Ocean Colour Special Interest Group

Index

• Introduction
• Events
• Conferences, Meetings and Workshops
• Satellite Data Sources
• Announcements of Opportunity
• Organisations
• Research Groups and Projects
• Publications
• Ocean Colour Mailing List
• Contact Addresses

Introduction

The Ocean Colour SIG is jointly affiliated to the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc) and the Challenger Society for Marine Science (CSMS) , and aims to provide a UK focus for ocean colour research users that enables them to easy exchange relevant information. This is undertaken through:

• co-ordinated research meetings, workshops and symposia;
• a moderated mail list to distribute information of interest to the community
• WWW pages with links to ocean colour users own sites, international data providers and UK processing centres.
  

We are interested in hearing from the community of any other services or facilities which could be provided through these pages.

Events

• The first meeting of the Ocean Colour Affiliated Group was held (on Friday 11 September 98) at The Challenger Society UK Oceanography 98 (7 - 11 September 1998). This covered all aspects of ocean colour and optical oceanography and there are minutes available.
• The second meeting of the Ocean Colour Affiliated Group was held at UK Marine Science 2000 (10 - 16 September 2000) and covered all aspects of ocean colour.
• One-day Symposium: Sensing and Mapping the Marine Environment from near and far.   This interesting and varied one-day symposium was held at The Geological Society on Wednesday 16 July 2003. In a new venture, presentations were brought together for the Ocean Colour SIG together with the broader marine remote sensing interests of The Challenger Society for Marine Science (CSMS) and RSPSoc. It was supported with an exhibition and poster displays in the coffee area and ten scientific presentations.   A PDF document containing the programme and abstracts is available at: SMap03-abstracts.pdf
• One-day Symposium: Sensing and Mapping the Marine Environment 2, held at The Institute of Physics on Tuesday 05 April 2005.
• One-day Symposium: Sensing and Mapping the Marine Environment 3, held at The Geological Society on Monday 16 July 2007.
• Hydrological Optics 2008, held at The Institute of Physics on Friday 28 March 2008. A PDF document containing the abstracts is available at: hydrological-optics-2008-abstracts.pdf

Conferences, Meetings and Workshops

• 8-11 September 2008, 13th Biennial Challenger Conference for Marine Science, Bangor University, Wales, UK [01 May 208 abstract deadline]
• 15-17 September 2008, RSPSoc 2008: Measuring change in the Earth system, University of Exeter, Falmouth, UK.
• 6-10 October 2008, Ocean Optics XIX, Il Ciocco, Tuscany, Italy [01 June 2008abstract deadline].

Satellite Data Sources

For a more complete list of past/present future sensors have a look at the IOCCG sensor pages.  Some sensors of particular relevance to European Ocean Colour remote sensing are:

• Modular Optoelectronic Scanner (MOS) was a spaceborne imaging spectrometer designed and built by the DLR in Berlin. In March 1996 the Indian IRS-P3 spacecraft was successfully launched and it provided ocean colour imagery until May 2004. 
• Ocean Colour and Temperature Scanner (OCTS) was launched on the 17th August 1996 and provided global ocean colour data until the 30th June 1997 when there was a loss of power. Data can be obtained via the NASA OceanColor Web
• The SeaWiFS sensor was launched on the 1st August 1997 and started to provide global ocean colour data on the 16th September 1997. See the NASA OceanColor Web for global coverage data.
• The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) was launched on the Terra satellite on 18 December 1999 and Aqua satellite on 04 May 2002. For global coverage data can be obtained via the NASA OceanColor Web.
• The Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) was launched on the ENVISAT satellite on 01 March 2002.  Level 1 and level 2 data (individual satellite acquisitions) needs to be applied for via a Category-1 (Scientific) proposal. Level 3 products are available at http://envisat.esa.int/level3/meris/.
• See the NEODAAS www site for more information on accessing imagery collected over the UK.
• Merged (MERIS, MODIS and SeaWiFS) Level 3 (global) products are freely available via the GlobColour WWW site.

Announcements of Opportunity

• ESA PI Portal
• NASA
• NERC

Organisations

• Centre for observation of Air-Sea Interactions & fluXes (CASIX)
• Challenger Society for Marine Science (CSMS)
• Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
• Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology
• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC)
• International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG)
• NASA Earth Observatory
• Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO)
• Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc)
• SOLAS (Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study)

Research Groups and Projects

• Irish Marine Institute
• Plymouth Marine Laboratory
  • Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT)
  • Remote Sensing Group (RSDAS)
• National Oceanography Centre
  • Emiliania huxleyi Home Page
  • Laboratory for Satellite Oceanography
  • School of Ocean and Earth Sciences
• University of Dundee
  • Dundee Satellite Receiving Station
  • Centre for Remote Sensing and Environmental Modelling
• University of Plymouth
  • Geomatics Research Group
  • School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences
• University of Wales Bangor
  • Centre for Applied Oceanography
• Other Projects:
  • BIOCOLOR
  • GlobColour
  • YOYO

Publications

• International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group bibliography and publications & reports
• NASA Ocean Color Publications Database
• Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Remote Sensing Group
• University of Plymouth, Geomatics Research Group

Ocean Colour Mailing List

The group has a JISCMAIL mailing list (ocean-colour) which will be used to facilitate the communication of information between group members, not only to inform members of conferences etc., but also to discuss current scientific issues. For details on how to join the ocean-colour mailing list please click here.

There is also a JISCMAIL mailing list (geomatics) which provides a forum for the discussion of geomatics and a method of distributing information e.g. conferences. For details on how to join the geomatics mailing list please click here.

Point of Contact

Dr Samantha Lavender Marine Institute & SEOES University of Plymouth, Portland Square A424 Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1752 232460 Fax: +44 (0)1752 232406 Email: s.lavender@plymouth.ac.uk

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Web page maintained by Sam Lavender. Last updated on 13-Apr-2008