Chairman: Dr. ZhongPing Lee Naval Research Laboratory Code 7333 Stennis Space Center MS 39529, USA Email: zplee@nrclssc.navy.mil This working group was proposed at the 8th IOCCG Meeting in Florence, Italy (February 2003), although a preliminary meeting was held in Santa Fe, November 2002, prior to the Ocean Optics Meeting. The objectives of the group were to perform algorithm cross comparisons, to make recommendations on specific algorithms and to report on the progress of algorithm development. The group assembled a database from in situ measurements and also developed a synthesized dataset based on known relationships, in order to perform algorithm cross-comparisons and evaluations. The synthesized datasets, as well as the software for the various algorithms, are available on the IOCCG webpage (see links to the right in red). The final product of this working group was the publication of IOCCG Report 5 entitled "Remote Sensing of Inherent Optical Properties: Fundamentals, Tests of Algorithms, and Applications", edited by Dr. ZhongPing Lee. Terms of Reference Synthesize a database of inherent (IOP) and apparent optical properties (AOP), and assemble a database of in situ measurements. Perform cross-comparisons and evaluations on existing ocean-colour inversion algorithms. Make recommendations on specific algorithms. Report on the progress of algorithm development. Members: Yu-Hwan Ahn Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, Korea Robert Arnone Stennis Space Center, USA Marcel Babin Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France Emmanuel Boss Oregon State University, USA Aurea Maria Ciotti Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de Sao Paulo Kendall Carder University of South Florida Arnold Dekker C.S. Christian Laboratory, Australia Roland Doerffer Max-Planck Institut, Germany Robert Frouin Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA MingXia He University of Qingdao, China Chuanmin Hu University of South Florida Joji Ishizaka Nagasaki University, Japan M. Kahru Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA Oleg V. Kopelevich Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia ZhongPing Lee Stennis Space Center, USA Hubert Loisel Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, France Merv Lynch Curtin University of Technology, Australia Paul Lyon Naval Research Lab, USA Stephane Maritorena Institute for Computational Earth System Science, USA B. Greg Mitchell Scripps Institution of Oceanography Collin Roesler Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, USA Shubha Sathyendranath Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada JunWu Tang National Satellite Ocean Application Service, China Ron Zaneveld Oregon State University, USA Working Groups | Home

Plan of the Ocean-Colour Algorithm Working Group 1st Meeting of Ocean-Colour Algorithm Working Group (November 2002) Report of Ocean-Colour Algorithm Working Group (8th IOCCG Meeting, February 2003)) Status report of the Algorithm Working Group (9th IOCCG Meeting, January 2004) Report of the Algorithm Working Group meeting in Hamburg (11-12 July 2005) IOCCG Report 5: Final report of the Algorithm Working Group Access to Synthesized Data Set Access to Algorithm Software