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zenodo48/100

Dataset for manuscript "Thermal infrared dust optical depth and coarse-mode effective diameter over oceans retrieved from collocated MODIS and CALIOP observations"

<p>This is the long-term satellite retrieval dataset of&nbsp;dust aerosol optical depth at 10 &mu;m (DAOD<sub>10&mu;m</sub>) and dust coarse mode effective diameter (D<sub>eff</sub>) based on collocated MODIS and CALIOP observations from July 2006 to August 2018. The full description is in the manuscript&nbsp;&quot;<strong>Thermal infrared dust optical depth and coarse-mode effective diameter over oceans retrieved from collocated MODIS and CALIOP observations&quot; </strong>by&nbsp;Zheng, Jianyu, et al. The readme file for the data is in &quot;readme_dust_aod_size_product.txt&quot;. The variable list&nbsp;of Level-2 data is in &quot;variable_list_L2.txt&quot;. The variable list of Level-3 data is in &quot;variable_list_L3.txt&quot;.</p>

opencc-by-4.0Apr 2023View details →
zenodo44/100

Supplementary dataset to the publication "Bi, S., and Hieronymi, M. (2024). Holistic optical water type classification for ocean, coastal, and inland waters. Limnology & Oceanography"

<p>The NetCDF data files contain the training dataset used to develop the Optical Water Type (OWT) framework proposed by Bi and Hieronymi (2024). The dataset is available in two spectral versions:</p> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; 1. &nbsp; &nbsp;<code>owt_BH2024_training_data_hyper.nc</code>: This file includes training data with a spectral resolution of 2 nm, ranging from 400 to 900 nm.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; 2. &nbsp; &nbsp;<code>owt_BH2024_training_data_olci.nc</code>: This file contains data formatted similarly to the hyperspectral version but aligned with the nominal Sentinel-3 OLCI wavebands.</p> <h2>Contents of the Dataset</h2> <p>For each version, the dataset includes spectral inherent and apparent optical properties such as:</p> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Remote Sensing Reflectance (Rrs)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Pure Water Absorption (aw)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Absorption Coefficient of Detritus (ad)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Total Absorption Coefficient without Pure Water (agp)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Absorption Coefficient of Phytoplankton (aph)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Backscattering Coefficient of Total Particulate Matter (bbp)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Scattering Coefficient of Total Particulate Matter (bp)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Scattering Coefficient of Pure Water (bw)</p> <p>Additionally, the dataset includes various environmental and biological parameters:</p> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Chlorophyll a Concentration (Chl)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Inorganic Suspended Matter Concentration (ISM)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Colored Dissolved Organic Matter Absorption at 440 nm (ag440)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Single-Scattering Albedo of Detritus at 550 nm (A_d)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Power Law Exponent of Detritus Attenuation (G_d)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Water Salinity (Sal)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Water Temperature (Temp)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Fraction for Diminished Coccolithophore Absorption (a_frac)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Fraction of Coccolithophore Group (cocco_frac)</p> <h2>Optical Water Types</h2> <p>The training dataset includes 10 pre-defined optical water types, with 10,000 samples for each type. Detailed descriptions of these water types can be found in Table 1 of Bi and Hieronymi (2024) or as follows,</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>OWT</td> <td>Desciption</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Extremely clear and oligotrophic indigo-blue waters with high reflectance in the short visible wavelengths.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Blue waters with similar biomass level as OWT 1 but with slightly higher detritus and CDOM content.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3a</td> <td>Turquoise waters with slightly higher phytoplankton, detritus, and CDOM compared to the first two types.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3b</td> <td>A special case of OWT 3a with similar detritus and CDOM distribution but with strong scattering and little absorbing particles like in the case of Coccolithophore blooms. This type usually appears brighter and exhibits a remarkable ~490 nm reflectance peak.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4a</td> <td>Greenish water found in coastal and inland environments, with higher biomass compared to the previous water types. Reflectance in short wavelengths is usually depressed by the absorption of particles and CDOM.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4b</td> <td>A special case of OWT 4a, sharing similar detritus and CDOM distribution, exhibiting phytoplankton blooms with higher scattering coefficients, e.g., Coccolithophore bloom. The color of this type shows a very bright green.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5a</td> <td>Green eutrophic water, with significantly higher phytoplankton biomass, exhibiting a bimodal reflectance shape with typical peaks at ~560 and ~709 nm.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5b</td> <td>Green hyper-eutrophic water, with even higher biomass than that of OWT 5a (over several orders of magnitude), displaying a reflectance plateau in the Near Infrared Region, NIR (vegetation-like spectrum).</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Bright brown water with high detritus concentrations, which has a high reflectance determined by scattering.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Dark brown to black water with very high CDOM concentration, which has low reflectance in the entire visible range and is dominated by absorption.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Additional Information</h2> <p>The detailed description of the data simulation can be found in the supporting information of Bi and Hieronymi (2024). The models used for simulating the data are available on GitHub:</p> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Component IOP Model: <a href="https://github.com/bishun945/IOPmodel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bio-geo-optical modelling of natural waters by Bi, Hieronymi, and R&ouml;ttgers (2023)</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;OWT Package: <a href="https://github.com/bishun945/pyOWT" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pyOWT</a></p> <h2>References</h2> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; 1. &nbsp; &nbsp;OWT Framework: Bi, S., and Hieronymi, M. (2024). Holistic optical water type classification for ocean, coastal, and inland waters. Limnology &amp; Oceanography, lno.12606. doi: 10.1002/lno.12606<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; 2. &nbsp; &nbsp;Component IOP Model: Bi, S., Hieronymi, M., and R&ouml;ttgers, R. (2023). Bio-geo-optical modelling of natural waters. Front. Mar. Sci. 10, 1196352. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1196352<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; 3. &nbsp; &nbsp;Pure Water IOP Model: R&ouml;ttgers, R., Doerffer, R., McKee, D., and Sch&ouml;nfeld, W. (2016). The Water Optical Properties Processor (WOPP): Pure Water Spectral Absorption, Scattering and Real Part of Refractive Index Model. Technical Report No WOPP-ATBD/WRD6. Available at: https://calvalportal.ceos.org/tools<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; 4. &nbsp; &nbsp;Rrs Model: Lee, Z., Du, K., Voss, K. J., Zibordi, G., Lubac, B., Arnone, R., et al. (2011). An inherent-optical-property-centered approach to correct the angular effects in water-leaving radiance. Appl. Opt. 50, 3155. doi: 10.1364/AO.50.003155</p> <h2>Authors and Contact</h2> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Author: Shun Bi, Martin Hieronymi, R&uuml;diger R&ouml;ttgers<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp;Creator: Shun Bi, Shun.Bi@hereon.de</p> <h2>Example Python Code to Read Data</h2> <p>Here is an example of how to read the NetCDF data using Python and the <code>xarray</code> library:</p> <pre><code>import xarray as xr # Load the dataset data_hyper = xr.open_dataset("path_to_your_file/owt_BH2024_training_data_hyper.nc") # Print the dataset to see its structure print(data_hyper) # Access a specific variable, e.g., remote sensing reflectance (Rrs) rrs = data_hyper['Rrs'] # Plot a sample of Rrs import matplotlib.pyplot as plt # Select a sample ID, for example the first sample sample_id = 0 plt.plot(data_hyper['wavelen'], rrs[sample_id, :]) plt.xlabel('Wavelength (nm)') plt.ylabel('Rrs (1/sr)') plt.title(f'Remote Sensing Reflectance for Sample ID {sample_id}') plt.show()</code></pre>

opencc-by-4.0Jul 2024View details →
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Dataset used in "Marine Sediment Characterized by Ocean-Bottom Fiber-Optic Seismology" by Spica et al., 2020 in Geophysical Research Letters

<p>3000fullhisy: raw data to reproduce Fig. 2<br> ppsdspec.npz: all spectrogram as shown in Fig. 3a<br> AllVelMods: All velocity model shown in Fig. 3b<br> ac.out.final.npz: auto-correlation image in Fig. 3c<br> DAS11_lpf5.stack51.grd: Earthquake wavefield as shown in Fig. 3d<br> &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

opencc-by-4.0Jul 2020View details →
zenodo40/100

Dataset in "Near real-time in-situ monitoring of nearshore ocean currents using Distributed Acoustic Sensing on submarine fiber-optic cable"

<p>Dataset in "Near real-time in-situ monitoring of nearshore ocean currents using Distributed Acoustic Sensing on submarine fiber-optic cable"&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="../api/records/13133835/draft/files/tmdcm.txt/content" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tmdcm.txt</a>: current meter data&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="../api/records/13133835/draft/files/tide.txt/content" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tide.txt</a>: tidal gauge data&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="../api/records/13133835/draft/files/windspeed.txt/content" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">windspeed.txt</a>: windspeed data&nbsp;</p> <p>Figure 2: Figure2.npy</p> <p>Figure 3: Figure 3 abc .npy</p> <p>Figure16:&nbsp; <a href="../api/records/13133835/draft/files/spatial_Vc.npy/content" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">spatial_Vc.npy</a> &amp; <a href="13133835" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">spatial_h.npy</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>Figure 17: <a href="../api/records/13133835/draft/files/streching_ncf.npy/content" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">streching_ncf.npy</a></p>

opencc-by-4.0Jul 2024View details →
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Dataset in "Marine Sediment Characterized by Ocean-Bottom Fiber-Optic Seismology" by Spica et al., 2020 in Geophysical Research Letters

<p>3000fullhisy: raw data to reproduce Fig. 2<br> ppsdspec.npz: all spectrogram as shown in Fig. 3a<br> AllVelMods: All velocity model shown in Fig. 3b<br> ac.out.final.npz: auto-correlation image in Fig. 3c<br> DAS11_lpf5.stack51.grd: Earthquake wavefield as shown in Fig. 3d</p>

opencc-by-4.0Jul 2020View details →
zenodo36/100

Dataset from Lagrangian bio-optical drifters during four experiments in coastal and open ocean waters

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opencc-by-4.0Nov 2023View details →
dryad36/100

Phytoplankton optical fingerprint libraries for development of phytoplankton ocean color satellite products

<p><span>Quantifying changes in phytoplankton communities using ocean color is essential for predicting ocean food resources, occurrences of harmful algal blooms, and carbon and other elemental cycles, among other predictions.  Here we present a dataset of greater than fifty strains of phytoplankton, from a range of taxonomic lineages, geographic locations, and time in culture, alone and in mixtures, grown to exponential and/or stationary phase for determination of hyperspectral UV-VIS absorption coefficients, multi-angle and multi-spectral backscatter coefficients, volume scattering functions, particle size distributions, fluorescence, and hyperspectral remote sensing reflectance.  The measurements obtained from these experiments are valuable to facilitate development of new global and/or regional ocean color models by the broader scientific community.  </span></p>

opencc-zeroDec 2023View details →
dryad36/100

Bio-optical Database of the Arctic Ocean

<p>The Arctic bio-optical database assembles a diverse suite of biological and optical data from 34 expeditions throughout the Arctic Ocean. Data combined into a single AO database following the OBPG criteria (Pegau et al. 2003), as was done in the development of the global NASA Bio-optical Marine Algorithm Data Set (NOMAD) (Werdell 2005, Werdell &amp; Bailey 2005). This Arctic database combines coincident <i>in situ</i> observations of IOPs, apparent optical properties (AOPs), Chl <i>a</i>, environmental data (e.g. temperature, salinity) and station metadata (e.g. sampling depth, latitude, longitude, date). Data were acquired from the NASA SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System (SeaBASS, https://seabass.gsfc.nasa.gov/), the LEFE CYBER database (http://www.obs-vlfr.fr/proof/index2.php), the Data and Sample Research System for Whole Cruise Information in JAMSTEC (DARWIN, http://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp), NOMAD, and individual contributors. To ensure consistency, data were limited to those that were collected using OBPG defined protocols (Pegau et al. 2003). Only observations shallower that 30 m were included. For spectral parameters, we included data at the following wavelengths that are used by satellite and thus are relevant for ocean color algorithm evaluation: 412, 443, 469, 488, 490, 510, 531, 547, 555, 645, 667, 670 and 678 nm. <i>In situ</i> measurements were binned at the same station if measurements were within 8 hours and 1° of distance (Werdell &amp; Bailey 2005). For regional analyses, each station was assigned to one of ten sub-regions and three functional shelf-types (Carmack et al. 2006).</p>

opencc-zeroMay 2020View details →
dryad36/100

Bio-optical Database of the Arctic Ocean

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dryad36/100

Phytoplankton optical fingerprint libraries for development of phytoplankton ocean color satellite products

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dryad36/100

A synthetic database of hyperspectral ocean optical properties

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zenodo32/100

Supplementary dataset to the publication by Hieronymi et al.: "Ocean color atmospheric correction methods in view of usability for different optical water types", Frontiers in Marine Science (under review, submitted 22 Dec 2022)

<p>The dataset is an annex to the publication (under review, submitted 22 Dec 2022):</p> <p>Martin Hieronymi, Shun Bi, Dagmar M&uuml;ller, Eike M Sch&uuml;tt, Daniel Behr, Carsten Brockmann, Carole Lebreton, Fran&ccedil;ois Steinmetz, Kerstin Stelzer and Quinten Vanhellemont: &quot;Ocean color atmospheric correction methods in view of usability for different optical water types&quot;, Frontiers in Marine Science.</p> <p>The data were created to compare the results of different atmospheric correction methods for ocean (water) color imagery. The dataset includes ten modified ESA/EUMETSAT Copernicus Sentinel-3 OLCI satellite scenes from optically diverse sea areas worldwide. The NetCDF files are optimized for visualization in the ESA Sentinel Application Platform (SNAP) and especially the Spectrum View. The data include original OLCI Level-1B top-of-atmosphere radiances recorded by the sensor and the results from five different atmospheric correction methods, i.e., spectral remote-sensing reflectance at 16 OLCI bands. The atmospheric correction methods compared are</p> <ol> <li> <p>IPF (Collection 3, the standard method),</p> </li> <li> <p>C2RCC (v1.7 including IPF gains; Brockmann et al. [2016]),</p> </li> <li> <p>A4O (v0.23 (2022-01-19); a novel method by Hieronymi et al.),</p> </li> <li> <p>POLYMER (v4.14 (2021-12-17); Steinmetz et al. [2011]), and</p> </li> <li> <p>ACOLITE-DSF (v2022-10-25.0; Vanhellemont and Ruddick [2021]).</p> </li> </ol> <p>The original flags supplied in each case are also provided.</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p><strong># </strong></p> </td> <td> <p><strong>Sensor-Date-UTC</strong></p> </td> <td> <p><strong>Region </strong></p> </td> <td> <p><strong>Special features </strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>1</p> </td> <td> <p>S3A-20160720-092821</p> </td> <td> <p>Barents Sea</p> </td> <td> <p>High latitudes, bloom of coccolithophores</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>2</p> </td> <td> <p>S3A-20160720-093421</p> </td> <td> <p>North Sea, Wadden Sea</p> </td> <td> <p>Moderately to extremely scattering waters, tidal areas, in situ data</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>3</p> </td> <td> <p>S3A-20170114-130626</p> </td> <td> <p>South Atlantic Ocean, Rio de la Plata estuary</p> </td> <td> <p>Extremely scattering waters, clear oceanic waters, sun glint, South Atlantic Anomaly</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>4</p> </td> <td> <p>S3A-20170527-015236</p> </td> <td> <p>Yellow Sea, East China Sea, Yangtze, Lake Taihu</p> </td> <td> <p>Extremely scattering waters, tidal areas, large rivers, absorbing aerosols, sun glint</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>5</p> </td> <td> <p>S3A-20170529-092334</p> </td> <td> <p>Mediterranean Sea</p> </td> <td> <p>Large areas with clear waters, sun glint</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>6</p> </td> <td> <p>S3A-20170913-080730</p> </td> <td> <p>Black Sea, Aegean Sea</p> </td> <td> <p>Clear and absorbing waters</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>7</p> </td> <td> <p>S3A-20180715-093613</p> </td> <td> <p>North Sea, Baltic Sea</p> </td> <td> <p>Intense bloom of cyanobacteria partly with scum</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>8 9</p> </td> <td> <p>S3A-20200601-092517 S3B-20200601-084546</p> </td> <td> <p>North Sea, Baltic Sea</p> </td> <td> <p>Inter-comparison of S3A and S3B with different observation angles, absorbing waters</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>10</p> </td> <td> <p>S3B-20200406-093801</p> </td> <td> <p>North Sea, Baltic Sea</p> </td> <td> <p>High OWT diversity</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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Arabian Sea bio-optical and biogeochemical data for ocean color validation

This project will collect high-quality, bio-optical, and biogeochemical data for validation of advanced satellite products from PACE OCI for the Arabian Sea, a highly under-sampled region of the worlds oceans, now experiencing dramatic ecosystem changes from human activities and climate-change. Over the past two decades, the base of the food chain of this monsoonal-driven ecosystem has transitioned from diatoms to one dominated by the mixotrophic dinoflagellate, Noctiluca scintillans (Noctiluca) that forms intense and widespread blooms visible from space. Capturing such phytoplankton transitions has been the pursuit of ocean color missions for more than three decades, and with its hyperspectral capabilities, NASAs PACE mission can now provide unprecedented insight into the response of phytoplankton communities to global pressures. Despite the dramatic rates at which the Arabian Sea has been changing, it remains among the most optically under-sampled of global water bodies. As part of this effort, we will leverage our long-standing ties with colleagues in India to collect high quality, high resolution (sub-pixel scale), continuous, underway and discrete bio-optical measurements to validate standard and advanced ocean products from PACE, essential to advance our understanding of vulnerable marine ecosystems and their response to anthropogenic change. As part of this activity, we plan to participate in one pre-monsoon cruise (2025) led by Space Applications Centre, ISRO, India, and two post-bloom ONR led cruises in April-May of 2024 and in April-May 2025. The pre-monsoon cruises are being undertaken as part of an Indo-US study focused on establishing triggers of the southwest monsoon rainfall season over the Indian sub-continent. Some of the data shared under this DOI is part of the Arabian Sea Marine environment through Science and Advanced Training (EKAMSAT) collaborative effort between the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India and the Office of Naval Research. EKAMSAT commenced with a pilot study in June 2023. The pilot data is being archived under the SeaBASS experiment EKAMSAT_Pilot_ASTRAL (DOI: 10.5067/SeaBASS/EKAMSAT_Pilot_ASTRAL/DATA001) and can downloaded here: https://seabass.gsfc.nasa.gov/experiment/EKAMSAT_Pilot_ASTRAL.

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Optical measurements in the Arctic Ocean during 2002 and 2003

Measurements taken in the Arctic Ocean, east of Greenland and north of Scandinavia in 2002 and 2003.

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Southwest Atlantic Ocean (SwAO) optical measurements

Measurements made in the southwest Atlantic Ocean spanning 1995 to 2004.

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Optical measurements taken in the Southern Ocean in 2002

Optical measurements taken in the Southern Ocean in 2002

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