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)
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