IOCCG WORKING GROUPS

A major focus of the IOCCG has been the formation of specialized working groups investigating various aspects of ocean-colour technology and its applications. The end product of these working groups is usually the publication of an IOCCG report. A recommendation was also implemented by the working group on Standardizing the Extraterrestrial Solar Flux Spectrum, chaired by Prof. Andre Morel. If you would like to propose a new IOCCG working group, please consult the Guidelines for Proposing a New IOCCG Working Group. A list of current and past IOCCG working groups is given below.

	Current Working Groups and Projects

Calibration of Ocean-Colour Sensors Phytoplankton Functional Types Bio-optical Instrumentation on ARGO Floats Ocean Colour from a Geostationary Orbit Level 1 Requirements for Ocean Colour Remote Sensing Working Group on Harmful Algal Blooms Ocean Colour Radiometry-Virtual Constellation (OCR-VC): One of the CEOS Constellations in support of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) objectives. Reports from each of these groups will be published by the IOCCG and distributed in a timely manner (free of charge), as and when they become available.

	Proposed Working Groups

Regional bio-Optical algorithms Initiative (ROI)

	Completed Working Groups and Projects

Working group on Minimum Requirements for an Operational Ocean-Colour Sensor (Chaired by André Morel). Report: IOCCG Report 1 (1998). Minimum Requirements for an Operational Ocean-Colour Sensor for the Open Ocean. Working group on Status and Plans for Ocean-Colour Missions (Chaired by Tasuku Tanaka and James Yoder). Report: IOCCG Report 2 (1999). Status and Plans for Satellite Ocean-Colour Missions: Considerations for Complementary Missions. Working group on Ocean-Colour in Case 2 Waters (chaired by Shubha Sathyendranath). Report: IOCCG Report 3 (2000). Remote Sensing of Ocean Colour in Coastal, and Other Optically-Complex, Waters.. Working group on Standardizing the Extraterrestrial Solar Flux Spectrum (Chaired by André Morel and James Mueller) Report: See Recommendation Working group on Ocean-Colour Data Binning (Chaired by David Antoine) Report: IOCCG Report 4 (2004). Guide to the creation and use of ocean-colour, Level-3, binned data products. Working group on Ocean-Colour Algorithms (Chaired by ZhongPing Lee) Report: IOCCG Report 5 (2006). Remote Sensing of Inherent Optical Properties: Fundamentals, Tests of Algorithms, and Applications. Working group on Coordination of Merged Data Sets (Chaired by Watson Gregg and Paula Bontempi) Report: IOCCG Report 6 (2007). Ocean-Colour Data Merging. Working group on Operational Ocean Colour (Chaired by Christopher Brownh, Trevor Platt and Nicolas Hoepffner) Report: IOCCG Report 7 (2008). Why Ocean Colour? The Societal Benefits of Ocean- Colour Technology. The SAFARI Project (Societal Applications in Fisheries and Aquaculture using Remotely-Sensed Imagery) Report: IOCCG Report 8 (2009). Remote Sensing in Fisheries and Aquaculture. Working group on Global Ecological Provinces (Chaired by Mark Dowell and Trevor Platt) Report: IOCCG Report 9 (2009). Partition of the Ocean into Ecological Provinces: Role of Ocean-Colour Radiometry. Working group on Comparison of Atmospheric Correction Algorithms (Chaired by Menghua Wang). Report: IOCCG Report 10 (2010). Atmospheric Correction for Remotely-Sensed Ocean-Colour Products.

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