Assessment of Normalized Water-Leaving Radiance Derived From Goci Using AERONET-OC Data

The geostationary ocean color imager (GOCI), as the world’s first operational geostationary ocean color sensor, is aiming at monitoring short-term and small-scale changes of waters over the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Before assessing its capability of detecting subdiurnal changes of seawater properties, a fundamental understanding of the uncertainties of normalized water-leaving radiance (nLw) products introduced by atmospheric correction algorithms is necessarily required. This paper presents the uncertainties by accessing GOCI-derived nLw products generated by two commonly used operational atmospheric algorithms, the Korea Ocean Satellite Center (KOSC) standard atmospheric algorithm adopted in GOCI Data Processing System (GDPS) and the NASA standard atmospheric algorithm implemented in Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor Data Analysis System (SeaDAS/l2gen package), with Aerosol Robotic Network Ocean Color (AERONET-OC) provided nLw data. The nLw data acquired from the GOCI sensor based on two algorithms and four AERONET-OC sites of Ariake, Ieodo, Socheongcho, and Gageocho from October 2011 to March 2019 were obtained, matched, and analyzed. The GDPS-generated nLw data are slightly better than that with SeaDAS at visible bands; however, the mean percentage relative errors for both algorithms at blue bands are over 30%. The nLw data derived by GDPS is of better quality both in clear and turbid water, although underestimation is observed at near-infrared (NIR) band (865 nm) in turbid water. The nLw data derived by SeaDAS are underestimated in both clear and turbid water, and the underestimation worsens toward short visible bands. Moreover, both algorithms perform better at noon (02 and 03 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC)), and worse in the early morning and late afternoon. It is speculated that the uncertainties in nLw measurements arose from aerosol models, NIR water-leaving radiance correction method, and bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) correction method in corresponding atmospheric correction procedure

Dual Branch Neural Network for Sea Fog Detection in Geostationary Ocean Color Imager

Sea fog significantly threatens the safety of maritime activities. This paper develops a sea fog dataset (SFDD) and a dual branch sea fog detection network (DB-SFNet). We investigate all the observed sea fog events in the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea (118.1{\deg}E-128.1{\deg}E, 29.5{\deg}N-43.8{\deg}N) from 2010 to 2020, and collect the sea fog images for each event from the Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI) to comprise the dataset SFDD. The location of the sea fog in each image in SFDD is accurately marked. The proposed dataset is characterized by a long-time span, large number of samples, and accurate labeling, that can substantially improve the robustness of various sea fog detection models. Furthermore, this paper proposes a dual branch sea fog detection network to achieve accurate and holistic sea fog detection. The poporsed DB-SFNet is composed of a knowledge extraction module and a dual branch optional encoding decoding module. The two modules jointly extracts discriminative features from both visual and statistical domain. Experiments show promising sea fog detection results with an F1-score of 0.77 and a critical success index of 0.63. Compared with existing advanced deep learning networks, DB-SFNet is superior in detection performance and stability, particularly in the mixed cloud and fog areas

천리안 해양위성의 대기보정 및 대리교정 연구

본 학위논문은 세계최초의 정지궤도 해색 위성인 천리안 해양 위성 (GOCI : Geostationary Ocean Color Imager)에 표준으로 사용되는 대기보정 이론에 대하여 기술하고 있다. 타 극궤도 해색위성들이 1~2일 주기로 한 장소를 방문하며 전 지구를 관측하는 것과 달리 천리안 해양위성은 한반도를 포함한 동북아해역을 0.5 km 공간해상도로 낮 시간 동안 1시간의 시간간격으로 관측하고 있으며 (하루 8회 관측) 가시광~근적외파장대 (412, 443, 490, 555, 660, 680, 745, 865 nm) 영역에서 관측한다. 대기상층 위성궤도에서 일반적인 맑은 해역을 대상으로 관측된 가시광~근적외파장대 신호 중 90%이상은 대기신호이며, 해수신호의 크기는 10% 미만을 차지한다. 대기신호의 크기가 해수신호의 크기보다 10배 이상 크기 때문에 1%의 대기신호 추정 오차는 10%이상의 해수 광 스펙트럼 추정오류를 일으킨다. 이런 이유로 위성을 통한 해색원격탐사 임무는 높은 대기보정 정밀도를 요구하고 있으며 대기보정의 개발이 해색원격탐사 알고리즘 개발 중 가장 핵심이 된다. 천리안 해양위성 표준 대기보정은 NASA가 해색원격탐사 임무를 위해 개발한 SeaWiFS 표준 대기보정에 이론적인 기반을 두고 있다. SeaWiFS 방법은 우선 두개의 근적외 파장대 관측결과와 복사전달시뮬레이션 결과(조견표)를 서로 비교하여 대기 중 에어로졸 입자의 종류 및 농도 최적값을 추정해 내며 이 추정결과를 바탕으로 모든 가시광 파장의 에어로졸 반사도 스펙트럼을 다시 조견표를 이용하여 계산한다. 천리안 해양위성의 대기보정도 유사하게 두 근적외파장대 에어로졸 반사도 상관관계를 이용하여 에어로졸 종류 및 농도를 계산하는데, 이 연구를 통하여 SeaWiFS 및 다른 유사 대기보정 방법들과 비교하여 정확도 뿐 아니라 계산 효율 또한 개선하였다. 추가적으로 SeaWiFS에 적용된 수증기 흡광 보정 모델을 천리안 해양위성의 분광특성에 맞게 수정하여 적용하였으며, 탁도가 높은 해역에서 대기보정 오차를 줄이는 방법도 천리안 해양위성 관측영역의 해수 광 특성 및 반사도 정보들을 이용하여 개발하였다. 초기버전의 천리안 해양위성 표준 대기보정의 검보정 결과 탁도가 높은 연안해역에서는 10% 내외의 만족할 만한 오차수준을 보여주었으나, 탁도가 낮은 해역에서는 50% 이상의 오차를 발생되었다. 이는 대리교정 수행의 부재가 주된 요인이며, 본 연구에서는 이를 보완하기 위해 SeaWiFS 표준 대리교정 프로세스에 기반을 두고 천리안 해양위성에 맞게 대리교정을 수행하였다. 이 대리교정 방법에서는 특정 해역의 에어로졸 광특성이 항상 해양성 에어로졸이라 가정하고 이를 바탕으로 근적외 파장대 위성 관측 조도를 시뮬레이션 하여 두 근적외 파장대를 먼저 상대교정 한다. 이후, 상대교정된 두 근적외 파장대를 이용하면 맑은 해역에서 복사전달시뮬레이션을 통하여 가시광 파장대 대기조도를 모의 할 수 있게 되고, 여기에 맑은 해역의 현장 광 측정 자료가 추가되면 가시광파장대 위성관측조도의 시뮬레이션이 가능하다. 이 가시광파장대 모의 결과와 실제 위성관측조도와 비교하면 가시광파장대 대리교정을 완료할 수 있다. 본 대리교정 결과 대리교정 상수가 최대 3.2% 바뀌었으며 (490 nm 밴드) 새 대리교정 상수 적용 시 맑은 해역 대기보정 정확도가 최대 50% 이상 상승하였다. 본 연구에서는 천리안해양위성 대기보정의 성능을 평가하기 위해서 대기보정 결과 원격반사도 (remote-sensing reflectance: Rrs)를 한국해양과학기술원 해양위성연구센터에서 2010년 이후로 한반도 주변 해역 현장조사를 통해 수집한 원격반사도 자료들과 비교검정 하였으며, 검정결과 76, 84, 88, 90, 81, 82%의 정확도를 보여주었다. 추가로 현장자료가 아닌 시뮬레이션 자료를 통해 천리안 해양위성 알고리즘 뿐 아니라 다른 해색원격탐사 임무를 위해 개발된 주요 대기보정 알고리즘들 구현하여 함께 비교검증 하였고, 본 비교검증에서도 천리안 해양위성 표준 대기보정이 다른 대기보정 방법들과 비교하여 가장 낮은 오차율을 보여주었으며, 특히 다중산란 효과가 큰 작은 입자크기의 에어로졸 모델에서 더 좋은 성능을 보여주었다. 본 연구결과는 이론적으로 SeaWiFS 등 비슷한 밴드 특성을 가진 타 해색위성의 대기보정방법으로도 적용이 가능하며, 천리안 해양위성 자료처리시스템 (GOCI data processing system: GDPS) 1.5버전에의 적용될 예정이다.Chapter 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Ocean color remote sensing 1 1.2 Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI) 2 1.3 Atmospheric correction and vicarious calibration 5 Chapter 2. Initial atmospheric correction for the GOCI data 10 2.1 Introduction 10 2.2 Method 11 2.2.1 Correction for gaseous absorption and whitecap radiance 13 2.2.2 Solar irradiance normalization 15 2.2.3 Correction for molecular (Rayleigh) scattering 17 2.2.4 Cloud mask 18 2.2.5 Correction for multiple scattering by aerosols 19 2.2.6 Correction for atmospheric transmittance 22 2.2.7 Correction for near-infrared water reflectance over turbid waters 22 2.3 Conclusion 24 Chapter 3. Algorithm updates and vicarious calibration for the GOCI atmospheric correction 25 3.1 Backgrounds 25 3.2 Updates to the initial GOCI atmospheric correction algorithm 26 3.2.1 Correction for gaseous absorption and whitecap radiance 26 3.2.2 Sun-glint correction 28 3.2.3 Considering gravity effect for Rayleigh scattering 29 3.2.4 Correction for multiple scattering by aerosols - SRAMS 30 3.2.5 Correction for bidirectional effects for water reflectance 35 3.2.6 Correction for near-infrared water reflectance over turbid waters 39 3.2.7 Atmospheric transmittance with considering anisotropic angular distribution of water reflectance 40 3.3 Vicarious calibration of GOCI near-infrared bands 41 3.3.1 Method 44 3.3.2 Inter-calibration of GOCI near-infrared bands 45 3.3.3 Vicarious calibration of GOCI visible bands 49 Chapter 4. Validation results 51 4.1 Data 51 4.1.1 Synthetic data derived by simulations 51 4.1.2 In situ radiometric data measured from shipboard 52 4.1.3 AERONET-OC radiometric data 56 4.2 Validation of SRAMS scheme with simulation data 58 4.3 Assessment of the atmospheric correction improvements with in situ radiometric data 59 Chapter 5. Discussions 61 5.1 Impacts of water vapor correction on ocean color products 61 5.2 Stability for high solar and satellite zenith angle for diurnal observation 62 5.3 Cloud masking on fast-moving clouds and quality analysis 63 5.4 Evaluation of the GOCI aerosol correction scheme compared with other approaches 64 5.4.1 Aerosol correction approach for OCTS 64 5.4.2 Aerosol correction approach for MERIS 67 5.4.3 Evaluation results 69 5.5 Pitfalls in estimation of aerosol reflectance using 2-NIR bands 71 5.6 Issues in the vicarious calibration of GOCI VIS and NIR bands 72 5.7 Uncertainties from bidirectional effect 75 Chapter 6. Conclusion 76 Appendix. Glossary of symbols 82 Acknowledgements 86 References 88Docto

A semi-analytical model for estimating total suspended matter in highly turbid waters

Total suspended matter (TSM) is related to water quality. High TSM concentrations limit underwater light availability, thus affecting the primary productivity of aquatic ecosystems. Accurate estimation of TSM concentrations in various waters with remote sensing technology is particularly challenging, as the concentrations and optical properties vary greatly among different waters. In this research, a semi-analytical model was established for Hangzhou Bay and Lake Taihu for estimating TSM concentration. The model construction proceeded in two steps. 1) Two indices of the model were calculated by deriving absorption and backscattering coefficients of suspended matter (ap(λ) and bbp(λ)) from the reflectance signal using a semi-analytical method. 2) The two indices were then weighted to derive TSM. The performance of the proposed model was tested using in situ reflectance and Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI) data. The derived TSM based on in situ reflectance and GOCI images both corresponded well with the in situ TSM with low mean relative error (32%, 41%), root mean square error (20.1 mg/L, 43.1 mg/L), and normalized root mean square error (33%, 55%). The model was further used for the slightly turbid Xin’anjiang Reservoir to demonstrate its applicability to derive ap(λ) and bbp(λ) in other water types. The results indicated that the form Rrs −1(λ1) − Rrs −1(λ2) could minimize the effect of CDOM absorption in deriving ap(λ) from the total absorption. The model exploited the different relationships between TSM concentration and multiband reflectance, thus improving the performance and application range in deriving TSM

Sensor capability and atmospheric correction in ocean colour remote sensing

© 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Accurate correction of the corrupting effects of the atmosphere and the water's surface are essential in order to obtain the optical, biological and biogeochemical properties of the water from satellite-based multi-and hyper-spectral sensors. The major challenges now for atmospheric correction are the conditions of turbid coastal and inland waters and areas in which there are strongly-absorbing aerosols. Here, we outline how these issues can be addressed, with a focus on the potential of new sensor technologies and the opportunities for the development of novel algorithms and aerosol models. We review hardware developments, which will provide qualitative and quantitative increases in spectral, spatial, radiometric and temporal data of the Earth, as well as measurements from other sources, such as the Aerosol Robotic Network for Ocean Color (AERONET-OC) stations, bio-optical sensors on Argo (Bio-Argo) floats and polarimeters. We provide an overview of the state of the art in atmospheric correction algorithms, highlight recent advances and discuss the possible potential for hyperspectral data to address the current challenges

Uncertainties in the Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI) Remote Sensing Reflectance for Assessing Diurnal Variability of Biogeochemical Processes

Short-term (sub-diurnal) biological and biogeochemical processes cannot be fully captured by the current suite of polar-orbiting satellite ocean color sensors, as their temporal resolution is limited to potentially one clear image per day. Geostationary sensors, such as the Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI) from the Republic of Korea, allow the study of these short-term processes because their orbit permit the collection of multiple images throughout each day for any area within the sensors field of regard. Assessing the capability to detect sub-diurnal changes in in-water properties caused by physical and biogeochemical processes characteristic of open ocean and coastal ocean ecosystems, however, requires an understanding of the uncertainties introduced by the instrument and/or geophysical retrieval algorithms. This work presents a study of the uncertainties during the daytime period for an ocean region with characteristically low-productivity with the assumption that only small and undetectable changes occur in the in-water properties due to biogeochemical processes during the daytime period. The complete GOCI mission data were processed using NASAs SeaDAS/l2gen package. The assumption of homogeneity of the study region was tested using three-day sequences and diurnal statistics. This assumption was found to hold based on the minimal diurnal and day-to-day variability in GOCI data products. Relative differences with respect to the midday value were calculated for each hourly observation of the day in order to investigate what time of the day the variability is greater. Also, the influence of the solar zenith angle in the retrieval of remote sensing reflectances and derived products was examined. Finally, we determined that the uncertainties in water-leaving remote-sensing reflectance (Rrs) for the 412,443, 490, 555, 660 and 680 nm bands on GOCI are 8.05 x 10(exp -4), 5.49 x 10(exp -4), 4.48 x 10(exp -4), 2.51 x 10(exp -4), 8.83 x 10(exp -5), and 1.36 x 10(exp -4)/sr, respectively, and 1.09 x 10(exp -2)/cu.mgm for the chlorophyll-a concentration (Chl-a), 2.09 x 10(exp -3)/m for the absorption coefficient of chromophoric dissolved organic matter at 412 nm (a(sub g) (412)), and 3.7 mg/cu.m for particulate organic carbon (POC). These R(sub rs) values can be considered the threshold values for detectable changes of the in-water properties due to biological, physical or biogeochemical processes from GOCI

Exploring Himawari-8 geostationary observations for the advanced coastal monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef

Larissa developed an algorithm to enable water-quality assessment within the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) using weather satellite observations collected every 10 minutes. This unprecedented temporal resolution records the dynamic nature of water quality fluctuations for the entire GBR, with applications for improved monitoring and management

Reference solar irradiance spectra and consequences of their disparities in remote sensing of the ocean colour

International audienceSatellite ocean colour missions require a standard extraterrestrial solar irradiance spectrum in the visible and near-infrared (NIR) for use in the process of radiometric calibration, atmospheric correction and normalization of water-leaving radiances from in-situ measurements. There are numerous solar irradiance spectra (or models) currently in use within the ocean colour community and related domains. However, these irradiance spectra, constructed from single and/or multiple measurements sets or models, have noticeable differences ? ranging from about ±1% in the NIR to ±6% in the short wavelength region (ultraviolet and blue) ? caused primarily by the variation in the solar activity and uncertainties in experimental data from different instruments. Such differences between the applied solar irradiance spectra may have quite important consequences in reconciliation, comparison and validation of the products resulting from different ocean colour instruments. Thus, it is prudent to examine the model-to-model differences and ascertain an appropriate solar irradiance spectrum for use in future ocean colour research and validation purposes. This study first describes the processes which generally require the application of a solar irradiance spectrum, and then investigates the eight solar irradiance spectra (widely in use within the remote sensing community) selected on the basis of the following criteria: minimum spectral range of 350?1200 nm with adequate spectral resolution, completely or mostly based on direct measurements, minimal error range, intercomparison with other experiments and update of data. The differences in these spectra in absolute terms and in the SeaWiFS and MERIS in-band irradiances and their consequences on the retrieval algorithms of chlorophyll and suspended sediment are analyzed. Based on these detailed analyses, this study puts forward the solar irradiance spectrum most appropriate for all aspects of research, calibration and validation in ocean colour remote sensing. For an improved approximation of the extraterrestrial solar spectrum in the ultraviolet-NIR domain this study also proposes a new solar constant value determined from space-borne measurements of the last three decades

Developments in Earth observation for the assessment and monitoring of inland, transitional, coastal and shelf-sea waters

The Earth's surface waters are a fundamental resource and encompass a broad range of ecosystems that are core to global biogeochemical cycling and food and energy production. Despite this, the Earth's surface waters are impacted by multiple natural and anthropogenic pressures and drivers of environmental change. The complex interaction between physical, chemical and biological processes in surface waters poses significant challenges for in situ monitoring and assessment and often limits our ability to adequately capture the dynamics of aquatic systems and our understanding of their status, functioning and response to pressures. Here we explore the opportunities that Earth observation (EO) has to offer to basin-scale monitoring of water quality over the surface water continuum comprising inland, transition and coastal water bodies, with a particular focus on the Danube and Black Sea region. This review summarises the technological advances in EO and the opportunities that the next generation satellites offer for water quality monitoring. We provide an overview of algorithms for the retrieval of water quality parameters and demonstrate how such models have been used for the assessment and monitoring of inland, transitional, coastal and shelf-sea systems. Further, we argue that very few studies have investigated the connectivity between these systems especially in large river-sea systems such as the Danube-Black Sea. Subsequently, we describe current capability in operational processing of archive and near real-time satellite data. We conclude that while the operational use of satellites for the assessment and monitoring of surface waters is still developing for inland and coastal waters and more work is required on the development and validation of remote sensing algorithms for these optically complex waters, the potential that these data streams offer for developing an improved, potentially paradigm-shifting understanding of physical and biogeochemical processes across large scale river-sea continuum including the Danube-Black Sea is considerable

An empirical algorithm to seamlessly retrieve the concentration of suspended particulate matter from water color across ocean to turbid river mouths

Abstract(#br)We propose a globally applicable algorithm (GAA SPM ) to seamlessly retrieve the concentration of suspended particulate matter (SPM) ( C SPM ) from remote sensing reflectance ( R rs ( λ )) across ocean to turbid river mouths without any hard-switching in its application. GAA SPM is based on a calibrated relationship between C SPM and a generalized index for SPM ( GI SPM ) from water color. The GI SPM is mainly composed of three R rs ( λ ) ratios (671, 745, and 862 nm over 551 nm, respectively), along with weighting factors assigned to each ratio. The weighting factors are introduced to ensure the progressive application of R rs ( λ ) in the longer wavelengths for increasing C SPM . Calibration of GAA SPM employed data collected from multiple estuarine and coastal regions of Europe, China, Argentina, and the USA with the measured C SPM spanning from 0.2 to 2068.8 mg/L. Inter-comparison with several recalibrated well-known C SPM retrieval algorithms demonstrates that GAA SPM has the best retrieval accuracy over the entire C SPM range with a relative mean absolute difference (rMAD) of 41.3% (N = 437). This averaged uncertainty in GAA SPM -derived C SPM is mostly attributed to the retrievals from less turbid waters where C SPM < 50 mg/L (rMAD = 50%, N = 214). GAA SPM was further applied to the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) measurements over prominent coastal areas and produced reliable C SPM maps along with realistic spatial patterns. In contrast, applications of other C SPM algorithms resulted in less reliable C SPM maps with either unjustified numerical discontinuities in the C SPM spatial distribution or unsatisfactory retrieval accuracy. Therefore, we propose GAA SPM as a preferred algorithm to retrieve C SPM over regions with a wide range of C SPM , such as river plume areas