The Ocean Color Component of the Aerosol Robotic Network(AERONET-OC) supports activities related to ocean color such as validation of satellite data products, assessment of atmospheric correction schemes, and evaluation of bio-optical models through globally distributed standardized measurements of water-leaving radiance and aerosol optical depth. In view of duly assisting the AERONET-OC data user community, this work (i) summarizes the latest investigations on a number of scientific issues related to above-water radiometry, (ii) emphasizes the network expansion that from 2002 until the end of 2020 integrated 31 effective measurement sites, (iii) shows the equivalence of data product accuracy across sites and time for measurements performed with different instrument series, (iv) illustrates the variety of water types represented by the network sites ensuring validation activities across a diversity of observation conditions, and
(v) documents the availability of water-leaving radiance data corrected for bidirectional effects by applying a method specifically developed for chlorophyll-a-dominated waters and an alternative one that is likely suitable for any water type.
ZIBORDI Giuseppe;
HOLBEN Brent;
TALONE Marco;
D'ALIMONTE Davide;
SLUTSKER I;
GILES D.;
SOROKIN Mikhail;
2021-03-31
AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC
JRC121587
0739-0572 (online),
https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/atot/38/4/JTECH-D-20-0085.1.xml?rskey=3TLGpN&result=2,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC121587,
10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0085.1 (online),
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