Lecture Notes from Previous Ocean-Colour Courses

Presentations from Summer Lecture Series 2012 (July 2012)

Material presented by Dr. Mark Dowell European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy Lecture 1: Ocean colour algorithms (1) (PDF: slides 1-53) (Video) Lecture 2: Oceam colour algorithms (2) (PDF: slides 54-126) (Video) Material presented by Dr. ZhongPing Lee University of Massachusetts at Boston Lecture 1: Inherent optical properties of ocean waters (PDF) (Video) Lecture 2: Inversion of inherent optical properties - inversion (PDF) (Video) Lecture 3: Inversion of inherent optical properties - applications (PDF) (Video) Material presented by Dr. Curtis Mobley Sequoia Scientific, Inc. Lecture 1: Hyperspectral remote sensing of optically shallow waters (PDF) (Video) Lecture 2: Atmospherpic correction issues unique to shallow waters (PDF) (Video) Lecture 3: Techniques used for inverting atmospherically corrected rrs spectra (PDF) (Video) Lecture 4: Improved ocean ecosystem predictions through improved light calculations (PDF) (Video) Lecture 5: Ecosystem predictions using accurate radiative transfer models (PDF) (Video) Material presented by Dr. Giuseppe Zibordi Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Ispra, Italy Lecture 1: Above and in water radiometry: methods and calibrations requirements (PDF) (Video) Lecture 2: Uncertainty analysis and application of in situ radiometric products (PDF) (Video) Material presented by Dr. Marlon Lewis Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada Lecture 1: In situ measurments (1) (PDF: slides 1-39) (Video) Lecture 2: In situ measurments (2) (PDF: slides 40-133) (Video) Material presented by Dr. Roland Doerffer Helmholtz Center Geesthacht /Brockman Consultants, Germany Lecture 1: Errors and uncertainties in ocean colour remote sensing (1) (PDF) (Video) Lecture 2: Errors and uncertainties in ocean colour remote sensing (2) (PDF)(Video) Material presented by Dr. Menghua Wang NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Camp Springs,USA Lecture 1: Atmospheric correction of ocean colour rs observations (1) (PDF) (Video) Lecture 2: Atmospheric correction of ocean colour rs observations (2) (PDF) (Video) Lecture 3: Atmospheric correction of ocean colour rs observations (3) (PDF) (Video) Material presented by Dr. Curt Davis NCollege of Oceanic Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA Lecture 1: High-resolution hyperspectral oc rs in coastal areas (1) (PDF) (Video) Lecture 2: High-resolution hyperspectral oc rs in coastal areas (2) (PDF) (Video) Material presented by Dr. Jorge Sarmieneto Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Lecture 1: Use and importance of oc remote sensing in global coupled bgc models (PDF) (Video) Lecture 2: Using the oc time series to address climate change (PDF) (Video) Material presented by Dr. Kevin Ruddick Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Brussels, Belgium Lecture 1: Ocean colour remote sensing in turbid coastal waters (1) (PDF) (Video) Lecture 2: Ocean colour remote sensing in turbid coastal waters (2) (PDF) (Video) Material presented by Dr. Richard Stumpf NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, USA Lecture 1: Harmful algal blooms: the contrast with other algal blooms (1) (PDF 1) (PDF 2) (Video) Lecture 2: Harmful algal blooms: the contrast with other algal blooms (2) (PDF 3) (PDF 4) (PDF 5) (Video) Material presented by Dr. Marcel Babin Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada Lecture 1: Ocean colour remote sensing in high latitude environments (1) (PDF: slides 1-99) (Video) Lecture 2: Ocean colour remote sensing in high latitude environments (2) (PDF: slides 100-186) (Video) Material presented by Dr. Yannick Huot University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada Lecture 1: Phytoplankton fluorescence: theory and interpretation from oc remote sensing (2) (PDF) (Video) Lecture 2: Phytoplankton fluorescence: theory and interpretation from oc remote sensing (1) (PDF) (Video)

Material from Training Course in Ocean Colour: Techniques and Applications held in India(February 2001)

Material presented by Dr. Andreas Neumann German Aerospace Centre DLR, Germany Lecture 1 - Calibration of Ocean-Colour Sensors (871 KB) Lecture 2 - Information Content of Ocean Colour Data (206 KB) Lecture 3 - Principal Component Conversion (474 KB) Lecture 4 - Validation of Ocean Colour Sensors (185 KB)

Material from Remote Sensing of Ocean Colour Course held in Turkey (Sept, 2000)

Material presented by Dr. Louisa Watts Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada Lecture 1 - Primary Production and Related Processes (138 KB) Lectures 2 &; 3 - Modelling Primary Production on a Local and Global Scale (272 KB) Software Demonstration - Primary Production Software Demonstration (17 KB) Material presented by Dr. Mervyn Lynch Curtin University of Technology, Australia Lecture - Satellite Orbits / Basic Radiometric Quantities and Definitions (60 KB) Material presented by Dr. Oleg Kopelevich P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanography, Russia Lecture 1 - Radiative Transfer in Oceans (944 KB) Lecture 2 - Oceanic Optical Properties and Models (1,499 KB) Lecture 3 - Bio-optical Algorithms (2,149 KB) Material presented by Dr. Peter Fearns Curtin University of Technology, Australia Lecture 1 (84 KB), Lecture 2 (113 KB), Lecture 3 (60 KB) - On SeaWiFS Processing using SeaDAS Material presented by Dr. Aysen Yilmaz Middle East Technical University, Turkey Lecture 1 - Primary production, availability/uptake of nutrients and photo-adaptation of phytoplankton in three interconnected regional seas: Black Sea, Sea of Marmara and Eastern Mediterranean (332 KB). Lecture 2 - Notes on Nutrients (49 KB) Material presented by Dr. Lesley Clementson CSIRO Marine Research, Australia Lecture - Optical measurements, phytoplankton pigments, absorption characteristics, cal/val of ocean colour sensors (447 KB) Training & Education | Home