System Vicarious Calibration for climate and global long-term operational ocean color applications

Published

February 25, 2025

Author(s)

Giuseppe Zibordi, B. Carol Johnson, Ewa Kwiatkowska, Kenneth Voss, David Antoine, Sean William Bailey, Andrew Barnard, Brian Barnes, Agnieszka Bialek, Shuguo Chen, Susanne Craig, Constant Mazeran, FREDERIC MELIN, Jee-Eun Min, Hiroshi Murakami, Menghua Wang

Abstract

System Vicarious Calibration (SVC) enhances the accuracy of satellite ocean color radiometric data products by removing the bias due to the intrinsic inaccuracies affecting both the responsivity of the space sensor and the correction for the atmospheric contribution to the measured signal. Various SVC procedures have been implemented and applied for regional studies, specific mission goals, and the most challenging climate and global long-term operational applications that require accurate and consistent data products across multiple missions. This work summarizes the outcome of a workshop organized by the Ocean Color SVC Task Force of the International Ocean Color Coordinating Group (IOCCG) to review requirements for SVC supporting ocean color missions for climate and global long-term operational applications. The work further emphasizes the essential need for long-term sustained SVC infrastructures and associated services, summarizes the primary requirements for establishing a comprehensive ocean color SVC framework, and provides directions for new investigations to tackle arising matters on SVC advancements and methods.

Citation

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Issue

2

Pub Type

Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0085.1

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Keywords

Ocean color system vicarious calibration, radiometry, climate ocean color applications

Citation

Zibordi, G. , Johnson, B. , Kwiatkowska, E. , Voss, K. , Antoine, D. , Bailey, S. , Barnard, A. , Barnes, B. , Bialek, A. , Chen, S. , Craig, S. , Mazeran, C. , Melin, F. , Min, J. , Murakami, H. and Wang, M. (2025), System Vicarious Calibration for climate and global long-term operational ocean color applications, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, [online], https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0085.1, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=958331 (Accessed October 27, 2025)