5 Hyperspectral products
Ocean color sensors provide core information on
- What is the color of the ocean? (Rrs)
- How much light is there? (PAR/Kd)
From these core measurements, we can compute other derived products, which help us understand the biological organisms in the water:
- What/who is there? (phytoplankton composition, SPM)
- How much of it is there? (chlorophyll concentration, particulate/phytoplankton carbon)
- Are they shiny or colorful? (IOPs)
- What are they doing? (Primary productivity)
- How are they doing? (Fluorescence Line Height)
The next pages will go into more detail on each of these.