Page 1GlobCOLOUR 1 st User Consultation Meeting – December 4-6, 2006, Villefranche sur mer Applications of the GlobCOLOUR PPS and FPS Sam Lavender, UoP.

Page 1 GlobCOLOUR 1st User Consultation Meeting – December 4-6, 2006, Villefranche sur mer

Applications of the GlobCOLOUR PPS

and FPS

Sam Lavender, UoP

Inputs from the GlobCOLOUR team

Special thanks to Yaswant Pradhan,

Julien Demaria, Gilbert Barrot &

David Antoine.


Overview of Presentation

• Advantages of merged data

• Primary Product Set (PPS) Diagnostic Data Sets (DDS)

• Some applications

• Conclusions


Advantages of Merged Data

• Reduced impact from clouds

• A longer time series than a single sensor

• Better understanding of errors, and the inclusion of error estimates in the output products for GlobCOLOUR


Advantages of Merged Data: individual sensors on a single day


Advantages of Merged Data: merged data


Climate Change and the need for a Long Time-series

Raitsos et al. (2005), GRL, 32


PPS (and then FPS) DDS sites


PPS DDS sites

Open Ocean (Rapa Nui)

Upwelling Region (Benguela)

Coastal Water (Venice Tower)


BOUSSOLE site (DDS02):


Analysis of Trends

Lavender et al. (Submitted)


Analysis of Anomalies

Pradhan et al. (2006), DSRII, 53


But GlobCOLOUR will provide more than just chlorophyll…

• Bio-geochemical variables: Chl, TSM and CDM

• Underwater light field: Kd

• Atmospheric variables: Aerosol optical depth, Cloud Fraction and PAR

• nLws are provided so the users can create their own (regional specific) products


Thank youfor yourattention

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