OCView – Online display and monitoring of ocean color product imagery

Karlis Mikelsons

NOAA Ocean Color Science Team

STAR JPSS 2016 Annual Science Team Meeting

August 10, 2016

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NOAA Ocean Color Science Team web page star.nesdis.noaa.gov/socd/mecb/color/index.html

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Launch Ocean Color Viewer

OCView – Ocean Color Viewer

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“true color” imagery layer

global mission long imagery

time navigation scale

zoom control

OCView – regional view

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available algorithms

daily Chl-a data enabled

OC data may not be retrieved due to: -Clouds -High glint -High sensor zenith angle --Other atmospheric conditions

browser link gets automatically updated, and can be used to share or restore the view

Chl-a 8 day time average

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“true color” off 8-day time average

pointer indicates approximate value

color bar enabled

date and coordinates of pointed location

Chl-a monthly time average

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Kd(490) climatology

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Granule display, selection, and download

8 granule overlay enabled

clicking on granule shows link to data

date and time of selected granule

GOCI true color (development site)

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UTC hour selector

sensor selector