R., Vandermuelen, R., Soto, I., Ladner, S., Ondrusek, M., & Yang, H. (2017). Diurnal changes in ocean color sensed in satellite imagery. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 11(3), 032406. doi:10.1117/1.jrs.11.032406

Purpose:

This data provides information about the apparent optical properties of the water and it can be used to understand the bio-optical properties as well to validate satellite ocean color data.

Data Parameters and Units:

Normalized water-leaving radiance (Lwn: µW.cm-2.nm-1.sr-1), Remote sensing reflectance (Rrs: sr-1), Downwelling radiance just below water surface (LS(0-): uW.cm-2.nm-1.sr-1), Downwelling irradiance just below water suface (ES(0-): uW.cm-2.nm-1), Downwelling irradiance just above water surface (ES(0+): uW.cm-2.nm-1), Water-leaving radiance (Lw: uW.cm-2.nm-1.sr-1), Mean extraterrestrial solar irradiance (F0_ES: uW.cm-2.nm-1), Station, Latitude (decimal degrees), Longitude (decimal degrees), Sky, Cloud cover, Local time (HH:MM), GMT time

Methods:

The data was process using Sea-bird Satlantic ProSoft software version 8.1.4 and following the methods described in Ondrusek, M., et al., 2015. Report for: dedicated JPSS VIIRS Ocean color Calibration / Validation Cruise. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 146. doi: 10.7289/V52B8W0Z.

Instruments:

The data was collected using a Sea-bird Satlantic HyperPro on flotation mode.

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