LUT updates    [Oct-01-2012]  { Aqua.. Terra.. MERIS.. VIIRS..}    Processing Algorithm/Code version     VIIRS Processing Streams/Algorithms

VIIRS QA :  Time Series of the Mean, Median & stdev of the QA products (Bias, Ratio, RelDiff) in addition to the daily composite Ocean Color data (nLw, Chlor_a) for all CoastWatch regions. The values for each of the pixels in the daily composite is compared with the corresponding pixel value in the science climatology product from NASA. The time series created for each of the QA products are listed below.



Product Nomenclature:

NRT :   (satellite daily composite)
Clim :   (Multi-year(2002-2010) MODIS Aqua monthly composite from OBPG)
Bias :   (NRT-CLIM)
Ratio :   (NRT/CLIM)
RelDiff :   (NRT-CLIM)/CLIM

VRSSCW :   (VIIRS SDR from IDPS processed using OBPG L2gen to CW Mapped 750m L3, No vicarious calibration gains applied)
VRSCW :   (VIIRS EDR from IDPS processed to CW Mapped 750m L3, No calibration gains applied)

VRSZ1CW :   (VIIRS SDR from IDPS processed using OBPG L2gen to CW Mapped 750m L3, Vicarious calibration gains (used in IDPS) applied)
VRSZ9CW :   (VIIRS EDR from NOAA MSL12 processed to CW Mapped 750m L3, Calibration gains applied)
VRSQCW :   (VIIRS EDR from NASA OBPG processed to CW Mapped 750m L3, Calibration gains applied)

VRSQ4CW :   (VIIRS EDR from NASA-OBPG science quality processed to CW Mapped 4km L3, Vicarious Calibration gains applied)
VRSACW :   (VIIRS EDR from NOAA-IDPS processed to CW Mapped 4km L3, Vicarious Calibration gains applied)
VRSN9CW :   (VIIRS EDR from NOAA-MSL12 processed & binned 9km files to CW Mapped Global 9km L3, IDPS SDR, NOAA-MSL12 Calibration gains applied)
MODQ4CW :   (MODIS Aqua L3 from NASA-OBPG L2gen processed to CW Mapped Global 4km L3, NASA OBPG Calibration gains applied)

VRSUCW :   NOAA CoastWatch processed VIIRS using NOAA-MSL12-BMW algorithm with IDPS SDR and GFS Ancillary data; Vicarious Calibration gains applied

VRSVCW :   NOAA CoastWatch processed VIIRS using NOAA-MSL12-BMW algorithm with IDPS SDR and GFS Ancillary data; Vicarious Calibration gains applied

VRSRCW :   NOAA MECB processed L3 binned (2km data mapped to 4km by CoastWatch) VIIRS using NOAA-MSL12-BMW algorithm with OC SCDR and Definitive Ancillary data ; Vicarious Calibration gains applied

VRSOCW :   NOAA CoastWatch processed VIIRS using NOAA-MSL12-BMW algorithm with OC SDR and Definitive Ancillary data; Vicarious Calibration gains applied

MODSCW_P :   (MODIS Aqua from NOAA L1B (v5) processed using OBPG L2gen (v6) to CW Mapped 1km L3, Vicarious calibration gains applied)
MODWCW_P :   (MODIS Aqua from NOAA L1B (v5) processed using NOAA-msl12 SWIR to CW Mapped 1km L3, Vicarious calibration gains applied)
MODSCW_A :   (MODIS Terra from NOAA L1B (v5) processed using OBPG L2gen(v6) to CW Mapped 1km L3, Vicarious calibration gains applied)
MODCYCW_P :   (MODIS Aqua from NOAA L1B (v5) processed using Cbay regional algorithm to CW Mapped 1km L3, Vicarious calibration gains applied)

MERCW_M :   (MERIS from ESA L2 processed to CW Mapped 1km L3, Vicarious calibration gains applied)
MERSCW_M :   (MERIS from ESA L1B processed by L2gen(v5) to CW Mapped 1km L3, Vicarious calibration gains applied)
MERHCW_M :   (MERIS from ESA L1B processed by L2gen(v5) to CW Mapped 300m L3, Vicarious calibration gains applied)
MERQCW_M :   (MERIS from ESA L2 processed to CW Mapped 300m L3, Vicarious calibration gains applied)


Refer to the peer-reviewed paper in IEEE for evaluation results on the use of GFS Model predicts for Ancillary data in NRT processing for Ocean Color.   DOI:10.1109/TGRS.2010.2078825 [Jul-10-2010]