Ocean Colour ECV maturity l CORE-CLIMAX self
evaluation
- v1.0 = Initial Operations
- v2.0 = Full Operations
l Applies to basic OC-CCI product set:
- Rrs, chlorophyll
- Kd490
- IOPs
• Case 1 (open ocean)
Full operations
Initial operations
Research
R& D Component Essential for:
l Complex waters
- Coastal
- River outflows
- Blooms
l Derived products
- Phytoplankton type
- Phytoplankton size structure
- Carbon products
- ..
- New Sensors - Sentinel 3 - ..
• Uncertainty characterisation • SI traceability • “Comprehensive validation
of the uncertainty estimates”
Staying up to date l Operational should
not mean static
l Essential to monitor research and adopt new developments
l Institutionalise CCI cyclical improvement model - Regular,
established, quantitative procedure for evaluating and integrating improvements
• System Engineering • Robust and fast
processing system
• New algorithms • New products
Algorithm intercomparison
Algorithm selection
New insights • Product generation • Data merging
• Internal Evaluation • External Evaluation
(e.g., IOCCG) • User Feedback
• New sensors • New in situ data • New algorithms
Iterative Loop
Ini$al'plan:'linear'(blue'boxes)'New'plan:'Itera$ve,'con$nuing'science'input'Lesson'Learned:'Important'to'include'periodic'comparison,'update'of'algorithms'and'reprocessing'of'OCA'CCI'products'as'science'progresses'
