Assessing Requirements for Sustained Ocean Color Research and Operations

在过去的三十年里，海洋学界已经看到了海洋颜色遥感能力的惊人发展。这是第一次可以汇编气候质量数据记录，以表明在厄尔尼诺向拉尼娜过渡期间，海洋盆地尺度上的季节间气候变异与海洋生物圈之间的密切联系。从研究到资源管理应用，海洋颜色数据现在被非常广泛的用户群体使用。由于卫星海洋颜色数据的连续性目前对美国海洋颜色界来说是一个重大的风险，因此必须在研究和操作/应用用户需求的全方位背景下考虑未来观测系统的性能，以确定持续满足这些需求的选项。这项研究的目的是制定一个共识的要求，满足广泛的用户需求，并确定选项，以维持长期的全球海洋颜色辐射（OCR）从空间。通过就天气生物海洋学观测对于海洋环境管理以及监测和预测气候变化的重要性达成共识，加深了人们对卫星观测价值的认识。这项研究将使国内和国际用户界和决策者中的广大利益攸关方参与并与之沟通。

Over the past three decades, the oceanography community has seen an astounding development in ocean color remote sensing capabilities. For the first time, a climate quality data record can be compiled to demonstrate the strong link between inter-seasonal climate variability and the marine biosphere during the El Nino to La Nina transition on ocean basin scales. Ocean color data are now used by a very broad user community from research to resource management applications. Because the continuity of satellite ocean color data is presently at significant risk for the U.S. ocean color community, performance of future observing systems must be considered in the context of the full range of research and operational/application user needs to determine options to meet these needs on a sustained basis. This study aims to develop a consensus for the requirements that meet a broad range of user needs and identify options to sustain long-term global ocean color radiance (OCR) from space.Broader ImpactsThis study will further advance the public?s understanding of the value of satellite observations by developing a consensus about the importance of synoptic biological oceanographic observations for the stewardship of the marine environment as well as for monitoring and predicting climate change. The study will engage and communicate to a broad range of stakeholders in the user community and policy makers, nationally and internationally.