Mission Trending for Calibration and Algorithm Testing

This page contains links to global processing test results and comparative analyses for the ocean color missions supported by the Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG). The target audience is primarily the OBPG staff that are actively engaged in sensor calibration and algorithm development and evaluation, hence the cryptic titles and general lack of descriptive information. Here is some information that may be useful to external reviewers:

  • Processing configuration descriptions
  • Methods for Assessing the Quality and Consistency of Ocean Color Products
  • ATxx = MODIS/Aqua test #xx, ARxx = MODIS/Aqua reprocessing version #xx
  • TTxx = MODIS/Terra test #xx, TTxx = MODIS/Terra reprocessing version #xx
  • STxx = SeaWiFS test #xx, STxx = SeaWiFSreprocessing version #xx
  • OTxx = OCTS test #xx, OTxx = OCTS reprocessing version #xx
  • CTxx = CZCS test #xx, CTxx = CZCS reprocessing version #xx
  • MRxx = MERIS reprocessing version #xx



    MODIS/Aqua vs MODIS/Aqua Ocean Color Trends

  • AT02 vs AT01 Updated software since R1.1
  • AT03 vs AT02 Revised coccolithophore mask
  • AT04 vs AT05 Addition of absorbing aerosol mask
  • AT05 vs AT02 Updated Level-1B LUT
  • AT06 vs AT05 Modeled polarization sensitivities
  • AT08 vs AT07 Revised out-of-band correction on nLw
  • AT09 vs AT08 OC3 version 5
  • AT10 vs AT09 Software change verification
  • AT11 vs AT10 Extended MOBY dataset
  • AT12 vs AT11 Reduced sensor zenith threshold
  • AT13 vs AT12 Software change verification
  • AT14 vs AT13 Add NO2 corrections
  • AT15 vs AT13 Add NO2 corrections (calibrated)
  • AT17 vs AT16 Effect of nLw OOB correction
  • AT19 vs AT18 Effect of BRDF on diffuse trans.
  • AT20 vs AT22 Effect of NO2 corrections
  • AT21 vs AT22 Effect of vcarious offsets in vis
  • AT23 vs AT22 Effect of time-dependent NIR RVS
  • AT24 vs AT22 Effect of new baseline, internal MOBY cal
  • AT25 vs AT24 Effect of dropping f/Q
  • AT26 vs AT24 Effect of updated OOB corrections
  • AT27 vs AT24 Effect of new Rayleigh, OOB, chl, etc.
  • AT28 vs AT27 Effect of new set01 aerosol models
  • AT29 vs AT28 Effect of shifting 551 to 547
  • AT30 vs AT20 Effect of daily NO2 corrections
  • AT31 vs AT28 Effect of shifting 551 to 547 and recalibrating
  • AT32 vs AT31 Effect of set02 vs set01 aerosol models
  • AT34 vs AT33 Effect of updated LUT, includes set03 aerosols
  • AT35 vs AT34 Effect of MCST OC LUT
  • AT36 vs AT35 Revert to standard LUT, new baseline config.
  • AT37 vs AT36 Effect of MCST OC LUT V5.0.35.12_OC1
  • AT39 vs AT38 Effect of new NIR Lw and change in NIR gain
  • AT40 vs AT39 Effect of minor reprocessing changes (new defaults, suites)
  • AT41 vs AT40 Verification of C6 Level-1B software change
  • AT42 vs AT41 Oper LUT w/udated vicarious cal (MOBY in motion)
  • AT43 vs AT42 Add destriping, eplee revised lunar
  • AT44 vs AT42 Standard MCST C6 LUT (det-dependent RVS, time-dep NIR)
  • AT45 vs AT44 Alternative MCST C6 LUT (add EV-based 412 trending)
  • AT46 vs AT44 AT44 MCST LUT with detector dependence removed by OBPG
  • AT47 vs AT44 Revised MCST (no det-dep RVS, w/ time-dep NIR RVS) + OBPG revised prelaunch polarization
  • AT48 vs AT44 AT46 + xcal for 412 and 667/678 RVS
  • AT48 vs AT44 AT46 + xcal for 412 and 667/678 RVS
  • AT49 vs AT47 AT47 + xcal for 412 and 667/678 RVS (axc04e)
  • AT51 vs AT47 AT47 + xcal for 412, 443 and RVS for 488-678 (axc05)
  • AR2009.1 vs AR2005 Effect of all reprocessing 2009.1 changes
  • AT63 vs AT63 Operational 4-day trends
  • AR2009.1 vs AR2009.1 Operational 4-day trends (R2009.1) all bands
  • AT65 vs AT65
  • AT65 vs AT65 Operational 4-day trends (R2009.1) all band s
  • AT64 vs AT63 Effect of revised xcal fit for late mission (axc07d)
  • AT64 vs AT63 Effect of revised xcal fit for late mission (axc07d)
  • MODIS/Aqua Residual RVS and Striping

  • AV02 baseline
  • AV04 extend baseline, high resolution near end of mission
  • AV05 V5.0.35.7a, new Rayeligh etc.
  • AV06 V5.0.35.10c, set03 aerosol models
  • AV07 V5.0.35.12a, set03 aerosol models
  • AV08 V5.0.35.12_OC1, set03 aerosol models
  • AV09 to match AT42
  • AV10 to match AT44
  • AV11 to match AT45
  • AV12 to match AT46
  • AV47 to match AT47
  • AV48 to match AT48
  • AV49 to match AT49
  • AV50 to match AT50
  • AV51 to match AT51
  • MODIS/Terra vs MODIS/Terra Ocean Color Trends

  • TT03 vs TT02 Mirror-side 1 to total
  • TT04 vs TT02 Mirror-side 2 to total
  • TT04 vs TT03 Mirror-side 2 to mirror-side 1
  • TT05 vs TT02 Time-dependent RVS
  • TT07 vs TT05 Time-dependent RVS with NIR interpolated
  • TT07 vs TT05 Time-dependent RVS with NIR interpolated
  • TT09 vs TT07 Vicarious RVS and polarization
  • TT11 vs TT10 Effect of OBPG Time-dependent NIR RVS
  • TT12 vs TT11 SV side of scan only
  • TT13 vs TT11 SD side of scan only
  • TT13 vs TT12 SD vs SV scan sides
  • TT14 vs TT10 Effect of MCST Time-dependent NIR RVS
  • TT17 vs TT17 Reprocessing 2009.1 algorithm baseline
  • TT18 vs TT17 After cross-cal to SeaWiFS (txc06)
  • TT19 vs TT18 Effect of new ancillary
  • TT20 vs TT20 Full band suite, baseline
  • TT21 vs TT20 Add cross calibration (R2009.1 final)
  • MODIS/Terra Residual RVS and Striping

  • TV01 baseline
  • TV02 Time-dependent RVS
  • TV03 Time-dependent RVS, NIR interpolated
  • TV04 Time-dependent RVS, NIR interpolated, Destriped
  • TV05 Vicarious RVS & polarization (2005260,SeaWiFS)
  • TV18 To match TT18
  • SeaWiFS vs SeaWiFS Ocean Color Trends

  • SR051 vs SR05 SeaWiFS R5.1 vs R5, 8-Day Trends
  • SR05 vs SR041 SeaWiFS R5 vs R4.1, 4-Day Trends
  • SR051 vs SR041 SeaWiFS R5.1 vs R4.1, 4-Day Trends
  • SR052 vs SR052 SeaWiFS R5.2 8-Day Trends

  • ST02 vs ST01 Revised prelaunch calibration
  • ST03 vs ST01 Revised coccolithophore masking
  • ST04 vs ST01 Additional masking for absorbing aerosols
  • ST06 vs ST05 Revised out-of-band correction on nLw
  • ST07 vs ST06 Exclude tropospheric aerosol models
  • ST08 vs ST06 SSR model vicarious calibration
  • ST09 vs ST06 Software change verification
  • ST10 vs ST09 Vicarious cal with expanded MOBY dataset
  • ST16 vs ST01 Software regression test
  • ST17 vs ST10 New 2-epoch temperature corrections
  • ST19 vs ST10 Add commanded gain drift
  • ST20 vs ST19 Revised vicarious cal averaging techniques
  • ST21 vs ST20 Switch to SSRM vicarious gains
  • ST23 vs ST20 Revised nLw OOB (w/Ciotti)
  • ST23 vs ST22 Effect of nLw OOB correction
  • ST24 vs ST23 Effect of Ciotti on nLw OOB
  • ST25 vs ST23 Effect of Gordon vs Morel on nLw OOB
  • ST26 vs SR051 Effect of calibration changes since R5.1
  • ST28 vs SR051 Effect of calibration changes since R5.1 (extended)
  • ST29 vs SR051 Effect of temperature corrections and code changes lone
  • ST30 vs SR051 Effect of code changes and HIGLINT masking alone
  • ST31 vs SR051 Effect of all reprocessign changes
  • ST30 vs SR051(ST32) Effect of code changes and HIGLINT masking alone
  • ST31 vs SR051(ST32) ** Effect of all reprocessign changes
  • ST33 vs SR052(ST31) Effect of adding cal offset to 765
  • ST34 vs SR052(ST31) Effect of BRDF on diffuse transmittance
  • ST35 vs SR052(ST31) Effect of adding cal offset to 865
  • ST36 vs SR052(ST31) Effect of vicarious offsets in vis/865
  • ST37 vs SR052(ST31) New cal table 200802
  • ST38 vs SR052(ST31) New cal table 200803
  • ST39 vs SR052(ST31) New cal table 200805
  • ST40 vs SR052(ST31) New cal table 200806
  • ST41 vs SR052(ST31) Effect of A-F Rayleigh table
  • ST42 vs SR052(ST31) New cal table 200813
  • ST43 vs SR052(ST31) Effect of A-F Rayleigh and aerosol tables
  • ST43 vs ST41 Effect of A-F aerosol tables
  • ST44 vs ST31 Effect of new baeline, internal MOBY cal
  • ST45 vs ST44 Effect of dropping f/Q
  • ST46 vs ST44 Effect of new OOB correction
  • ST47 vs ST44 Effect of changing cal table format
  • ST48 vs ST47 New cal table 200901
  • ST49 vs ST47 New cal table 200902
  • ST50 vs ST47 New cal table 200903 (Fred's attempt)
  • ST52 vs ST47 New Rayleigh and band-pass-avgs and chl
  • ST53 vs ST52 Add set01 aerosol models
  • ST54 vs ST52 Add set02 aerosol models
  • ST55 vs ST52 Add set03 aerosol models
  • ST54 vs ST53 Effect of set02 vs set01 aerosol models
  • ST55 vs ST54 Effect of set03 vs set02 aerosol models
  • ST56 vs ST47 New cal table 200902A
  • ST57 vs ST56 Ozone climatology
  • ST58 vs ST47 New cal table 2009C
  • ST64 vs ST62 New baseline (ozone, wc, nir cal)
  • ST65 vs ST64 New NIR Lw
  • ST66 vs ST65 Test binner bad-value masking on ST65
  • ST67 vs ST66 Add new products
  • ST68 vs ST67 Add HIGLINT masking
  • ST69 vs ST68 Verify new code with reprocessing defaults
  • ST70 vs ST69 Add 5x3 straylight masking
  • ST71 vs ST70 Verify new code with suite-based defaults
  • ST72 vs ST71 Add terrain height correction
  • SR2009 vs ST72 Verify R2009 operation products
  • SR2009 vs SR2007(SR5.2) Effect of all reprocessing changes
  • SR2009 vs ST73 Fix bad Rrs fill values (masked anyway, sanity check)
  • SR2009.1 vs SR2009.0 Effect of revised NIR Lw
  • SR2009.1 vs SR2007(SR5.2) Effect of all reprocessing changes
  • ST76 vs ST76 Operational 4-day
  • ST77 vs ST76 Effect of new cal table format
  • ST78 vs ST77 Revised calibration in blue (from 2007)
  • ST79 vs ST77 Add revised gain 3 trend (from 2007)
  • ST79b vs ST77 Impact to operational products for a 2007+ reprocessing
  • ST81 vs ST77 Revised calibration in blue, full mission
  • ST81 vs ST77 Effect of revised calibration in blue, full mission
  • ST81 vs ST76 Effect of revised calibration + rhoamin + bb NIR
  • ST82 vs ST81 Verify new defaults
  • ST83 vs ST82 Effect of ozone interpolation change (dilation changed to flag)
  • ST83 vs SR2007 Effect of all proposed changes relative to R5.2
  • ST85 vs ST83 Verification of reprocessing results
  • R2010.0 vs R2007 Effect of all changes relative to R2007 (R5.2)
  • R2010.0 vs R2009.1 Effect of all changes relative to R2009.1
  • R2010.0 vs R2010.0 Operational 4-day trends (R2010.0)
  • SeaWiFS Residual RVS

  • SV01 baseline
  • SV02 operational caltable, new MOBY
  • SV03 new Rayleigh, etc.
  • SV04 set03 aerosol models
  • SV05 set01 aerosol models
  • MODIS/Aqua vs SeaWiFS Ocean Color Trends

  • AR011 vs SR052 Aqua R1.1 vs SeaWiFS R5.2, 8-Day Trends

  • AT02 vs ST01 Current standard production
  • AT02 vs ST02 Relative to revised prelaunch SeaWiFS calibration
  • AT03 vs ST03 Revised coccolithophore masking
  • AT04 vs ST04 Additional masking for absorbing aerosols
  • AT05 vs ST01 Updated MODIS L1B LUT
  • AT06 vs ST01 Modeled polarization sensitivities
  • AT08 vs ST06 Revised out-of-band correction on nLw
  • AT09 vs ST06 Switch to version 5 OC3 for MODIS
  • AT11 vs ST10 Vicarious cal with expanded MOBY dataset (baselines)
  • AT11 vs ST19 Revised SeaWiFS calibration
  • AT11 vs ST19 Limit MODIS to 54-deg senz
  • AT16 vs ST22 No nLw OOB correction
  • AT17 vs ST23 Revised nLw OOB correction (w/Cioti)
  • AT22 vs ST31 Operational processing (R1.1 vs R5.2)
  • AT22 vs ST33 Add cal offset to SeaWiFS 765
  • AT22 vs ST35 Add cal offset to SeaWiFS 865
  • AT19 vs ST34 Add BRDF correction to diffuse trans.
  • AT21 vs ST36 Vicarous calibration with gain and offset in vis/nir
  • AT24 vs ST44 New baseline, internal MOBY cal
  • AT25 vs ST45 No f/Q correction
  • AT26 vs ST46 Updated OOB correction
  • AT27 vs ST52 New Rayleigh etc.
  • AT28 vs ST53 New set01 aerosol models
  • AT29 vs ST53 Shift modis 551 to 547
  • AT31 vs ST53 Shift modis 551 to 547 and recalibrate
  • AT32 vs ST54 Set02 aerosol models
  • AT33 vs ST55 Set03 aerosol models
  • AT34 vs ST55 Updated MODIS LUT to current operational
  • AT35 vs ST55 Updated MODIS LUT to MCST OC
  • AT36 vs ST62 MODISA Standard LUT to new SeaWiFS baseline
  • AT37 vs ST62 MODISA MCST_OC LUT to new SeaWiFS baseline
  • AT38 vs ST64 New NIR cal, whitecap, ozone SW cal
  • AT39 vs ST65 New NIR Lw, adjusted MODISA NIR gain
  • AT40 vs ST69 New MODISA repro baseline, SeaWiFS before straylight filtering
  • AT40 vs ST70 New MODISA repro baseline, SeaWiFS after straylight filtering
  • AT41 vs ST73 SeaWiFS R2009 vs latest MODISA baseline
  • AT42 vs ST73 SeaWiFS R2009 vs latest MODISA baseline (recalibrated)
  • AT43 vs ST73 SeaWiFS R2009 vs MODISA with revised striping and RVS LUT
  • AT44 vs ST73 SeaWiFS R2009 vs MODISA with standard C6 LUT
  • AT45 vs ST74 SeaWiFS R2009.1 vs MODISA w/Alt MCST LUT
  • AT46 vs ST74 SeaWiFS R2009.1 vs MODISA w/MCST LUT w/ det-dep removed by OBPG
  • AT47 vs ST74 SeaWiFS R2009.1 vs MODISA w/MCST LUT (time-dep NIR RVS) + polcor update
  • AT48 vs ST74 SeaWiFS R2009.1 vs MODISA w/AT46 LUT + xcal for 412 and 667/678 RVS
  • AR2009.1 vs SR2009.1 SeaWiFS R2009.1 vs MODISA 2009.1
  • AT63 vs ST76 Operational 4-day comparison
  • AT63 vs ST77 add SeaWiFS post-reprocessing algorithm changes (rhoamin, bbp, etc.)
  • AT63 vs ST78 add revised SeaWiFS calibration in blue, post 2007.
  • AT63 vs ST79 add revised SeaWiFS calibration in blue765 (gain 3), post 2007.
  • AT63 vs ST79b remove all pre-2007 SeaWiFS changes
  • AT64 vs ST76 revised MODIS xcal fit, post 2009, to seawifs operational
  • AT64 vs ST77 revised MODIS xcal fit, post 2009, to seawifs w/updated algorithms
  • AT63 vs ST83 MODIS R2009.1 vs SeaWiFS R2010.0 reprocessing config.
  • R2009.1 vs R2010.0 SeaWiFS R2010.0 vs MODISA 2009.1
  • MODIS/Terra vs MODIS/Aqua Ocean Color Trends

  • TT01 vs AT10 First test of Terra
  • TT02 vs AT10 Updated vicarious calibration
  • TT05 vs AT11 Terra add time-dependent RVS, Aqua add new MOBY
  • TT06 vs AT10 Revert to standard MCST LUT for Terra
  • TT07 vs AT11 Add Terra time-dependent RVS with NIR interpolated
  • TT09 vs AT13 Add Terra vicarious RVS and polarization
  • TT10 vs AT22 Baseline Terra vs Aqua
  • TT11 vs AT22 Add Terra OBPG time-dependent NIR RVS
  • TT14 vs AT22 Add Terra MCST time-dependent NIR RVS
  • TT15 vs AT22 Add Terra Vis cross calibration (TXC03)
  • TT16 vs AT22 Add Terra Vis cross calibration (TXC04)
  • TT18 vs AT63 Add Terra Vis cross calibration (TXC06)

    MODIS/Terra vs SeaWiFS Ocean Color Trends

  • TT07 vs ST19 Terra time-dependent RVS with NIR interpolated
  • TT09 vs ST19 Terra vicarious RVS and polarization
  • TT10 vs SR051 Terra mission baseline vs SeaWiFS R5.1
  • TT11 vs SR051 Terra time-dep NIR RVS
  • TT10 vs ST31 Terra mission baseline vs SeaWiFS R5.2
  • TT11 vs ST31 Terra time-dep NIR RVS
  • TT15 vs ST31 Add Terra Vis cross calibration (TXC03)
  • TT16 vs ST31 Add Terra Vis cross calibration (TXC04)
  • TT18 vs ST77 Add Terra Vis cross calibration (TXC06), seawifs R2009 w/update algorithms
  • TT20 vs ST85 Terra baseline (latest algorithms and inst cal), seawifs R2010
  • TT21 vs ST85 Add Terra Vis cross calibration (txc08a), seawifs R2010

    OCTS vs SeaWiFS Ocean Color Trends

  • OR01 vs SR051 Initial OCTS reprocessing vs SeaWiFS R5.1
  • OR02 vs SR051 Updated OCTS vicarious calibration (model-based) + straylight rejection
  • OR03 vs SR051 Removed tilt cal, added NIR temporal cal, SSRM vicarious cal, raised cloud-shadow threshold, stlight rejection, fixed det corrections.
  • OT01 vs SR051 Software update
  • OT02 vs SR051 Revised SSRM gains
  • OT03 vs SR051 revised NIR calibration (pre/post heating)
  • OT04 vs SR051 revised NIR calibration (pre/post heating)
  • OT05 vs SR051 revised NIR calibration (pre/post heating)
  • OT06 vs SR051 revised vicarious cal
  • OT15 vs ST80 OCTS R2010 vs SeaWiFS R2009.1 8-day
  • CZCS vs SeaWiFS Ocean Color Trends

  • CR01 vs SR051 CZCS baseline vs SeaWiFS
  • CT01 vs SR051 Software update
  • CT02 vs SR051 Revised temporal calibration
  • CT03 vs SR051 Revised temporal calibration
  • CT04 vs SR051 EG94 + SSRM (BATS)
  • CT05 vs SR051 EG94 + SSRM (BATS) pre-erruption + reduced cloud threshold
  • MERIS vs SeaWiFS Ocean Color Trends

  • MR2006 vs SR2007 MERIS Reprocessing 2006 vs SeaWiFS Reprocessing 2007 (5.2) monthly
  • MR2006 vs SR2009 MERIS Reprocessing 2006 vs SeaWiFS Reprocessing 2009 monthly
  • Additional Information

  • Analysis Method
  • archived test results leading to MODIS/Aqua R1.1
  • archived Test results leading to SeaWiFS R5.1


    Bryan Franz