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SMS 598: Calibration and Validation for Ocean Color Remote Sensing, 8 July - 2 August, 2013 |
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Morning - 0800 |
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Afternoon - 1330 |
Week 1: Introduction & IOPs. Measurements of the week: absorption, scattering, attenuation, and fluorescence |
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July 08 (Mon) |
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Welcome to Maine and the Darling Center Logistics and overview, Introductions Lecture 1: Light and Radiometry (CM) Lecture 2: Overview of light in water (CR) |
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Lab 1: Playing with light |
July 09 (Tue) |
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Lecture 3: Absorption physics; absorption spectra for water, CDOM, NAP, phytoplankton, etc (CR) Lecture 4: Phytoplankton - pigments, photo-adaptation, and taxonomic classification (MJP) |
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Lab 2: Absorption by dissolved material (ac-9 / ac-s and spectrophotometer). Beers Law in a tank |
July 10 (Wed) |
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Lab report: CDOM lab synthesis and summary Lecture 5: What is scattering and how is it measured (EB) Lecture 6: The VSF and Models for Scattering (CM) |
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Lab 3: Absorption by particulate material (ac-9 and ac-s and spectrophotometer)
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July 11 (Thu) |
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Lab report: Particulate absorption lab synthesis and summary Lecture 7: Beam attenuation (EB) Lecture 8: POC and other proxies-optical properties for phytoplankton and community composition (MJP) |
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Lab 4: Scattering by particulate material (b and bb) |
July 12 (Fri) |
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Lab report: Temperature corrections ac-9, ac-s Lecture 9: Inelastic scattering Raman CaCO3 & other minerals, CDOM (KV) Lecture 10: Fluorescence by phytoplankton pigments (MJP)
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Lab 5: Fluorescence of CDOM and chlorophyll |
July 13 (Sat) |
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Lab report: Scattering lab synthesis and summary Synthesis of first week: critique process of learning, Q&A on any topic; tie up loose ends (staff) Student U tube project (building on 2011 portfolio) Chlorophyll fluorescence in-class exercise: with answers |
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No lab in afternoon BBQ at DMC |
July 14 (Sun) |
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Week 2. Foci: Radiometric quantities and AOPs |
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July 15 (Mon) |
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Lab report: Fluorescence report Lecture 11: Introduction to AOPs (will cover R, Rrs, Ks, mubars); The BRDF and Lambertian Surfaces (CM) Lecture 12: Radiometric quantities and their measurement (KV) |
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Lab 6: Radiometric measurements: in-water and above-water (KV) |
July 16 (Tue) |
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Lab report: Synthesis and summary of radiometry field data and above-water reflectance from dock Lecture 13: Link between particle properties (size, packaging, composition, shape, internal structure) and IOPs (EB) Lecture 14: Polarization (KV) |
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Lab 7: Mie theory and modeling (EB) |
July 17 (Wed) |
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Lab report: Continued synthesis of radiometry lab Lecture 15: The Radiative Transfer Equation; introduction to HydroLight (CM) Lecture 16: Barney Balch, Guest Lecture |
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Lab 8: HydroLight Lab 1: Guided Simulations (simple simulations) (CM) HydroLight Lab 1 Handout |
July 18 (Thu) |
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Lab report: Brief report from HydroLight Lab 1 Brief report on topics selected for Student Projects, individual or small group projects Lecture 17: Primary production; optical and remote sensing models (MJP) Lecture 18: Closure and HydroLight Advanced Features (CM) |
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Lab 9 Handout: HydroLight Lab 2: Guided Simulations (advanced simulations) (CM) |
July 19 (Fri) |
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Lab report: Report from HydroLight Lab II Lecture 19: Rrs inversion methods a: statistical methods to obtain (chl) and/or IOPs (ratio, Neural Network, CM) Lecture 20: Rrs inversion methods b: semi-analytical models to obtain IOPs (CR) Dinner in Whitefield Maine at MJPs house |
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Lab 10: Semi analytical Rrs inversion lab (CR) |
July 20 (Sat) |
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July 21 (Sun) |
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Week 3: Field measurements and models |
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July 22 (Mon) |
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Group A: R/V Ira C (RZ, EB) Group B: SeaDAS in lab (JW) |
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July 23 (Tue) |
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Lecture 21: Uncertainty analysis and propagation of error (EB) Lecture 22: Introduction to ocean color satellite remote sensing; basic atmospheric corrections for remote sensing; black pixel assumption and adjacency effect (JW) |
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AOP handout : Analysis of Monday cruise data; work on projects |
July 24 (Wed) |
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Group B: R/V Ira C (RZ, EB) Group A: SeaDAS in lab (JW) |
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July 25 (Thu) |
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Lab report: Preliminary reports on analysis of radiometry and IOPs Lecture 23: In situ data satellite - QA/QC requirements, vicarious calibration, optical weighting for validation and algorithm development, how data are used in satellite processing system (JW) Lecture 24: Estimating uncertainties of inversion products. Effect of non-elastic scattering on Rrs. (EB)
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IOP handout : Analysis of cruise data; work on projects |
July 26 (Fri) |
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Lab report: Updates on Student Projects Lab report: Updates on analysis of radiometry and IOPs Ken Voss f/Q chalk talk Continued data analysis of radiometry and IOPs Exploration of optical phenomena (instructors)
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Visibility, Black Target transmissometer, Secchi Disk (RZ) Lobster Dinner |
July 27 (Sat) |
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July 28 (Sun) |
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Week 4: Synthesis |
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July 29 (Mon) |
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Lab report: Updates on analysis of radiometry and IOPs Lecture 25: PFT and PSD inversions from Rrs (JW) Blackboard photo : Design of field campaigns and other sampling strategies (traditional ship, moorings, in-line, autonomous vehicles and drifting platforms), including calibration and cross calibration (MJP & EB) |
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Instrumental closure using cruise data (working in small groups with instructors) |
July 30 (Tue) |
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Lab report: Field data and closure Lecture 27: Monte Carlo (CM) Lecture 28: Sources of variability in mass-specific attenuation coefficients (Paul Hill) |
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Lab : Monte Carlo (EB) Data processing, submission to SeaBASS, videos, etc. |
July 31 (Wed) |
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Lecture 29: QA/QC (Steve Ackleson) |
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Data processing, submission to SeaBASS, videos, etc. |
Aug 1 (Thu) |
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Lecture 30: Rrs inversion methods for shallow-water remote sensing (spectrum matching methods of Lee, Mobley, and others) |
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Data processing, submission to SeaBASS, videos, etc. |
Aug 2 (Fri) |
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Presentations |
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Links to Final Projects: |
Aug 3 (Sat) |
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Vacate room by 10:00am |
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